Software Engineer (.NET)

Job description

Software Engineer (.NET)

Salary national circa £40,000

London circa £45,000

Are you someone who is an enthusiastic Software Engineer (.NET) who can collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and identify technology needs? If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you!

We are currently recruiting for a Software Engineer (.NET) to be a part of our General Insurance (GI) Platform team, to work towards the best technology and development practices among a large community of developers.

This role could be ideal for you, if you have a technical background using .NET, MS SQL and MVC/Razor Frameworks and have experience in the provision of platform as a service within cloud environments.

A bit about the job:

This opportunity will truly provide you with the prospect to enhance your skills! As a .NET Software Engineer, you will work alongside the existing Engineering Community as we embark on building the GI platform of the future.

There will be plenty of variety in this role, as you will have exposure across the full software development lifecycle working to support the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables. You will work in a squad to develop code and enhancements to our Bamboo platform, along with defining business requirements. We work in a collaborative approach, so working through challenges together and contributing your ideas is to drive innovation and adoption of latest technologies to enhance product development and performance is highly welcomed.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

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Well-versed in modern development practices including Agile, continuous deployments, DevOps and either Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, with experience developing across a wide variety of programming and scripting Languages (PowerShell, Terraform, ARM or equivalent programming experience). Experience in the configuration & management of CI/CD tooling, ideally using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins

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Experience working in a collaborative environment, to deliver innovative solutions in line with standards using good coding practices

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Able to use technical skills to contribute to estimates/delivery plans on behalf of a Delivery team. With the ability to identify and mitigate risks related to integration, performance, and compatibility, help to diagnose problems, collaborating with the team to find solutions and implement corrective actions

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Assist with solving problems and dealing with difficulties in line with standards, process and other guidelines within Aviva, applying technical knowledge and expertise and help with providing solutions for deficiencies in process, application configuration and operational procedure

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Comfortable with building/maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

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Salary between national circa £40,000 and London circa £45,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

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Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

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Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

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29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

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Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products , and other retailer discounts

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Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme

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Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

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Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

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Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

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We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Take a look to learn more.  Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Lacey Lane Mckoy a call on 07385425912 or send an email to  lacey.lane-mckoy@aviva.com