Java Development Lead

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Java Development Lead for a 12 Month (Inside IR35) contract based Hybrid role in London.

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:
. Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
. Increase saving for, and security in later life
. Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
. Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
. Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, (as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks).

Description:

Lead Software Engineer

As a Lead Software Engineer you will ideally be security cleared to SC and be an expert in your field, skilled in multiple disciplines, a role model in software craftsmanship and have proven experience in the design, development and support of software products. Responsible for defining medium to long term strategies for product lines, defining guidelines for the Engineering community and leading their adoption across teams in order to deliver quality software products.You will lead the design of complex software products that make up citizen services in collaboration with Architecture.

Roles & Responsibilities

.Champion technical evolution within the organisation, find, test, agree and adopt emerging technologies;

.Champion the latest Software Engineer best practices, principles and processes;

.Manage and mitigate risks through effective planning;

.Design and lead the strategies for building reusable libraries and services;

.Prevent and diagnose infrastructure issues. Ensure all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures;

.Provide 3rd line support on products developed, including out of hours support as and when required;

.Collaborate with large teams of Software Engineers and key technical decision makers to define the strategic vision for our products;

.Lead the Software Engineering community to deliver the strategic vision;

.Develop our Software Engineering capability by rewarding high; performers, shaping career paths and recruiting talent to the organisation;

.Collaborate with the Principal Software Engineering community to ensure usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are Embedded in the development of our citizen services;

.Identify skills gaps and key dependencies within our product teams.

Development languages

.Java

Database management

.SQL

.PostgresSQL

.MySQL

.MongoDB

.Cassandra

.SQL tuning

.Kernel tuning

Version control

.Git

Spring framework

.Spring Boot

.Spring Security

.Spring Batch

Testing

.Test Driven Development

.J-Unit

.Jasmine

.Automated test frameworks

.User testing

Linux Operating Systems

.Use, operate, patch and secure

.Bash

.RHEL

Collaboration tools

.Jira

.Confluence

.Slack

Behaviour Driven Development

.Cucumber

API design and open standards

.RESTful APIs

.Swagger

.OpenAPI

.Cloud computing

Security

.OWASP Top Ten

.Denial of Service

.SQL Injection

.Cross Site Request Forgery

Containerisation

.Docker

.Kubernates