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Lead Azure Application Developer

Job Reference saga/TP/74/1534

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Full Time
Salary:
Up to £52,000 depending on experience
Working Hours:
35
Location:
Folkestone
Closing Date:
17/10/2021
Job Category:
IT Developer
Community:
Saga Travel Group
Business Unit:
Technology

Package Description

The standard benefits when you join Saga include: 

  • Remote working available where possible

  • The choice to buy a further 5 days annual leave per year 

  • Free private medical insurance after 1 years' service 

  • Workplace Pension 

  • AXA Be Supported 

  • A range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies

Job Introduction

** Remote/home working allowed with the requirement to come into our Folkestone office at least twice a month**

Our people are everything to us. The way they deliver exceptional experiences every day for our customers, for their colleagues. The way they own what they do. Their 'Why's it like that?' curiosity. How they always think of others and work together to get things done. For us, for you, make do will never do. Good enough? Not even close. Come and do the best work of your life alongside lovely colleagues. Come to Saga. 

…And right now, we are looking for a Lead Azure Application Developer to work in our Travel IT department at an exciting time in Saga’s history. As a Group, Saga is taking to the seas in our brand new, luxury cruise ships, leading the market with innovative insurance and financial products.  

You will be responsible for leading other developers, as well as designing, developing, and implementing technical solutions to deliver world class technology operations for our systems and services through excellent operational focus on system stability, security, performance, and reliability. 

And in return, you can look forward to all the responsibility and involvement of an integral role, providing you with a rewarding and fast-paced career with an excellent benefits package.  

So, if you have excellent coaching and supporting skills, then we would like to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

  • Building and modifying software applications in line with Business needs and requirements. 

  • Integrating software components and third-party applications. 

  • Ensuring any deliveries are of high quality and any development side testing is complete. 

  • Working collaboratively with other Technology professionals to deliver technology programmes, projects and workstreams. 

  • Ensuring deliveries are secure, in line with best practice and aligned to policy. 

  • Creating and maintaining technical documents. 

  • Remaining up to date with development best practice. 

  • Assisting with troubleshooting systems and work collaboratively to resolve and prevent any defects, risk, or issues. 

  • Providing technical expertise. 

  • Performance managing Application developers. 

The Ideal Candidate

  • Communication skills. 

  • Knowledge of coding languages and frameworks relevant to area. 

  • Agile development methodologies. 

  • Ability to learn new coding languages and technologies. 

  • An eye for detail and identifying problems. 

  • Performance management. 

  • Application development leadership. 

  • Good education background ideally to a degree level.  

  • Record of accomplishment of successful delivery. 

  • Design, develop and implement technical solutions in Microsoft Azure environments using .NET (Azure Logic Apps, Azure WEB/API Apps). 

  • Develop event-based and message-based solutions with connectivity to third party services and develop solutions for Azure storage. 

  • Experience in assessing best Azure solution considering cost, scalability, security, and redundancy. 

  • Experience in SQL Server development. 

  • Working knowledge of security best practices and controls in Azure, app/user authentication. 

  • Working knowledge of UI frameworks (Angular). 

  • Experience in Devops concepts such as CI and CD, and knowledge of tools such as Azure Devops. 

Our values are:

  • Precision Pace - Always owning and making things happen
  • Empathy – Always aware of others
  • Curiosity – Always asking why
  • Collaboration – Always one team, the Saga team!

About The Company

Having spent our first 30 years focused on travel, Saga launched Saga Magazine and developed home and motor insurance and financial services in the 1980s. Private medical and pet insurance followed in the 1990s, along with the launch of our own cruise ship operation. The strength of the Saga brand provides the Group with the ability to develop in-house or partner with suppliers to offer our customers and members highly differentiated, competitively priced products which meet their evolving needs.

Saga exists to help our customers and members lead the life they want to lead. To succeed in this, we know that the most important thing to do is to listen to our customers and members. At the heart of our business model is our drive to know more about our customers’ wants and needs so we are best placed to serve them.

Applying this approach over the past 70 years has enabled us to become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic and is recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

When you join Saga you will see that we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement.

We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better. Creating a culture in which everyone feels welcome and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement is incredibly important to us. Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity.

We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required.

We are a member of the 30% Club and partner with Women Ahead which offers us a fantastic opportunity to take part in a leading, global, cross-company, leadership mentoring scheme to champion female talent.

We are a signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and have received a Silver Award from the Employer Recognition Scheme. 

 

 

To all recruitment agencies: Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the HR Recruitment Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.

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