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Senior Developer (Ref : 7177)

Senior Developer (Ref : 7177)

Ministry of Justice UKLondon, England, United Kingdom
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

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Job Summary

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Job Description

Directorate : Digital Technology Services (DTS)

Pay Band : Grade 7

Job Title : 2 x Senior Developer

Location : London / National

Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 3 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the future

Term : Permanent

Interview : Video conference via Teams

Important Salary Details :

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.

Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whichever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).

GDD :

Roles will be recruited using a combination of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) and Success Profile Frameworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is aligned to the Technical Job Family, is a Software Developer role at Senior Developer level.

Reserve List :

HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.

Introduction :

These are exciting times at HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales to deliver justice by running courts and tribunals and processing outcomes, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding.

HMCTS Digital and Technology Services (DTS) is a specialist technology directorate which provides support to HMCTS in the use of IT and Digital. DTS is creating a place in which it is great to do work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.

Please follow the link below for further information about HMCTS. www.gov.uk / government / organisations / hm-courts-and-tribunals-service

The Key Purpose Of The Role :

As a Senior Developer you will work with a wide range of stakeholders such as user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, content specialists, delivery managers and digital architects, all of whom share a vision for making better government through smarter use of technology. You will innovate to radically transform public services for the better.

Technologies : We rely heavily on

  • Java to write our backend services
  • Node.js and Angular to write our frontend services
  • Power Platform for low-code development
  • Jenkins for deployment
  • Dynatrace for application monitoring
  • Kubernetes and Docker to run our services
  • Azure for most of our infrastructure
  • Postgres and Redis as our databases.
  • GOV.UK Design System for our web interfaces
  • Macs to do all the above
  • In addition, we use a range of other technologies and continue to evolve by employing new technologies that help us deliver better services to our users

Key Responsibilities :

  • Write, amend, refactor and document code to build complex programs / scripts, and as required leading on these activities. Adhere to internal process and procedures, promoting and advising others which software development standards, processes & procedures apply.
  • Constantly seek to learn and further develop your skills as required for your role. Monitor changes in the tech stack you use and alert on any major changes affecting our software. Adhere to industry's best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others to do so in a highly competent manner.
  • Ensure that products are secure, engineered to mitigate security threats and have the necessary security controls in place. Ensure that information is handled with confidentiality and integrity, and that products are compliant. Identify and raise risks and support Information Assurance activities.
  • Support and maintain software as required, including in the live environment. Use modern tools to effectively and thoroughly identify, troubleshoot and fix faults. Package and deploy software built. Some activities may be outside the core office hours (in-line with the organisation's policy for OOH).
  • Plan the development on sets of related stories and coordinate integration tasks across systems. Contribute to selection of the software development approach (plan-driven, iterative / agile etc.) for projects. Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance and support activities to improve the development process. Choose the most appropriate from a variety of methods of prototyping, actively solicit prototypes with others.
  • Define, analyse, plan, forecast, measure, maintain and improve all aspects of the availability of services. Control and manage service availability to meet the needs of the business in a cost-effective manner. This includes managing the capability, functionality and sustainability of service components (for example, hardware, software, network resources and software / infrastructure as a service).
  • Define the integration build. Coordinate build activities across systems and undertake and support integration testing activities.
  • Take a test-driven approach to software development, write complex automation test scripts and participate in testing. Participate in code reviews of own work and leads code reviews of colleagues' work.
  • Guide and advise others on technical areas you have expertise in, modern development standards and approaches to understand user stories. Coach and mentor more junior colleagues. Lead on and participate in recruitment as required.
  • Participate in and lead on procurement activities as required.
  • Translate user stories to a proposed design and develop software to meet user needs. Collaborate with user researchers, represent users internally and champion user research to focus on all users.
  • The post holder may be expected to travel between sites, for meetings, events etc as and when required.
  • Skills & Experience :

  • Sound knowledge in one programming language for development of enterprise and public facing applications, ideally in our core stack (Java and JavaScript).
  • Sound knowledge of HTTP, at least one web development framework (for example Spring or Angular) and at least one RDBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL)
  • Sound knowledge in a wide range of technologies and libraries used in an enterprise, such as logging and monitoring, ORM, authentication / authorisation, cloud hosting environments, systems integration, source control, package management etc.
  • Experience of mentoring, coaching or leading other developers
  • Experience of working with modern tools and techniques
  • An understanding of common security issues and how to mitigate them
  • You will also want to make a positive impact on the communities we serve
  • You are looking for new technical and leadership challenges
  • You thrive when you work as part of a team
  • You enjoy learning and helping others
  • You hold yourself and others to a high standard
  • You solve problems in a systematic way
  • Application Process :

    The following areas of Success Profile Framework will be used to assess and score your application during the sift, and interview.

    Coding Task

    When submitting your Statement of Suitability at the application stage, please complete the following coding task and provide a link to the repository : https : / / github.com / hmcts / dts-developer-challenge

    Please note the Civil Service application process is name-blind, so ensure that the repository containing your code does not include any personal information that would identify you.

  • Experience – As demonstrated in your application form.
  • Technical – As demonstrated in your coding task and interview. If successful, you will move on to the interview stage, which will include an extension exercise to the coding task you submitted in your statement.
  • GDD Assessment – During the interview, you will be assessed against the GDD framework.
  • Leadership
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Directorate : Digital Technology Services (DTS)

    Pay Band : Grade 7

    Job Title : 2 x Senior Developer

    Location : London / National

    Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 3 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the future

    Term : Permanent

    Interview : Video conference via Teams

    Application Process :

    The following areas of Success Profile Framework will be used to assess and score your application during the sift, and interview.

    Coding Task

    When submitting your Statement of Suitability at the application stage, please complete the following coding task and provide a link to the repository : https : / / github.com / hmcts / dts-developer-challenge

    Please note the Civil Service application process is name-blind, so ensure that the repository containing your code does not include any personal information that would identify you.

  • Experience – As demonstrated in your application form.
  • Technical – As demonstrated in your coding task and interview. If successful, you will move on to the interview stage, which will include an extension exercise to the coding task you submitted in your statement.
  • GDD Assessment – During the interview, you will be assessed against the GDD framework.
  • Leadership
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Person specification

    Please Refer To Job Description

    Behaviours

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

  • Leadership
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Technical skills

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

  • GDD Skill 1 – Service Support
  • GDD Skill 2 – Programming and Build
  • GDD Skill 3 – Systems Design
  • GDD Skill 4 – Modern Development Standards
  • HMCTS Case Management Coding Challenge
  • Alongside your salary of £56,532, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £16,377 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

  • Access to learning and development
  • A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
  • A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  • Annual Leave
  • Public Holidays
  • Season Ticket Advance
  • For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

    Link : https : / / justicejobs.tal.net / vx / candidate / cms / About%20the%20MOJ

    Selection process details

    This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

    https : / / justicejobs.tal.net / vx / candidate / cms / About%20the%20MOJ

    Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

    This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

    Security

    Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

    Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

    People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

    Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

    Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

    People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

    Nationality requirements

    This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups :

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  • Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

    Working for the Civil Service

    The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

    We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

    The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

    The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

    We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

    The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

    Diversity and Inclusion

    The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

    This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

    Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

    Contact point for applicants

    Job Contact :

  • Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
  • Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
  • Telephone : 0345 241 5359
  • Recruitment team

  • Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
  • Further information

    Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages : http : / / civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk / civil-service-recruitment / complaints /

    https : / / jobs.justice.gov.uk / careers / JobDetail / 7177?entityId=7177

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