Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Work with the Product Owner, Software Development Manager and the Strategy and Architecture function to translate vision and direction into project task deliverables
• Provide technical leadership within delivery focused Agile teams, working closely with the Scrum Master and Product Owner to achieve the project goals within budget and timescales
• Ensure work assignments are delivered on time and budget
• Working with business and technical stakeholders to deliver business benefit
• Ensure solutions are robust and technically fit for purpose and are designed with consideration for support and management in a production environment, using strategic management tools such as BMC Patrol
• Ensure that development projects are carried out in accordance with the organisation’s agreed standards, methods and procedures
• Ensure Service Delivery acceptance and handover procedures are followed for all new developments
• Develop and foster knowledge and skills transfer, to remove key person dependencies
• Reporting to management on a weekly basis, detailing status of ongoing developments, highlighting issues/blockers in plain English.
• Test driven development
• Deputise as required for the Software Development Manager at regular meetings with the senior business stakeholders to prioritise the product/programme backlog. Provide advice, outline technical solutions and high level estimates for the incoming requests to this backlog
• To assist the Software Development Manager in the recruitment and retention of staff
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications / Competencies / Skills / Experience
Essential
• Proven leadership of teams delivering enterprise level websites
• Proven experience as a developer specialising in Java or Perl, which should include:
• Java EE or mod_perl development
• Production deployment experience of Tomcat and/or Apache
• SQL and experience of either Oracle or MySQL
• XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ajax
• Test Driven Design/Development and experience with testing frameworks.
• Good working knowledge of HTTP/1.1
• An appreciation of SEO, accessibility, and web standards
• Knowledge and exposure to performance testing & tuning
• Agile methodology exposure, preferably Scrum, or a keenness to adopt Agile principles
• Problem analysis and resolution
• Able to work alone and use own initiative, engaging with others when needed
Interpersonal skills:
• Ability to build effective working relationships with technical peers
• Ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of semi and non-technical customers
• Good general written and verbal business communication skills
Desirable
• Experience of working with an MVC Framework, i.e. Struts or Spring
• Strong database knowledge specifically Oracle and MySQL
• Hibernate or other ORM tools
• XML/XSL, JSP/JSTL, Velocity, Apache Ant, Maven 2
• Subversion and anthillpro
• EidosMedia Mèthode
• Flash/ActionScript/FLEX
• Enthusiasm to embrace new skills both hard and soft including agility in new ways of working and technologies used by Financial Times
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications / Competencies / Skills / Experience
Essential
• Proven leadership of teams delivering enterprise level websites
• Proven experience as a developer specialising in Java or Perl, which should include:
• Java EE or mod_perl development
• Production deployment experience of Tomcat and/or Apache
• SQL and experience of either Oracle or MySQL
• XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ajax
• Test Driven Design/Development and experience with testing frameworks.
• Good working knowledge of HTTP/1.1
• Good working knowledge of Web technologies including; JavaScript, AJAX, XHTML and CSS
• An appreciation of SEO, accessibility, and web standards
• Knowledge and exposure to front-end performance testing & tuning
• Agile methodology exposure, preferably Scrum, or a keenness to adopt agile principles
• Problem analysis and resolution
• Able to work alone and use own initiative, engaging with others when needed
Interpersonal skills:
• Ability to build effective working relationships with technical peers
• Ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of semi and non-technical customers
• Good general written and verbal business communication skills
Desirable
• Experience of working with an MVC Framework, i.e. Struts or Spring
• Strong database knowledge specifically Oracle and MySQL
• Hibernate or other ORM tools
• XML/XSL, JSP/JSTL, Velocity, Apache Ant, Maven 2
• Subversion and anthillpro
• EidosMedia Mèthode
• Flash/ActionScript/FLEX
• Enthusiasm to embrace new skills both hard and soft including agility in new ways of working and technologies used by Financial Times
Pearson is committed to equality of opportunity. We are determined to create a diverse group at all levels of our company -- and we welcome all members of the community we serve to apply for openings with us.
