integration specialist

Jisc is looking for an Integration Specialist to join our team on a Hybrid basis- flexibility to work from home or at any of our main hubs (London, Bristol, Manchester and Harwell).In return, you will receive a competitive salary from £37,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience.

About Us:

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We believe education and research improves lives, and technology improves education and research.

Our vision is for the UK to be a world leader in technology for education and research and our mission is to power and empower our members with the technology and data they need to succeed. We know that digital technology has the ability to transform the student experience. We have the experience, expertise and know-how to drive that transformation.

The Integration Specialist role:

This role sits within the business systems team within the Group CTO directorate. The Business systems team is responsible for developing and maintaining central systems which are used to support our customer facing activities. We work with all parts of the organisation, and are playing a key part in transformation projects.

The Integration Specialist will play a key part in the roll out of our MuleSoft integration platform to connect our systems and services together.

Responsibilities as our Integration Specialist?

• Develop and maintain new integrations, and changes to existing integrations, between Jisc systems and services
• Design integrations solutions and document the design in accordance with best practice
• Support development on resolving system defects, acting as liaison, and developing solutions
• Provide technical assistance to troubleshoot and resolve integration errors
• Work with users, product owners and team members to understand requirements, and help translate these into development tasks#
• Follow Jisc’s process for secure development
• Follow internal processes and standards for managing development across its lifecycle, from initial design to feature release and bug fixes
• Write unit tests
• Participate in testing and release cycles
• Demonstrate functionality to users, either face to face, or remotely
• Monitor performance and reliability of integrations
• Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve quality, efficiency and process’s
• Keep up to date with new developments, trends and best practices
• Contribute to ongoing development the of CI/CD capability

What we’re looking for in our Integration Specialist:

• Relevant IT qualification?eg?degree?or equivalent demonstrable development experience gained in a similar role
• In-depth knowledge and working experience of integrating with APIs
• Experience with Java or at least another Object-Oriented language
• Working knowledge of HTTP, in particular request/response patterns, REST, and common methods (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH)
• Knowledge and experience of database design concepts and usage
• Good problem solving skills and ability to debug existing work

What can we offer you as our Integration Specialist?

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and an additional three closure days over Christmas
• A generous pension scheme with above average employer contributions
• A range of leave options, including parental leave, volunteer leave and even career breaks.
• A generous budget to attend conferences and in-person training
• 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, plus your own Wellbeing allowance to spend on wellbeing for you
• Financial well-being support
• Discounts on big-name high-street stores
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recognition awards and travel loans

If you have the skills and experience, we require for this role and are looking for a new challenge then please click ‘apply’ today to be forwarded to our on-line recruitment portal and become our new Integration Specialist.

Thank you for your interest in Jisc.