C# Developer - Desktop Applications - Banking

GCS; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking institution is seeking a C# Developer for desktop applications with strong skills in WPF, SQL, and Oracle. The successful candidate will engage in business requirements analysis, develop applications, and provide ongoing support. This role offers a hybrid working model with an initial contract of 6 months, likely to extend.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in C# and WPF development.
• Familiarity with SQL and Oracle databases is essential.
• Experience with application support and WinForms applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support desktop applications using C# and WPF.
• Engage in business requirements analysis and design application structures.
• Troubleshoot and implement solutions for existing applications.

Skills

C#

WPF

Winforms

SQL

Oracle

Job description

Global bank based in Canary Wharf.

Role

C# Developer - Desktop Applications

Duration

6 months with likely extension

Rate

415 p/d (inside IR35)

Location

Hybrid / Canary Wharf

Tech Stack

• C#
• WPF
• Winforms
• SQL
• Oracle

Tasks

• Tasks range from understanding business requirements, designing application structures, business data analysis, programming WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications in Visual C#.NET on both Oracle and SQL Server database, testing with users, implementation through Development, Quality Assurance (QA), Production and Disaster Recovery environments. Supporting users and writing operation documents including User Helps (manuals) will also be required.
• As well as application development, this role will also include all aspects of system constructions and support for existing programmes which are written as WinForms (C#.NET) applications. Also, applications written in other languages like MS VBA for Excel and Access, MS VB and MS Excel Macros will also be required.

Additional Tasks

• Defining Database objects required in systems to connect with SQL and Oracle Database Administrators in both London and New York.
• Providing script for database inquiry languages, i.e., T-SQL (SQL Server) and PL/SQL (Oracle) to perform data analysis based on requirements from business parties.
• Setting up a system distribution method to Citrix and application servers for both Web and Window applications.
• Troubleshooting systems in an event of failure and implementing necessary solutions by checking Windows Operating System, Internet Information Server and any other relevant environments where the applications are running. In some case this role will act to liaise with other application support team staff.
• Following the existing team programming policy to keep a common development style to be shared in team members.
• Updating versions of MS .Net Framework and MS Visual .NET platform to include any necessary changes of existing systems running in Production.
• Liaising with the relevant support teams such as other Development sections, Technical Support, Network and Infrastructure and DBA where Business users experience system problems.
• Assessing the impact of data processing loads on SQL and Oracle database and, when appropriate, finding alternative approaches.
• Rolling out changes with a coordination of Release manager. It is important to maintain the change history of applications

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.