Software Engineer

Senior Developer

Ref: 66Tuesday 3 December 2019

£500-522 per day

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Are you searching for a challenging new opportunity for 2020,  a Software Engineering opportunity on a project basis here in South Wales?  We are currently searching for an experienced Software Engineer to work on a large and complex technical project within the public sector.  If this might be the exciting new opportunity for you,  then please contact me for further details.

We are currently working alongside our governmental client,  as they search for an experienced and enthusiastic Software Engineer to join their team for a period of 6 months.  The successful applicant for this exciting new contract roll will work collaboratively within a fully agile multidisciplinary team,  in a digital by default environment that puts user needs at the heart of everything they do.  You will be tasked with designing,  creating,  supporting and improving new and existing digital products and platforms.  You will evaluate and implement new tools and techniques to improve productivity and quality measurement.  You will also be a practitioner in GDS Digital Service Standards and Agile delivery principles.

Our customer are driving transformation change through new technologies and ways of working in a modern,  technically focused,  data-driven organisation. They are also offering the opportunity to work on the latest scalable digital technologies to ensure that this project meets user needs.

We anticipate that the successful applicant for this opportunity will have the following responsibilities:
*designing software products to serve a variety of user needs and enhancing existing software products to meet evolving user needs.
*supporting a continuous delivery environment,  using effective delivery and deployment techniques.
*maintaining and supporting services,  identifying,  locating and competently fixing faults,  as well as taking proactive action to avoid service disruption.
*sharing knowledge of tools and techniques;  identifying and sharing good practice and collaborating to improve the capability of the team.

We believe that the successful applicant for this exciting new opportunity will have the following skills,  knowledge and experience:
*service-oriented architectures and micro-services.  Experience working in Kubernetes would be ideal,  though not essential
*must have experience with both Java and Python languages.
*migration,  ideally from Cloudfoundry to Kubernetes (but this is not essential).
*experience of working in Cloudfoundry or Kubernetes.
*infrastructure as code.
*defining,  managing & monitoring cloud infrastructure.
*Devops experience is essential.
*the creation and management of continuous integration,  delivery and deployment pipelines,  as well as proposing improvements to existing pipelines.
*multiple test techniques,  informing test approaches,  ensuring consideration of non-functional requirements such as performance,  security and accessibility.
*circumventing the need for operational tasks and liaising with other teams to improve operational efficiency.

Should you feel that you possess the skills,  knowledge and experience to succeed within this exceptional opportunity for an experienced project-based Software Engineer,  then please contact me for further information and details.

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IT Sector
£500.00-522.00 per day (7.5 hour working day).
NP20 4AD