Systems Analyst Reading
Job description
AWE have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Analyst to join our growing team. Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area Salary: £42,700 - £67,500 based on experience As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include: Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work) Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution) Life Assurance Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site AWE is currently recruiting a System Analyst with a good knowledge of PL/1 for server-side scripting with a task to design and implement a graphical frontend display of system health and live system metrics for users. The role will join a small team of Software Analysts and the successful candidate will undertake all aspects of 1st line system support and customer requests. As a System Analyst you will be required to: Undertake a new project to extract data from a central server that uses a 'flat file' database and import the data into a relational database Create a system that extracts information from the Relational Database to create: Daily/Weekly and Quarterly reports System Health Check reports Bespoke reports Develop a way of extracting data from the central server when the central server application becomes obsolete Handle queries from internal customers and work as part of a small group to solve the query Undertake minor application updates in PL/1 Undertake daily health checks on a central server Peer review software code of other programmers Design, as well as undertake, system testing, module testing, regression testing and validate user acceptance testing To succeed in this role, you'll have: Possess knowledge of BS, EN 61508 programming standards Good working knowledge of Relational databases Server-Side scripting: Java, PHP, Perl, Python etc. HTML and page design PL/1 programming or Cobol program skills C, C++ and Fortran programming skills would be beneficial Operating systems: VOS, Linux and Windows Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for this role. Atomic Weapons Establishment
