Job Advertisement: Senior Systems Development Manager
Location: Spitalfields, London, UK (office-based, five days a week).
Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience.
Reporting: Directly to the CTO; overseeing development team members.
Benefits: Standard workplace pension, 20 days annual holiday (excluding public holidays).

Are you a driven Senior Systems Development Manager seeking an exhilarating opportunity to spearhead innovative solutions in the realm of online retail and merchandise? Look no further! We are a thriving company with a legacy of over 30 years, join us in revolutionizing e-commerce experiences for global clients, particularly in the vibrant music industry.

Role Overview:
As the Senior Systems Development Manager, you will be at the helm of translating our management team's vision into robust business systems. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will orchestrate a small yet highly proficient team, while actively contributing as a hands-on leader in our agile and dynamic environment.
You will have strong communication skills be comfortable communicating with both non-technical and technical staff alike to translate business needs into technical specifications.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to gain full 24/7 ownership of systems from design and architecture through development, deployment, and on-going dev-ops.
As such, you will have experience in multi-tenanted platforms (ideally e-commerce) and your skill set will include, but not be limited too, the following tools & systems.

1. System Administration:

Configuration, deployment, securing and ongoing management of Microsoft Windows Servers in an AD environment using both 3rd party supplied dedicated servers and virtual servers in Microsoft Azure.

1. Windows Server 2012 R2+
2. Active Directory
3. Distributed File System
4. DNS
5. SSL certificate creation & management
6. IIS configuration & management

1. DBA:

Highly experienced in Microsoft SQL Server design and architecture, and as a minimum, have used the following features in a production environment.

1. SQL Server Agent
2. Stored Procedures (incl CLR)
3. User defined functions
4. Triggers
5. SQL Server Broker
6. SSRS

1. Development:

You will have worked in a development role and be highly skilled with the following tools & languages.

1. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017+
2. Server side - C#, MVC, Blazor, .Net Framework & .Net core, console applications, Restful API - design, deployment and consumption, classic ASPVB Script.
3. Frontend - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, page design and usability.
4. Data – MSSQL RDBMS using Entity Framework and strong json and XML.
5. Reporting – Microsoft Report Builder (for SSRS)
6. DevOps

You will be experienced with CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev-ops via GIT.

1. External ToolsServices

Ideally, you will have experience of at least one or more of the following external platforms;

1. Shopify
2. Spreedly
3. Xero
4. Despatch Cloud
5. Music chart reporting

1. Soft skills
2. You will be a highly motivated self-starter.
3. You will have an appetite to take ‘ownership’ of the role.
4. Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
5. Think critically to effectively solve and communicate problems in a fast-paced environment where the demands for work are varied, and unpredictable in scope and volume.
6. Able to analyse data and provide sound recommendations based on existing, or missing, policy's & procedures.
7. Read, analyse, and interpret technical, financial and legal documents and records.
8. Present information effectively to internal/external clients.
9. Proficiency with Microsoft office.

 
An equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability status.

If you meet this critea please apply or contact jess on email (url removed) or phone (phone number removed)