Overview

Location: Oakdale Ct, Oakdale, Blackwood NP12 4AD, UK

Employment Type: Permanent

Company

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. In the UK, we are leading in avionics and communication systems. We value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

Role

This role is for an Oracle Application Express (APEX) Developer to work as part of the Information Systems & Services (IS&S) team to support the business program managers. The role involves the development and delivery of bespoke capabilities identified via Value Propositions and Tasks. The role maintains high levels of application availability to support all contracted services delivered as part of the wider business programme.

The candidate should be technically strong with good Oracle APEX experience in designing and developing web-based applications. The candidate must manage the end-to-end software development lifecycle and have good project management skills. Strong communication skills are required both internally and with customers and end users.

The successful candidate will work with a multi-disciplined engineering team to deliver solutions that meet customer needs to a defined quality standard within agreed timescales and budgets. The APEX Developer is the point of contact for all support and development of appointed APEX applications.

Responsibilities

The role responsibilities will include developing and delivering applications and supporting ongoing Oracle APEX projects in line with programme requirements.

Qualifications

To be successful you should have experience in the following:

• Considerable experience working in an Oracle development environment
• Experience in Oracle APEX
• Oracle PL/SQL
• Oracle databases (v19c)
• XML, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
• Development tools (JDeveloper, SQL Developer)
• Requirements gathering, analysis and design
• Good project management abilities
• Proven track record of delivering solutions through the full lifecycle
• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• OID/OUD/LDAP

The following are desirable:

• SharePoint Portal
• ITIL methodologies (change and release management)
• Source Control (e.g. TortoiseSVN)
• Oracle WebCenter Portal (v12c)
• Experience in working in the defence industry

Additional Information

Salary: 44,400 to 55,500 depending on experience plus our flexible benefits package. We offer hybrid working—ideally averaging 2 days on site per week.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering benefits including:

• A nine-day fortnight with every other Friday off
• A personalized career development plan with regular progress reviews
• A flexible working environment with flexible benefits

We are committed to a diverse workplace and invite applicants from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria. If you would like your application considered under the Disability Confident scheme, please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk.

All successful applicants must be able to obtain UK security clearance appropriate for the role and undertake suitable right-to-work checks.

General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited is a leading prime contractor and complex systems integrator working in partnership with government, military and private companies around the world.