Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 219916 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology
Life on the team
Location Hatfield (with hybrid)
Security Clearance is required for this role - Either already have or the ability to undertake.
We are a global community of IT professionals responsible for the operation of the core digital platforms and services that power Computacenter.
Our vision is an “always available, secure, and highly automated core digital platforms and services which protect our business and enable its growth.”
We are achieving this through our mission to “treat core digital platform and services as code, automate everything, drive towards zero business impacting incidents and embrace service management.”
The Senior Analyst Programmer role focuses on the analysis, support, maintenance, and development of company-wide web applications while adhering to structured best practices. This position encompasses responsibilities beyond development, making it pivotal for system analysis, client interaction, and technical innovation.
What you’ll do
- Actively participates in client and user meetings, offering clear communication of issues and solutions.
- Analyses and models user requirements, specifying information flows, processes, data objects, and user-system dialogues.
- Creates technical solutions from logical specifications, considering technical constraints.
- Constructs, modifies, tests, and corrects complex program modules based on specifications.
- Develops and executes comprehensive test plans.
- Defines software modules for integration, ensuring compliance with test criteria, and prepares software builds for implementation.
- Assists in defining, planning, and justifying new projects or changes to business processes.
- Performs all stages of business systems development, including software development and package implementation.
- Ensures rigorous documentation and adherence to agreed technical and quality standards.
- Manages support and maintenance requirements as needed.
- Takes a lead role in our Blue Prism platform administration and ownership.
- Responsibilities and Authority
- Operates with considerable autonomy and takes responsibility for their work and decisions.
- Occasionally supervises others within the team.
- Addresses issues systematically, ensuring a disciplined and analytical approach to problem-solving.
- Undertakes work with a professional attitude towards clients and internal customers.
What you’ll need
- Blue Prism solution development, enhancement, and support.
- Design, creation, and maintenance of Blue Prism Processes and Business Objects.
- Experience with Blue Prism Control Room operations, monitoring, scheduling, and queue management.
- Strong knowledge and practical exposure (4+ years) to C#, MVC (v5 or newer) .NET Core (.NET 6 or newer) and Blazor frontend.
- Proficiency in web development technologies such as JQuery, JSON, XML, HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap.
- Experience with SQL Server (database design, stored procedures, LINQ, and Entity Framework).
- Ability to develop Windows Services and web services using WCF and Web API.
- Proficiency with Visual Studio (2022 or newer) and TFS (DevOPS 2022).
- Experience in Change and Incident Management environments with strict SLAs.
- Ability to coordinate application releases and ensure seamless implementation processes.
- Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, tools, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Desirable Skills
- .NET Core Razor pages.
- Advanced database management with SQL Server versions 2014/2016/2022.
- Experience with Telerik Kendo Tools, JQuery, JavaScript, and Ajax.
- Knowledge of Entity Framework 6.0, LINQ, Lambda Expressions, and Razor syntax.
- Familiarity with PowerShell and SSIS packages.
Additional Information
Due to the sensitive nature of client data it would be highly advantageous to have SC clearance.
This role may require out-of-hours support and availability for on-call duties. Adherence to the company’s Data Protection Policy is mandatory, as the position involves handling personal data.
About us
We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.
We’re a place where you can belong
With over 21,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.
You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the skills and experience we need.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.
If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!
