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  • Chris Stevenson 1 post 21 karma points
    Jul 18, 2014 @ 11:49
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    Innovative Rapidly Growing Law Firm Seeks .NET/Umbraco Developer in London

    Innovative Rapidly Growing Law Firm Seeks .NET/Umbraco Developer in London utilising latest Technology and Frameworks

    About Slater & Gordon

    Slater & Gordon is a publicly listed (ASX 200) international consumer law firm operating in Australia and the UK. Slater & Gordon is rapidly becoming a household name within the UK in consumer law and is committed to becoming the largest and most trusted provider of personal legal services in the UK.

    The last 12 months have been a period of significant growth for the UK firm, particularly with the acquisition of a number of highly regarded law firms including Russell Jones & Walker, Pannone and Fentons Solicitors. We now have more than 1,200 people in 14 different cities and towns across Britain providing a solid platform for our strategy to continue to lead the consolidation of the UK legal services market and provide people with access to world class legal services.

    The Role

    Reporting to the Technical Marketing Manager, and working closely with the IT team, this role involves the interpretation of business requirements in order to develop applications, interfaces and information systems to satisfy the needs of the practice groups and marketing function.

    The role will involve developing effective working relationships with key business leaders to identify opportunities for development and improvement of new and existing technologies, applications and services.

    The role will involve a mixture of greenfield application project work centred on ASP.NET with C#, MS SQL and modifying/maintaining existing applications. The ability to provide input on marketing initiatives from a technical perspective is essential.

    The firm has exciting plans for enhancement including implementing a portfolio of online legal services, rolling out a new CMS for re-branded websites and mobile apps.

    Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

    Assisting with the development, evaluation, coordination and execution of strategic technical plans to support business and technical objectives.

    Reviewing proposed changes that have a direct impact on the production environment and ensure that appropriate procedures are followed accordingly.

    Responsibility for the lifecycle management of all bespoke applications ensuring that they are maintained efficiently and effectively.

    Responsibility for identifying and recommending new software and development opportunities with a strong emphasis on identifying leading edge technologies that will positively impact the delivery of legal services and information.

    Responsibility for establishing good working practices and standards when developing and coding existing and new applications, interfaces or information systems.

    Ensuring that the test environment is kept current with the production systems.

    Adhering to coding standards and practices as set out by the Technical Marketing Manager.

    What we’re looking for

    • Desired qualifications (equivalent experience welcome) and essential skills include:
    • Commercial experience of developing multi-layered web applications and/or websites.
    • Working in a .NET environment including full software development life cycles and also maintaining/updating existing code bases.
    • UMBRACO CMS development or equivalent.
    • Ability to design and code database driven applications, primarily in a Microsoft SQL server environment.
    • ASP.NET with (C#) using Visual Studio.
    • MS SQL.
    • HTML, Responsive web Design, CSS and Javascript with WCAG and W3C compliance.
    • Web services.
    • XML.
    • GIT
    • Amazon Cloud Services
    • Automated Build
    • Custom Nuget packages
    • Strong understanding of SEO including all the latest updates ie penguin, panda etc.
    • Knowledge of design patterns i.e. SoC.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to write concise, accurate and readable technical documentation and reports.
    • Flexible and adaptable team player.
    • Excellent organisational skills, allowing the prioritisation of tasks.

    Additional desirable skills include:
    • TDD
    • MVC
    • Entity Framework
    • Mobile app development
    • HTML 5
    • Rhino Mock

    How to apply

    To apply, please send your CV and salary expectations to [email protected]

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