Digital Delivery Senior Developer in Newport

Newport Full-Time 48000 - 72000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

The IPO is a modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively. In order to provide up to date services to our customers both nationally and internationally systems need to be developed, improved and maintained. You will have the opportunity to work on the latest cutting edge cloud technologies, use modern delivery processes and work on innovative projects, some including the use of AI and ML. Working alongside experts in their fields you will have the opportunity to make valuable contributions without compromising on quality.

You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role you will work within a multi-disciplinary squad using several technologies to build enterprise grade services. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for assigned deliverables. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. A Senior Developer is expected to contribute to the technical strategy for the department.

As a multi-skilled individual, you will have the opportunities to develop and mature skills in a core role but extend this to skills typically aligned to other role types. You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop.

Main duties consist of but are not limited to:

Be responsible for the design, coding, testing and documentation of small scale to large, complex or mission critical applications and solutions in a cloud first environment using MS Azure with C# and Python
Work closely with test engineers to reach a common understanding of acceptance criteria, the code base and test coverage
Proactively investigate problems and opportunities in existing processes, evaluating and communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholders
Identify and manage defects, incidents, risks and issues in line with IPO standards
Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver highly user focused and successful digital services ensuring governance standards are adhered to
Implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability
Keeping an open mind and exploring innovative ways to solve problems, working in a fail-fast fashion to provide required functionality
Proactively apply HMG IA technical security controls according to ISO 27001 & the Security Policy Framework (SPF)

Working Style

This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office.

The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.

Person specification

Essential Experience

Has been a key player in delivering technical solutions as part of a large projects
Experienced with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile
Experience of working with cloud technologies including Azure
Working knowledge of Azure DevOps
Experience with Git
Advocate of DevOps principles

Essential Technical

Excellent understanding of C#
Experience in Web Services and/or RESTful APIs
Has a good understanding of architectural principals with design patterns such as SOA and Micro-Services
Experience of writing SQL statements

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