Senior Java Developer at Department for Work & Pensions, Manchester/Remote, 12 Months, £Contract Rate

6 Months or more Information Technology

Contract Description

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participationHelp people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it nowProvide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in societyImprove experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.
 
As a Senior Java Developer, your main responsibilities will be:
 
Responsibilities:
 
Assist in the development of medium-long term strategies for products.Define version control strategies for the source code of the product.Identify and resolve issues preventing delivery or continuation of software engineering activities.Collaborate across teams and liaise with Principal Software Engineers and Technical Architects to investigate technical solutions.Produce comprehensive technical documentation for wider consumption.Carry out agreed infrastructure maintenance tasks.Provide 3rd line support on products developed.Contribute to community discussions about best practice within Software Engineering.Provide coaching and mentoring to Software Engineer colleagues and peers.Deliver software products which make up services for our citizens to consume.Transform business requirements into production ready code.Ensure system robustness, resilience and stability.Design and develop reusable libraries and services and promote reuse across the department.Produce comprehensive suites of automated unit and integration tests to ensure code quality.Assure there is a fit for purpose, robust automated test suite.Essential:AWS Cloud experienceStrong coding experience in JavaNodeJS experienceDocker or Kubernetes experienceTerraform experienceGitLab (CI/CD) experienceExperience working with Microservices.
 
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.Disability Confident As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.Armed Forces CovenantDWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.