RPA Developer
We would welcome applications from candidates with:
- An interest and knowledge of the theory behind
automation techniques and RPA technologies.
- Experience of the whole product
lifecycle, encompassing development, testing & support.
- An awareness of change impact and
the effect on the ability to automate or the need to update existing
automations.
- An understanding of industry
standard approaches to exceptions and error handling.
- Experience of documenting solutions
and system dependencies.
- Excellent communication skills with
business, IT & Digital, and vendor stakeholders.
- Ability to work across all levels
of the IT & Digital Technical Delivery Lifecycle.
- A broad experience in supporting or developing
across a diverse tech stack including browser based applications, java
clients, and thick clients underpinned by both SQL Server and Oracle
databases.
- Demonstrable success at delivering RPA
solutions in an enterprise environment.
- At least 1 years’ experience in a large
enterprise
Knowledge and experience in the
following is desirable:
· Experience and certification with NICE and
UIPath RPA software or similar.
· Interaction with databases using SQL or
similar querying languages.
· Familiarity with HTML & Javascript.
· Object-oriented programming (any language
such as Java, Python or C#).
· Universal Modelling Language, Requirements
Documents, User Stories/Use Cases etc.
· Design patterns, clean coding principles,
code reviews.
· Macros/Excel/VBA.
· API documentation and services using
API documentation and invoke services using SOAP and REST/JSON and XML.
· Unit Testing, User Acceptance
Testing, Defect Management, Dev-Ops, Agile.
· Automating applications running within
Microsoft App-V.
· ITIL.
Working within the IT & Digital Team can be
rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large organisation where
people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in an encouraging and
flexible environment. Our benefits include:
- 28
days (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase additional days.
- Access
to a Corporate Health Cash Plan
and wellbeing website.
- Modern working environment in central Birmingham.
- Opportunity to save on travel costs through a
Corporate Travel Scheme.
The community we serve within the
West Midlands is fantastically diverse. West Midlands Police
is an equal opportunities employer, meaning we value
diversity and shape our workforce to best match and
reflect the people we serve. You will be part of an
already incredibly diverse and balanced team in terms
of skill sets, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status and
ethnic background. The strong team ethos helps us deliver on our
departmental mission statement in "Enabling WMP to serve
our communities through innovative and empowering
technology."
West Midlands Police are currently undertaking a long term review of staff pay and conditions. The grade, pay and other terms of employment are therefore subject to review and may change in the future.
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview.
"Diversity and Inclusion Vision: Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities"