Automation Developer

As our Automation Engineer you will the type of person who has a genuine passion and understanding on how Automation works. You will have the willingness to want to develop yourself further in this role, which is something we will help and provide with. You’ll also be or have:

An Information Technology related degree, or equivalent industry experience.

Strong background working in tooling or automation roles

Proficiency in a writing, executing and testing programming languages such as PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CCS, .NET

Experience of working in an Agile/ Scrum environment

Meaningful relevant and demonstrable experience of IT automation / software development

Formal qualification in technical area of specialism (desirable)

Extensive experience of implementing automated testing (desirable)

Good knowledge of code repositories like GIT (desirable)

Solid understanding of JSON data structures and API calls (desirable)

ITIL awareness (desirable)

Experience of various software development methodologies (desirable)

Knowledge of XML and structural programming concepts. (desirable)

Here at NFU Mutual we pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and have again been presented with the Gallup Great Workplace Award. Along with a supportive culture you can also look forward to some very attractive reward benefits such as:

Competitive salary

Up to 17.5% annual bonus potential

Contributory pension scheme (company contribution up to 12%)

25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (additional holiday purchase scheme)

Employee discounts

Gym subsidy

Health and wellbeing plan

Discounted Insurance on a range of NFU Mutual policies

NFU Mutual are happy to offer its employees informal homeworking. Our team is located in Stratford-upon-Avon and it would be expected that on average, 50% of your working time would be located from one of this office, with the remaining days home based should you wish. Due to COVID-19, our employees continue to work from home and a return to the office is being planned for later in the year

One of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies, NFU Mutual has been meeting our customers’ needs for over 100 years. Our employees are important to us. We empower and inspire them to perform, offer opportunities to grow and we recognise and reward their contribution. They are proud to work for a company that respects them and broader communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now, and in the future.