GIS Developer

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation with various locations across Scotland, are currently looking to recruit an ICT GIS Developer for an initial 4 month contract on a rate of £450-£500/day (Outside IR35). This role will be largely home based with occasional travel for in person meetings likely to be held within the Central Belt.
Responsibilities:
- Provide assistance on projects, working on multiple .NET based web applications including

1. Adding enhancements as per requirement specification
2. Fault analysis and remediation

iii. Following change control processes

1. Documentation and handover

- Conduct full quality assurance including regression testing of all components impacted by the upgrade or new features.
- Browser and device compatibility testing.
- Functionality testing of the search, forms and content rendering.
- Deploy all changes to a staging environment for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Manage all migration to production in line with change control procedures.
- Undergo peer review of development work by Digital and Technology Services (DaTS) colleagues.
- Provide updated technical documentation including a summary of changes introduced by the upgrade and new features. In addition, to providing supporting documentation, complete a handover of all work completed to the Digital and Technology Services (DaTS) team to aid future development.
- Highlight any known issues and recommendations for future improvements.
- Notify of any updated processes for content editors, systems developers and administrators.
- Record all future code changes and store them in the DevOps repository, ensuring technical documentation remains accurate and up to date.
- Access to existing Devops and servicedesk queues, server environments, and code repositories.
- Visual Studio license and AD access accounts.
- Laptop with connectivity to networks for the duration of the contract.
Essential Skills:
- Experience of GIS application in the ESRI ArcGIS enterprise platform
- Practical experience using Azure DevOps, including managing code changes and deploying updates to staging and production environments.
- Strong knowledge of tools and techniques to build and maintain web based applications including .NET Core/.NET 8, C#, Angular, MVC, REST web services and dependency injection patterns.
- Good understanding of SQL relational database development and SQL Scripting.
- Good understanding of accessibility requirements, including WCAG 2.1 AA and experience applying this across public-sector websites.
- Ability to produce clear, practical technical documentation, such as upgrade notes, known issues and guidance for editors.
- Confident in delivering training and knowledge transfer for developers, end users etc
- Awareness of change management processes and working within structured governance.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience working on public-sector digital services.
- Collaborative working style, with the ability to contribute effectively within mixed technical and non technical teams.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.