Technical Lead

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Summary of the work The opportunity is for a Senior Java Developer to deliver benefits of a products and services portfolio. A typical product offering is a web portal to enable visualisation of aviation data to enable weather-based decision making amongst UK aviation stakeholders. The delivery team will practise Agile methodologies providing cloud-based solutions. Specialist role Technical Architect Expected Contract Length 12 months Latest start date Monday 15 July 2019 Who Speclialist Work With You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary user-focused digital delivery team, within a wider programme of work across the Business Group. You will work closely with the solution architect and other team members to design and develop a service/solution. What Specialists Work On 1. Fulfil the role of Technical Lead within a Met Office Agile delivery team. 2. Develop software solutions for Met Office Business Group Aviation customers in AWS , to provide a web portal to enable visualisation of regulated aviation data and information. 3. Provide and develop technical leadership of a team to develop other products to meet the needs of additional Business Group sectors. Skills & Experience • Proven ability of developing robust and serviceable enterprise level code across a good number of software projects, using Agile methodologies • At least 5 years' experience of coding in Java or Python • At least 2 years' experience developing applications on the AWS platform, including, Serverless, CloudFormation etc • Experience of Testing Frameworks • Experience with Continuous Integration tooling • Experience with Agile development processes • Excellent communication skills enabling team focus and interaction with all project stakeholders • Ability to provide technical team direction and management of team members • Experience of leading technical teams delivering Enterprise Level Software solutions • Proven ability to develop appropriate solution level architectures to meet the business need within the constraints of the organisational enterprise architecture Nice to Haves • AWS Certified Associate Solutions Architect • Demonstrable knowledge of IT security principles • Knowledge of C3 architecture design method Work Location Met Office HQ, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB. Working Arrangments Located at Met Office HQ. Met Office operates using agile methodology including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprints, retrospectives and show & tells. Face-to-face attendance to all scrum events is expected. Security Clearance SC clearance is required, however, you may start work with Basic initially. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Integrate successfully into an existing Agile team with existing working practices • Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Have a 'no-blame' culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes • Share knowledge and experience with other team members Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Can the authority please confirm if there is an incumbent? No - there is no incumbent supplier. 2. Can the authority please confirm the IR35 status of this role. This opportunity is within the scope of IR35. 3. Is this position outside of IR35? No - this opportunity is within the scope of IR35. 4. Is there an incumbent already working in this position? No - there is no incumbent supplier. 5. Could you please advise on budget/rate and IR35 status, thanks. The maximum day rate has been left blank intentionally, we will assess the day rate for suppliers using the evaluation weighting we have disclosed on the requirements. 6. Is this outside or inside IR35? This opportunity is within the scope of IR35. 7. Is there a current incumbent and please can you suggest the day rate on offer? There is no incumbent supplier. The maximum day rate has been left blank intentionally. We will assess the day rate for suppliers using the evaluation weighting we have disclosed on the requirements. 8. Please confirm the summary of work. It is the same as the Senior Java Developer. The requirement is for the same project and department within the Met Office. Hence the summary reflects the same. 9. 1. Does the role sit inside or outside of IR35?2. What is the anticipated length of the contract? 1. This opportunity is within the scope of IR35.2. The anticipated length of this contract is 12 months. 10. As per the buyers guide, Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 framework can only be used for workers who meet the rules for working off-payroll (known as ‘outside IR35’). See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-outcomes-and-specialists-buyers-guide#what-you-can-buy-on-digital-outcomes-and-specialists. Can i please ask why this role is stated as inside IR35? It is standard Met Office policy to procure suppliers within the scope of IR35, however, I can confirm that for this instance, this opportunity will be OUTSIDE of IR35 as per the DOS Framework terms and conditions. Apologies for previous confusion. 11. Can the successful consultant work remotely at all? One day a week and should be agreed which day of the week to increase the availability to other team members. 12. “At least 5 years' experience of coding in Java or Python” – however elsewhere in the DOS publication is it stated that "The opportunity is for a Senior Java Developer" please could you confirm whether the requirement is for a Java developer or Python Developer or someone who can do both? It’s 5 years of enterprise level programming with the ability of showing good evidence of programming primarily in Python or Java Script/Angular (covered in full stack web comment) with Java as a secondary. In the ideal world they’d be able to show they have good experience of all languages defined and have good software engineering skills hence the 5 year enterprise level programming. 13. "At least 5 years’ experience of coding in Java, Python or full stack web” please could you confirm whether the requirement is for a Java developer or Python Developer or someone who can do both/either? It’s 5 years of enterprise level programming with the ability of showing good evidence of programming primarily in Python or Java Script/Angular (covered in full stack web comment) with Java as a secondary. In the ideal world they’d be able to show they have good experience of all languages defined and have good software engineering skills hence the 5 year enterprise level programming. 14. Do they need experience in Java AND Python? Which language will they be expected to code in? It will primarily be Python or JavaScript/Angular but could include some Java at times. 15. Does the specialist require specific AWS experience or is experience with similar technologies on an alternative cloud platform acceptable? Ideally specific AWS but experience of other cloud vendors will be considered if skills described are transferable. For instance they understand what cloud platforms can provide and where cloud services can be utilised efficiently.