Developer (Umbraco/.NET)
2 days ago
Glasgow
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit an ICT Website Developer (Umbraco) for a 2 month contract with potential to extend on a rate of £450/day (Outside IR35). This role will be largely homebased with the occasional travel for in person meetings likely to be held within the Central Belt of Scotland. Responsibilities • 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 SFRS change control procedures., • Work collaboratively with Digital and Technology Services (DaTS) team and support peer review of all development work., • 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. Essential Skills: • Strong experience working with Umbraco CMS, including completing upgrades across major versions and handling breaking changes., • Practical experience using Azure DevOp, including managing code changes and deploying updates to staging and production environments., • Strong knowledge of tools and techniques to build and maintain an Umbraco website including .NET Core / .NET 8, C#, Razor, MVC, and dependency injection patterns., • Experience integrating Umbraco with third party APIs such as SharePoint., • Experience building and deploying custom Umbraco components, especially forms, including workflows, data storage, and integrations., • Proven ability to improve website search functionality., • 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 Umbraco editors and administrators., • 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.