Golang Job: Technical Lead

Location: Hybrid working attached to one of our locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London, Darlington, Manchester or Edinburgh

Salary: £53,400 - £65,400 + up to £7,500 skills allowance

Working Patterns: All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Full time, Part time, Flexible working and Job Share

Closing Date: Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 6th June 2023

NOTE: To be considered for the role you MUST complete the application process on Civil Service Jobs. Indeed applications alone will NOT put you in contention.

We are looking for experienced and forward-thinking Lead Software Engineer/Technical Lead to join our Survey Data Collection (SDC) Service within our Digital Services and Technology (DST) Directorate. The Service is building on the successes of Census to provide a generic, scalable and secure product set to enable contact with all respondents via email, letter and SMS, maximising response rates. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to work in an area of high impact change and support the longer-term ambitions of DST, ONS and wider Government.

As Technical Lead, you will lead the design, build, support and improvement of new and existing digital products using a range of approaches including SDLC, CI/CD and DevSecOps to ensure we deliver value early for our users. This is a pivotal role working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary delivery team with the SDC Service, which significantly contributes to ONS statistical outputs, improving Government decision making.

Tech Stack:

• Python
• Java
• Golang
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• Cloud SQL
• Terraform
• Concourse

As a highly experienced & accomplished professional, you'll be confident working with a range of different technical areas, such as software design & development, test, technical architecture, infrastructure (as code) and different hosting options; including Cloud (i.e. PaaS, IaaS). Ideally GCP including GKE, Cloud SQL, Kubernetes, PUB/SUB.

In addition, you'll be comfortable leading a team in an agile environment, pioneering new approaches and forming standards and approaches. You'll be confident in shaping the technical landscape of the product and ensuring secure design, with expertise in building software and CI/CD (ideally with experience using Concourse and GitHub). Understanding how to run a live system, running a live system, ensuring that logging, monitoring and alerting are built into the solution is also within your capabilities.

Expertise in Java, Python and Go are important for the role, along with familiarity with a range of software products & technologies; as well as a proven ability to select and apply them effectively, taking into account accessibility & reusability.

To be sent the link to apply, as well as full details on the role, candidate & benefits pack, click apply!

In return we offer you:

✔Hybrid working in an organisation voted top in the UK for work-life balance

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%

✔A choice of working patterns *for every role* full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

✔Blocked out Learning & Development time, with courses & certifications paid for

To be sent the link to apply, as well as full details on the role, candidate & benefits pack, click apply!

NOTE: To be considered for the role you MUST complete the application process on Civil Service Jobs. Indeed applications alone will NOT put you in contention.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £53,400.00-£65,400.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site gym
• On-site parking
• Paid volunteer time
• Sick pay
• UK visa sponsorship
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, SW1P 4DF

Application deadline: 05/06/2023
Reference ID: 288201