Software Developer - HMRC - HEO

Location

Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf, Cardiff Regional Centre - Ty William Morgan, East Kilbride - Queensway House, Edinburgh Regional Centre - Queen Elizabeth House, Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square, Salford - Trinity Bridge House, Worthing - Teville Gate House.

About the job

Job summary

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Are you a software developer looking for a new opportunity?
Now is a fantastic time to start building your career in our exciting, creative and world-class IT team. If you want to learn a lot, help others do the same and be part of delivering public service that makes a real difference, HMRC is a great place to do that.
This is an exciting role for an individual looking to deliver technological change against a backdrop of organisational transformation, as well as an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives by delivering great software solutions.

The Business Developed Applications (BDApp) team is part of Chief Digital Product Office in CDIO. We use leading edge technology and processes to provide software products predominantly for the Customer Service Group (CSG) but other opportunities arise regularly across HMRC and internationally. We provide new software as well as maintain and support existing and legacy software of around 140 products across the HMRC estate. Within that service, we review all our software for compliance with legislation and HMRC regulations to spearhead the drive to reduce tech debt and tech density in the CSG BDApp environment.

Job description

In the Software Developer role, you will be part of a team that is responsible for the design and delivery of Business Developed Applications (BDApps). You will already have software developer skills and we will support you with on-the-job training to apply these skills in our BDApp environment.
You will follow the end-to-end Software Development lifecycle using agreed software and architectural design principles to ensure products are fit for purpose.
The role also requires good communication skills as you will be engaging with stakeholders from start up through to delivery, ensuring you meet customer needs and deliver to agreed timescales.

Person specification

As a Software Developer you will:
• Design and develop new BDApps and support existing BDApps using various languages and technologies such as C#, Visual Basic 6, VBA, Microsoft Office, and SQL. In addition to .NET and PRISM Frameworks
• Be an active participant in workshops to gather BDApp requirements from stakeholders, turning these into a detailed system requirements document
• At key milestones during the lifecycle be able to perform demonstrations of the progress of the BDApp to all stakeholders
• Design and write detailed test scripts for use whilst facilitating both technical testing and User Acceptance Testing with the business and key stakeholders
• Write technical system navigation guidance, which can be integrated into the system, allowing the user to navigate through the BDApp
• Develop and deliver training packages to business users for new BDApps
• Have a willingness to continuously develop and increase your technical knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Experience creating and supporting software solutions
• Experience and demonstrable knowledge of working with a range of stakeholders to capture system requirements and other appropriate project documentation and turning these into technical solutions
• Demonstrable knowledge and a proven ability to effectively communicate system changes, issues and risks to project leads and other stakeholders
• The ability to self-start and be able to work independently or part of a larger team demonstrating excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Enhanced security rating to SC level or be prepared to obtain it

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of developing using any of the following C#, WPF, the .Net Framework, PRISM, Visual Basic 6 or Microsoft Office Visual Basic Applications
• Knowledge of SOLID principles, Domain Driven Design, and design patterns such as MVVM
• Experience and knowledge of Entity Framework, SQL Databases, architecture of relational databases and integrity constraints
• Experience writing technical and user test scripts to be used during system testing
• Experience in writing end user system guidance
• An understanding and experience of HMRC governance, processes, and operational working practices