Senior Software Developer (Cardiff)

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Cardiff, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Software Developer for an initial 6 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £238.06/day (Inside IR35). This role will be remote working with the odd visit to Cardiff throughout the duration of the contract.

Responsibilities:

- Work in structured Scrum teams under experienced leads.

- Be responsible for delivering individual software components.

- Be involved in MS SQL Server development, including design, implementation, and performance optimisation.

- Broaden your skills through collaboration and mentorship.

Essential Skills:

- Degree in relevant technical subject or equivalent experience

- Strong T-SQL skills: Writing complex stored procedures and functions.

- Proficiency with SQL Server Management Studio (2008 – 2019).

- Experience creating and using SSIS packages (2008+).

- Database design using normalization and ER-diagramming techniques.

Desirable Skills:

- XML Web Services or Web APIs.

- API testing tools (e.g., Postman, SOAP UI).

- Agile methodologies such as Scrum.

- Version control with Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps.

- Microsoft Azure Cloud services.

- Healthcare data standards like HL7 v2.x and FHIR.

- Redgate SQL developer tools.

- Requirements analysis and business logic development.

- Unit testing with TSQLT.

- PowerShell or Unix scripting.

- High Availability: Mirroring, Replication, Clustering, Always On (Availability Groups).

- Performance tuning tools: SQL Profiler, Query Analyzer.

- Microsoft Power BI for data visualization.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.