Principal Oracle Developer

As a Principal Oracle Developer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you will have the opportunity to work on leading edge software technologies in a varied and challenging environment.

Day-to-day, you'll undertake the requirement analysis, production and review of technical design solutions of large/complex programmes. You'll translate requirements, use cases, storyboards into functional applications using agreed standards and tools and testing of new IT applications.

• Software development is undertaken in accordance with IT quality plan and procedures.


• Code reuse and efficiency are taken into account in the design.


• Efficient software development through the use of good design and implementation methodologies.


• Provide out of hours support for software releases and patches, when required.


• Maintain technical awareness at a level where alternatives can be analysed and modelled according to technical feasibility.


This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.


• Substantial period of proven development experience with demonstrable knowledge of the whole development lifecycle.


• Comfortable with waterfall and agile approaches to software delivery.


• Experience of development and deployment using ORACLE Fusion Middleware.


• Extensive knowledge of the ORACLE Web based application development toolset (Forms, Reports).


• Development of complex server side PL/SQL code for data input validation and data import / export.


• Advanced JavaScript knowledge and experience.


Qualifications for the Principal Oracle Developer:

• Education to A-Level standard.


• Degree preferred.


• Professional training qualifications desirable.


Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.


• Opportunity to work with innovative technology.


• Growth opportunities.


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