Public Sector Resourcing
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer
On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for a 12 month (Inside IR35) contract. Hybrid working from any DWP hub in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.
DWP is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support the ongoing development and enhancement of a large scale AWS hosted data platform. Working within a highly secure environment, you will contribute to both live services and future platform developments, helping ensure the secure management and processing of critical production data.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance software solutions supporting a large scale AWS hosted data platform.
- Work with production data, ensuring security, resilience and operational stability.
- Support ongoing platform development and contribute to future product enhancements.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver high quality, scalable solutions.
- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues across applications and cloud infrastructure.
- Contribute to engineering best practices, code quality and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support the design and implementation of secure data processing solutions.
Essential
- Strong Java development experience
- Strong Python development experience
- Strong SQL skills
- AWS cloud experience
- Experience working with large scale data platforms or data focused applications
- Experience using GitLab for source control and CI/CD
- Understanding of secure systems and handling production data
- SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.
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Desirable
- Apache Airflow
- Apache Spark / PySpark
- Experience working with AWS data services such as Amazon Athena, AWS Lake Formation, AWS Glue or similar technologies.
- Previous public sector experience
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. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
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Armed Forces Covenant
DWP 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 exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
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".
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