Senior Java Developer (National) - Insolvency Service - SEO

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented, enthusiastic Senior Developer within our Digital Services team. We are responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting the agency’s line of business applications. 

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.  

Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group. 

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.  

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career! 

Job description

Digital Services is a predominantly an in-house team, with a small 3rd party DevSecOps function. We’ve recently moved away from a hybrid development and support partnership, with the aim of bringing the function in-house. We are also consolidating our technology stack and moving away from legacy services, so this is a fantastic opportunity to help shape our digital services and the way we work for a sustainable, user centric future. We would love to for you to be part of that new team.

Digital services is part of Change and Technology Services (CTS) who support and improve applications and systems across the agencies IT landscape. CTS provide key services including digital services, cyber security and information governance, service architecture and governance and digital programme delivery.

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Java Developer you will

• Support the Lead Software Engineer and Technical Architect support, improve and maintain digital services written using Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PL-SQL hosted on the Azure platform.
• Improve digital services in line with Government Digital Standards
• Promote a culture of knowledge sharing and the adoption of good practice.
• Assist the teams within Digital Services, offering them expert advice and guidance, including operations leads, product managers and QAT leads.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team and business stakeholders, fostering good relationships and responding to views and challenges from others.
• Advocate user-centric, agile approaches which focus on efficient, effective delivery of high-quality digital services within the team and the wider agency.
• Transform government into a modern, agile development centre by embedding practices such as Behaviour and Test-Driven Development, continuous deployment, and DevOps

Person specification

The ideal candidate will have:

• Demonstrable knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• An understanding of a number of integration implementations including real-time, scheduled, API, batch and messaging services
• Experience of Springboot
• An understanding of the importance of good documentation
• Enthusiasm for sharing knowledge and mentoring others, supporting the team and nurturing its growth.
• Knowledge and experience of modern development practices such as BDD and TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps, modern development workflows, ideally using GitHub, as well as an understanding of modern design principles such as clean architecture, OOP, SOLID, RESTful APIs
• A good understanding of web application security and awareness of the OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities  

Please note:  This vacancy is advertised across 11 locations; however, Stratford and Croydon are only available to current Insolvency Service Staff. The advertised salary includes London weighting, which is only applicable to internal candidates. 

Languages

English

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• There will be an exercise, provided at the time of the interview, to assess the candidates coding skills and analytical approach.