Senior C Engineer
Clearance Required: SC-eligible
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
IR35 Status: Mandated PAYE only
Job Description:
You will work closely with architects and delivery leads to design and implement robust Back End services, lead engineering best practices, and mentor junior developers.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is passionate about delivering impactful public sector solutions.
Role Purpose
As a Senior Engineer, you will remediate, stabilise, and modernise applications participating in the Ingres-only Pathway-decoupling data from Ingres to target relational platforms (eg, Oracle/SQL Server) and implementing secure, supportable fixes that reduce risk ahead of March 2027. You'll collaborate with architects, DB specialists, testers, and delivery leads to plan and execute safe change in line with HMRC standards.
Key Outcomes
Risk reduction & compliance: Identify and remediate vulnerabilities, unsupported dependencies, and non-compliant patterns to meet HMRC security and data-protection expectations.
Decoupling from Ingres: Refactor data access; support migration from Ingres to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining UI where required.
Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifi...