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Recruitment Business Partner (DDaT) - Digital, Data, and Technology at Cabinet office - Government Digital Services
Job summary
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government — we are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.
Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:
* joining up public sector services
* harnessing the power of AI for the public good
* strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
* elevating leadership and investing in talent
* funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
* committing to transparency and driving accountability
Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation’s highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.
These roles are for the GOV.UK team, which runs the www.gov.uk website and the publishing system that powers it. GOV.UK is one of the most visited websites in the UK, with over 2.8 million unique visitors per day on average. Our purpose is to make it simple for everyone to interact with the government.
Almost all of GOV.UK's code is open source, developed in the open on GitHub. Most applications use Ruby on Rails running on Kubernetes in AWS. Teams work in agile ways, using best practices such as continuous delivery and test driven development. You can read more about our work on the Inside GOV.UK Blog.
GOV.UK are making search more usable, relevant and accessible, ensuring that more people can find what they're looking for. We're also creating a publishing ecosystem for government that is flexible, secure and easy to use so that we can present government information where users need it.
As a Developer on GOV.UK, you’ll:
* work as part of a multi-disciplinary agile team, getting involved with every part of the lifecycle of a service, from user research to continuously deploying code to production in our AWS environments
* build robust, performant Ruby on Rails applications to serve a variety of public and government needs, taking responsibility for the quality of code you produce
* implement tooling and automation to support development, operation, reliability, security and continuous improvement of the systems you work on
* support the live operation of the services we run, and participate in out-of-hours support rotas where necessary - you'll be paid an allowance, and a further hourly payment, for any duties you perform when on call
* share your work and the things you’ve learned through blog posts and show and tells, with the option of presenting at conferences and meetups
* use your learning and development budget to develop your career
* help recruit other developers and, where appropriate, get involved with sifting and interviewing
Person specification
The skills we would expect a Developer to have:
* an awareness of technologies used for cloud based web applications, such as HTTP, databases, backups, CDNs, search, containers (e.g. docker or kubernetes) and cloud computing (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud Platform or Azure)
* understanding of software design principles, and an ability to apply them
* familiarity with modern software development approaches such as automated testing, test driven development (TDD), continuous integration, pair programming, code review and version control
* understanding of common web security risks such as OWASP Top 10, and the corresponding mitigations
* enjoy researching and learning new programming tools and techniques and sharing their skills with others
* have experience working in a collaborative environment, and an understanding of the benefits of agile and multi-disciplinary approaches
* a desire to use their skills and experience to make a genuine difference, and to work on important services that are used by millions of people
In addition to the above Senior Developers will also:
* provide technical leadership within a team, advising and working with developers to identify the best approaches and solutions
* take responsibility for solving complex issues, drawing upon a broad knowledge of web technologies
* have proven experience of modern software development approaches including automated testing, test driven development, continuous integration, pair programming, code review and version control
* have experience in management, helping colleagues with their career development and coaching more junior staff members
* share knowledge among the GDS teams, ensuring that your team is understood by others and understanding the working of the wider organisation
If you meet a few of those criteria but think that you might not meet every last one then don’t let that stop you from submitting an application.
Sponsorship
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Consulting and Information Technology
* Industries
Government Relations Services, Government Administration, and Information Services
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