ParentPay Group is the largest EdTech company in Europe with over 1000 employees and more than £130m turnover. The group has a portfolio of software solutions for educational establishments which serve their management, payments, catering and library service needs.
PPG is also the largest provider of school management software in the UK and touches the lives of over one million people every day, streamlining school administration and management to free up time for teaching and learning, with its market-leading SIMS software solution

SIMS is at the heart of 19,000 schools, including over 700 independent and international schools in 49 countries. 

We are developing a new single authentication solution that will be integrated and used by all products within the ParentPay Group. 

A new team will be forming and will be working under a DevSecOps culture using eXtreme Programming techniques, ensuring the highest standards of quality, security and delivery are met. 

The product will pass through a formal Service Transition process into live support, but the team should also have a firm focus on live service operations and where they fit into 3rd line support.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Consultant who is passionate about building products that deliver exceptional customer experience. You will contribute towards creating test scenarios, manual Testing, automating the scenarios and benchmarking the performance of products and services in the ParentPay group portfolio.
You will be responsible for understanding the domain as well as technical intricacies of the product working on the product backlog, and aid in delivery acceleration through creative thinking, an evidence-based approach and a keen focus on user and business value. 

The product will deliver a new Auth Solution for all group products, so alongside customer facing elements there will need to be a firm technical foundation. A solid understanding of technical principles and an ability to converse and work with solutions and technical requirements is therefore essential to success. 

• Develop understanding of the Domain and technical intricacies of the product.
• Consistently evaluate and become the expert in the domain space.
• Collaborate with the product stakeholders to understand the Acceptance criteria thoroughly.  
• Build robust UI/UX solution using .NET, C#, Microservices, HTML, CSS technologies.
• Would need to work on Azure B2C implementation.
• Strong understanding of architectural principles
• Understanding of oauth api call sequence
• Strong Agile Development Practices
• Ability to work in a technical environment. Should have experience with Whitebox testing techniques.
• Demonstrate clarity of thought and the ability to translate the complex into simple and consistent terms.

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