Senior Application Developer

Job Description

On behalf of our client the European Union Agency for Asylum in Malta, we are looking for a Senior Application developer to join our international team in a hybrid work model. The successful candidate will work on large & complex projects, supporting the European Systems landscape, within a multicultural environment.

What you will do...

• General tasks for SNVA, Referral Tool, QAT V.3.0 and Asylum Procedure Operational Standards and Indicators Tool, Site Assessment Tool, ARC and other applications as per Business Requests

• Analyze business processes, and user requirements to establish a backlog for development, interoperability, integration, and better user experience solutions

• Analyze requirements, design, and make proposals on the architecture of the application

• Implementation of business user requirements

• Participate in team reviews of design artefacts, make changes as required and recommend alternative solutions where appropriate

• Participate in the definition/design of the User Interface (UI)

• Develop/update technical documentation

• Participate in coordinated activities with other developers and project manager for the smooth integration of the application

• Setup required infrastructure for the solutions’ deployment

• Implement the application’s functionalities and webservices following user requirements (described in JIRA), the architectural and UI design

• To work as a Software Application Developer in a web application project

• Review of the architecture of existing systems

• Participate/Lead the architecture and design of on-prem, cloud, and hybrid information systems

• Design application systems either through new development of systems, enhancement of existing systems, or 3rd party products

• Elaboration of test programs

• Work with technical and functional teams to ensure effective delivery of systems

• Assistance in the planning, deployment, configuration, evaluation, and reporting of applications

What is your experience...

Essential professional Experience, knowledge, and skills (specific technology relevance within the minimum 10 years' experience defined in FwC technical specifications):

• Minimum 9 years of IT professional experience

• 4 years’ experience in Object Oriented Programming languages

• 2 years working with SQL (MSSQL and MySQL) databases

• 2 years of experience in Asynchronous and JavaScript and XML programming

• Good knowledge of POI, Jasper reports, MSSQL Reporting engine software packages

• Experience in web site development, management and support

• Knowledge in JavaScript ES6

• Good knowledge and experience with: jQuery, PHP, web technologies and web design (e.g. JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS), Azure

• Experience with SQL server database structures

• Good knowledge and at least 5 years of experience of Drupal 8 and Drupal 9 environment

• Fluency in English

Personal Characteristics...

• Attention to detail and strong sense of responsibility;
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Proactively manage own tasks and projects to agreed deadlines;
• Ability to work effectively & efficiently with various diverse work teams (Development, Testing and Project Management).

Applications must be in the English language