WP1546: Senior Java Developer

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Who Speclialist Work With A multi-disciplinary agile team, mainly back end developers, WebOps engineers, technical architect, tech lead, user researchers, product managers, delivery managers, tech author. What Specialists Work On Working with our already established development team to further develop our PCI DSS accredited payments platform, to tackle our outstanding backlog of work to scale our current platform to onboard more government services and expand our product offering to both citizen users and backend staff. The role will also include supporting our existing platform and may require some out of hours support work. Where the Work Takes Place Government Digital Service, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS Early Market Engagement None Working Arrangements Monday to Friday 7.5 hours per day + lunch time Must start work by 09:45 and not finish before 16:00 Mainly based from our office in Aldgate, with opportunities to work from home. OnCall support out of hours on rotation approx every 6 weeks. This role is outside of IR35. Work Location Government Digital Service, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS Security Clearance It is preferred that the candidate already has SC clearance, however if this is not currently held, they must be willing to undertake the SC clearance process at the supplier's expense. Additional T&Cs All expenses must be pre-agreed with between the parties and must comply with the Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence (T&S) Policy. All vendors are obliged to provide sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures so that the processing meets the requirements of GDPR and ensures the protection of the rights of data subjects. For further information please see the Information Commissioner's Office website:https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/overview-of-the-gdpr/. Skills & Experience 2 years experience of working in a strong agile and self organising team using agile practices such as Scrum and Kanban. 2 years experience of working in a PCI DSS accredited development environment. 1 year + experience of working on WorldPay and SmartPay integrations. Experience of designing and leading implementation of ad hoc payments and sending invoices on a multi-tenanted payment platform. Exceptional Java expertise. Experience training and mentoring developers in Java. 2 years experience developing a payment platform for scalability and stability. 2 years experience of working in cloud based infrastructure using AWS. 2 years experience of developing scalable restful APIs. 2 years experience of working in a continuous delivery pipeline. 2 years experience of supporting a 24/7 service. Experience using the following technologies: AWS, Heroku, Java8, Postgress, Docker, Cucumber. Ability to present and communicate technical solutions to a non technical audience and potential customers. Nice to Haves Experience supporting a 24/7 service and providing out of hours support. Experience working in government. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Ability to work well in a collaborative multi-disciplinary agile team. Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £760