Shoosmiths - UK Law Firm of the Year Winner at the Legal Week British Legal Awards 2015.
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Shoosmiths are seeking an experienced Integration Analyst to join the IS department during an exciting time of investment in the firm's technology infrastructure, with over 40 live projects being run by the department.
As part of the integration team, you will be responsible for the integration of disparate systems across the firm, including case management systems, workflow/BPM systems and SAP (Practice Management/Finance System), utilising Microsoft integration technologies. |
Working as the Integration Analyst, your remit will have you working closely with the business to analyse requirements and design appropriate solutions, therefore you will have excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels. Furthermore, you will work collaboratively with the project teams to provide timescales to the users and work closely with other IS team to manage the requirements relating to interfaces with other systems.
The production of documentation, technical specifications, training / test scripts and risk and issue logs will also fall under your role, thus you will have excellent attention to detail and prior experience in producing detailed documentation.
We are looking for an experienced Integration professional who has an inquisitive mind that can identify opportunities for improvement across the firm. With numerous projects on-going, you will need to be able to juggle a broad and varied workload, but in return you will be given the opportunity to work with new and exciting technologies. |
The ideal candidate will have development expertise across a breadth of Microsoft Integration technologies including Biztalk 2013 along with SQL Server and related reporting technologies (SSRS & SQL Profiler). You will ideally have experience within a law firm, professional services firm or other service sector industry, with strong communication skills across all levels.
Essential experience
- Development of Microsoft integration technologies such as SSIS and DTS
- Experience of SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2014
- Experience of developing in C#
- Development and support experience in an IT discipline
- Strong communication skills as this role will require stakeholder management
Ideal experience
- Experience of Microsoft BizTalk 2013
- Experience of SSRS and SQL Profiler
- Experience of Web Technologies such as MVC, IIS, WCF and REST
- Experience in a law firm, professional services firm or other service sector industry (not essential)
Benefits Package
Shoosmiths has an outstanding benefits package; we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm. These can include:
- A pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5.5%
- Generous life assurance cover for peace of mind, up to 8 times salary
- Up to 23 paid working days holiday per annum with the option to buy up to 8 additional days. You can choose to 'flex' twice a year - January and July
- 'Happy Birthday!' - have a free day off to celebrate and a £50 voucher to spend! (We won't take it from your annual entitlement)
- Childcare vouchers which are not subject to tax or NI
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Staff introduction bonus scheme
- Corporate discounts on a wide variety of products and services
- Discounted conveyancing and legal advice, for instance for wills and family trusts
If you'd like to enquire about the salary, please feel free to get in touch with me via matthew.mercer@shoosmiths.co.uk or 03700 863 267.
The application process
We will aim to respond to you within 3-4 working days following your application. If successful, you will be contacted by a member of our recruitment team for an informal telephone discussion. There will be two interview stages in total, which will be held at our Northampton office.
Interested, but have further questions? Get in touch via email (matthew.mercer@shoosmiths.co.uk), phone (03700 863 267) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-mercer-91811a25).
Background checks
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. These checks will include full employment references covering the last 5 years, proof of ID, proof of address covering the last 5 years, Personnel Vetting credit search (which will highlight insolvency or County Court Judgments etc); Terrorism Check (against data supplied by the Bank of England), eIDV check and a Criminal Records Bureau check. |
Shoosmiths is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. |