Directorate: Digital Technology Services (DTS)

Location:   London / National

Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 2 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the future

Interview:  Video conference via Teams

Important salary details:

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum. Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whichever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).

DDaT:

Roles will be recruited using a combination of the Government Digital and Data (GDD) and Success Profile Frameworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is aligned to the Technical Job Family, is a Software Developer role at Developer level, and carries the title Software Developer within DTS.

Reserve List:

HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.

Introduction:

These are exciting times at HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales to deliver justice by running courts and tribunals and processing outcomes, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding.

HMCTS Digital and Technology Services (DTS) is a specialist technology directorate which provides support to HMCTS in the use of IT and Digital.

DTS is creating a place in which it is great to do work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.

Please follow the link below for further information about HMCTS. www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service

Job Description:

The HMCTS Strategic Data Platform Project is tasked with delivering a new data platform to support reporting and data analysis within the organisation. The platform requires the ingestion of data from numerous sources, both old and new, and the provision of tooling to allow authorised users to perform their work on the data.

The aim of the Strategic Data Platform Project is to deliver Management Information (MI) technology solutions on a flexible data driven enterprise level platform designed to enhance the delivery of business intelligence, reporting and performance management across HMCTS.

As a Developer you will work with a wide range of stakeholders such as user researchers, product managers, designers, business analysts, content specialists, delivery managers and digital architects, all of whom share a vision for making better government through smarter use of technology. You will innovate to radically transform public services for the better.

You will join our Strategic Data Platform development squad and examples of our products can be found in our GitHub repositories:

https://github.com/hmctshttps://github.com/ministryofjusticehttps://github.com/CJSCommonPlatform

Key Responsibilities:

The post holder may be expected to travel between sites, for meetings, events etc as and when required.Write, amend, refactor and document code to build moderately complex programs/scripts. Adhere to internal process and procedures and advising others which software development standards/processes/procedures apply.Manage the creation of new data pipelines, infrastructure, and CI/CD configuration.Maintain existing data pipelines and work with DevOps and Platform Operations to maintain continuity of serviceComplete end to end test plans and scripts for prioritised data sourcesConstantly seek to learn and further develop your skills as required for your role. Monitor changes in the technology on which we rely and alert on any issues or trends affecting our software. Adhere to industry's best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others in doing so.Use security controls to build secure products and engineer to mitigate security threats. Handle information with confidentiality and integrity, work with others to ensure compliance and information assurance. Contribute to identifying risks and threats.Support and maintain software as required, including in the live environment. Use modern tools to identify and troubleshoot faults effectively and thoroughly.Some activities may be outside the core office hours (in-line with the organisation's policy).Analyse, plan, forecast, measure, maintain, improve and as required define all aspects of the availability of services. Control and manage service availability to meet the needs of the business in a cost-effective manner. This includes managing the capability, functionality, and sustainability of service components (for example, hardware, software, network resources and software/infrastructure as a service).Translate logical designs into physical designs, produce detailed designs that include well understood technology and appropriate patterns. Develop software to meet approved architectural artefacts. Identify, record, and escalate tech debt and low-level risks.Build and test simple interfaces between systems, or work on more complex integration as part of a wider team.Take a test-driven approach to software development, write automation test scripts of medium to high complexity and participate in testing. Collaborate in code reviews with others as appropriate.Share knowledge with developers and other coders (DevOps, automation testers etc.). Coach and mentor junior colleagues and participate in recruitment activities as required.Participate in procurement activities as required.Translate user stories to a proposed design and develop software to meet user needs.

Skills & Experience:

Experience in at least one programming language for development of enterprise data pipelines and applications in our core stack (Java & Python).

Working knowledge of Azure Data Factory & Azure Synapse AnalyticsWorking knowledge of Azure PipelinesExperience in working with structured data such as XML and JSONWorking knowledge of at least one RDBMS (for example PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL)Working knowledge in a range of technologies and libraries used in an enterprise data environment, such as logging and monitoring, cloud hosting environments, systems integration, source control, package management etc.An understanding of common data security issues and how to mitigate them.You champion software maintenance, clean code and practices that make change easyYou hold yourself and others to a high standardYou solve problems in a systematic wayYou enjoy learning and helping others

Application Process:

The following areas of Success Profile Framework will be used to assess and score your application during the sift, and interview.

Experience – As demonstrated in your application form.Technical – As demonstrated in your application form and interview. Successful sift candidates will be invited to a pre-interview technical on-line test. If successful, you will move on to the interview stage, which will also include a coding challenge that you will have time to prepare for.Behaviours – You will be required to provide evidence of the following key behaviours at Level 3Delivering at PaceChanging and ImprovingDDaT Assessment – During the interview, you will be assessed against the DDaT frameworkLevel of Clearance -To apply for this role, you will be required to successfully complete Security Clearance (SC) level as a condition of appointment.