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- Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel and includes family members.
- A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
- GWR ticket alliance – Heavily discounted all day passes for you and up to 3 friends and family to use across the GWR network.
- Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare and online shopping site.
- A range of Pension schemes to choose from
- Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35hrs per week contract, hybrid working, flexible working, and enhanced family friendly support.
- 5 days paid volunteering leave.
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
- In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.
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Brief Description
Are you someone who likes to see your work make a difference to the people around you?
We are seeking an Azure Data Developer with a strong ability to work directly with users. This role is part of a team that sits within the wider Finance directorate and serves the wider region. The region is shifting to a devolved model where products and solutions can be developed locally and have National interfaces.
As part of the role you will:
- Undertake the support, maintenance, and development of digital and data products owned and supported by the Region.
- Work with suppliers to deliver Possession Optimisation, a key priority within the first 12 months that is revolutionising how Engineering Access is planned and delivered through digital and data-driven tools.
- Coordinate and build coding components that support regional products ensuring that the safety, data protection requirements, and security needs are clearly identified, maintained, and assured.
- Develop and support regional upskilling in Digital and Data environments and tools.
Through your technical expertise in Microsoft Azure data back-end or front-end coding, you will work with the Region’s teams building relationships with key internal customers helping to support and enhance performance Digital and Data Products across a range of measures. A strong ability to work directly with users is required to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements.
The location is stated as Bristol, however, the job location is flexible for hybrid working within the Wales & Western Geographic Region. Our internal customers work all over the Region so travel will be required to attend offices, delivery units, and trackside.
You will ideally have
- Extensive experience in an expert-level role supporting and delivering solutions in the supported technology (Microsoft Azure and Power Products)
- Industry recognised high level qualification in the supported technology
- Experience in design, development and support of bespoke solutions in the supported technology
- Demonstrable expertise in and knowledge of current, future and existing developments in the field of the supported technology
What could set you apart
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the supported technology deployments within Network Rail
- Recognised industry contributor to the development of the supported technology domain best practice
- Thorough understanding of consultancy approaches, tools and techniques
- Experience of working as an expert authority in the supported technology domain within a large organisation
Not sure if you meet all the requirements? Let us decide.
