Software Support Engineer

Job Description

We have an opportunity available for a SoftwareSupport Engineer to join us in a home working role from any location in the UK with the expectation to visit the office when required. This is a full-time, permanent position and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £36,414 - £40,698 per annum plus benefits.Ordnance Survey (OS) provides national mapping services for Great Britain and is world-leading provider of geospatial solutions. OS location data and expertise has helped governments make smarter decisions, businesses gain valuable data insight, and everyone experience the world outside for over 225 years.We offer fantastic benefits in return for joining us as our Software Support Engineer:- Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus- A competitive pension scheme- 37 hour working week (with flexible working options)- 25 days annual leave (30 days after 5 years), bank holidays and an extra 3 days over Christmas- A suite of excellent additional benefitsAbout the Software Support Engineer role: This is a fantastic opportunity for you to influence and shape our maintenance roadmaps by providing continuous improvement to our existing systems. You will provide technical support to ensure our systems remain secure, supported, updated and meet business requirements in line with our strategic objectives.You will have the opportunity to apply your experience in software engineering, support and maintenance to help us create secure, scalable, performant systems that are easy to maintain and support.This is a varied role and as such we are seeking a candidate has exposure to engineering tools and best practices. You will provide expert technical consultancy and proactively safeguard the business, investigate failures and have the ability to make relevant changes.Our ideal Software Support Engineer will have the following skills and experience:- Providing technical support and driving continuous improvement- Programming language – C# or Python- Oracle SQL- Software engineering best practice- Microsoft Azure technologies, Ruby and experience using Geospatial technologies (ESRI, FME) would be desirable- Deployment, Debugging, Testing, Scaling and Monitoring modern cloud-based systems will be beneficialOur growing Technology and Design team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.Join us and you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they couldn’t have done it without us. And to be central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.If you would like to be part of this, please click ‘apply’ today to be considered as our Software Support Engineer and join a team that lies at the heart of what OS is about.Closing date:Sunday 15th November 2020