Principal Appian Developer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Principal Appian Developer, where you'll lead a dedicated team in delivering innovative software solutions. This exciting role involves collaborating on workflow applications, ensuring quality in software development, and enhancing existing systems. With hybrid working arrangements, you'll enjoy the flexibility of working from home while contributing to meaningful projects that make a difference. This position offers excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a matched pension scheme and health consultations. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with BPM software applications like Appian.
• Demonstrable knowledge of SDLC and agile delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver technical solutions on time and to quality standards.
• Develop, test, and deploy new applications while improving existing ones.

Skills

Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC)

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Business Process Management (BPM)

UML and BPMN techniques

Tools

Appian

IDEs

Source code management tools

Job description

Job Title: Principal Appian Developer
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61453

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Appian Developer at our Bristol or Leicester sites.

The Role
As a highly skilled and experienced Principal Appian Developer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Leading a team of dedicated Developers to ensure that you and the team deliver technical solutions for customers on time and to the expected quality standard provided by the Systems Development Manager.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to work with multiple workflow applications (new and current software) as you undertake requirements reviews, technical design, modelling, software development, unit testing and deployment of new applications as well as continual improvement to existing applications:

• Ensure software development is undertaken in accordance with IT quality, plan and procedures.
• Undertake efficient software development using good design and implementation methodologies.
• Undertake unit testing to verify developed software performs in accordance with the supporting requirements.
• Attend workshops / reviews / stand-ups to discuss the development project, demonstrate progress to date and communicate with project stakeholders.
• Prepare comprehensive documentation to support the completed application.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in either office and 3 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Principal Appian Developer:

• Demonstratable knowledge of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC).
• Knowledge of waterfall, iterative and agile approaches to software delivery.
• Extensive experience working with BPM software applications like Appian as well as other development tools such as IDEs and source code management.
• Modelling and representation system of business process design utilising UML and BPMN techniques.

Qualifications for the Principal Appian Developer:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and / or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we Offer:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 23/01/2025