Software Engineer

at  Jisc

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Job title: Software Engineer
Salary: From £40,000 negotiable dependant on experience
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home and at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Milton Park - Oxfordshire)
Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research, and innovation. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a big ambition to improve lives through education and research by providing hardware, software, and networking solutions.
Join us and your contribution will help us to empower UK universities, colleges, research institutions and wider customers with technology so that everyone prospers.
About the role:
This new role is being created to improve resilience of the Trust & Identity (T&I) development team and to increase our Python development capacity. Over time, we expect that your responsibilities will expand.
To start, you will be working with a Senior Software Engineer to maintain internal workflow applications built using the Django framework. Your focus will be to understand the integration with third party APIs and to provide mitigation development when the APIs change. It’s usually inevitable that these changes sometimes happen without notice or test facilities, so this role will also involve some incident response.

Responsibilities will include:

• You will work with development team (software engineers and architect) and our Customer and Sector Enablement Team to understand the internal applications and business needs which they solve.
• Work with the trust & Identity technical teams and Customer and Sector Enablement team to understand the ecosystem of trust and identity services in the wider research and education sector.
• Work with T&I Service Managers and Service Desk staff to understand how our applications are being used and how they could be improved
• Work with the wider Research & Education community by participating in working groups which define standards

Key Skills and Experience:

• Software development in python
• Good understanding of deploying TLS and certificates
• Git revision control and feature branch-based development
• Working on a shared codebase with a ticketing system
• A good general standard of education or equivalent relevant demonstrable experience.

Please refer to the job description for full details.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
Why work for us?
At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.
We believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Our hybrid working policy is flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your nominated office will vary across teams and job roles.

Take a look at our fantastic benefits! We offer:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, 3 days volunteer leave per annum and even career breaks
• A generous budget to support you with external learning and Continuous professional development
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
• Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment
• Financial well-being support
• The opportunity to donate to charity tax-free with our Payroll Giving benefit
• A wide range of discounts from retailers and big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans
• Additional Flexible benefits include Holiday Buying - Purchase 1-5 days’ additional holiday per annum, Healthcare Cashplan, Electric Car Lease Scheme and option to purchase SmartTech

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We celebrate diversity, embrace our differences, through our culture and employee networks and know that this is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Striving to be best in practice, we are working hard to achieve progressive change. ‘Always inclusive’ is one of our six guiding principles - a principle which actively encourages acceptance of differences within individuals.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, class, citizenship, marital status, disability, neurodivergence, trans status, veteran status, or gender identity.
Application process:
Please do let us know what reasonable adjustments you need made to the application or selection process so you can do your best. We will be happy to help you.
Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it. However, you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls!
We advertised this role on 28th March 2024
Offers may be subject to enhanced background screening, which includes but is not limited to UK criminal record check / Credit checks and international fraud and sanctions….

• You will work with development team (software engineers and architect) and our Customer and Sector Enablement Team to understand the internal applications and business needs which they solve.
• Work with the trust & Identity technical teams and Customer and Sector Enablement team to understand the ecosystem of trust and identity services in the wider research and education sector.
• Work with T&I Service Managers and Service Desk staff to understand how our applications are being used and how they could be improved
• Work with the wider Research & Education community by participating in working groups which define standard