Technical Consultant

A client facing Technical Consultant has the opportunity to join the Sopra Banking Software’s Professional Services division.
The Technical Consultant owns technical project activities ensuring smooth delivery and deployment of all software. You will be a fast learner and contributing to the creation of a technology landscape that will enable teams to build, deploy and maintain solutions at pace and with maximum stakeholder engagement. The Technical Consultant will gain a thorough understanding of the Sopra software technology stack from R&D colleagues and work directly with the client IT teams on implementation projects.
This role requires flexibility for occasional travel to our customer sites UK wide. We offer flexible, hybrid working with a combination of on premise, office based and home working. Our office locations are; Sheffield, Dunstable, Durham, and London.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Plan and implement software changes, upgrades and new systems
- Installation and operation in live, complex environments
- System installation, configuration covering Operating Systems, databases, Web/App Servers, API Gateways
- Designing for performance, stability and security in a systems landscape that includes cloud and on-premise
- Business Continuity, backup and restore processes
- Implementing system security measures such as TLS
- Travel to client sides as required
We are interested in hearing from you, if you have most of the following attributes:

- Experienced in implementing enterprise software
- Ability to quickly gather requirements and design technical solutions
- Stakeholder management skills including the ability to interface with clients at several levels from technical to senior management
- Ability to communicate to support a single end-to-end delivery goal and co-ordinate between technology teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of DevOps, agile development, and operations support processes.
**Technical Experience**
- Oracle DBA
- APIs and API Gateways (Axway Gateway, Oracle API Gateway)
- Middleware (Oracle Weblogic, Oracle Forms and Reports)
- JEE Application Servers (Jboss and Websphere)
- Unix (Solaris) Systems Administration
- Linux (Red Hat) Systems Administration
- Programming Shell/PERL/Python/Java/SQL
Sopra Banking Software are proud to be an inclusive employer. This role is supported by flexible working, based from our Sheffield or Dunstable office we offer up to 3 days per week flexible remote working, with 2 days per week office based or on customer sites as required. All employees are supported to work from home with DSE assessments and IT equipment where required to be fully productive when remote working.
- At Sopra Banking Software, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences, we value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. All personal information will be treated as confidential according to the Employment Equity act._
**In return**:
By joining the Sopra Banking Software team you will enjoy a market competitive salary and our excellent rewards and benefits schemes including a 6% pension contribution, employee share scheme (buy one get one free), an option to buy or sell holiday days, medical insurance, critical illness cover, a health cash plan, and we offer flexible working arrangements to all employees, plus many more excellent benefits.
- As part of our hiring process new employees will be required to pass a confidential consumer credit check and DBS check. This is a straight forward credit check for CCJ’s, bankruptcy and a criminal record check, however if you wish to know more about what is or is not acceptable please ask our recruitment team._