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Job Description
Job Description
Are you an experienced software developer that enjoys improving services and learning new skills Were looking for a developer with strong programming skills the ability to collaborate across teams and the motivation to drive improvement at pace.If the answers to the above are yes then this exciting opportunity could be for you.
Our IT Services business area provides technology for the services National Records of Scotland (NRS) delivers to our customers including Architecture & Business Analysis Project and Programme Delivery Service Management Cyber Security Infrastructure Engineering & Support Data Engineering & Support and Digital Engineering & Support.
Working as part of our Digital Engineering Team you will work collaboratively across NRS teams and with digital delivery partners on the development testing delivery and ongoing support and maintenance of IT digital services.
At this role level you will:
- develop software to meet user needs
- follow best practice guidelines and help to improve those guidelines
- write clean secure and welltested code
- coach and mentor more junior colleagues
- operate the services you build and identify issues in production
Responsibilities
In this role you will contribute to the design development testing and overall delivery of services through carrying out the majority of the below duties/responsibilities:
Availability and capacity management
- Managing service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets.
Software engineering (Programming and build) and modern standards approach
- Collaborating with others when necessary to review specifications.
- Using agreed specifications to design code test and document programs or scripts of mediumtohigh complexity using the right standards and tools.
- Applying modern development standards and supporting others in applying them
- Having an awareness of cloud technologies and their use within the development of modern applications and services
User focus
- Collaborating with user researchers and representing users internally you champion user research to focus on all users.
- Prioritising and defining approaches to understand the user story guiding others in doing so.
- Offering recommendations on the best tools and methods to use.
Development process optimisation
- Supporting specific activities to improve and identifying obvious deficiencies in development processes.
Information security
- Participating in the information security process.
- Designing and implementing embedded security controls in solutions and services.
Prototyping
- Participating in team prototyping advocating for the use of prototyping and testing with others.
- Establishing and iterating design patterns.
- Using a variety of prototyping methods and choosing the most appropriate.
Systems designand systems integration
- Designing systems characterised by managed levels of risk manageable business and technical complexity and meaningful impact.
- Producing detailed designs and working well with understood technology and identify appropriate patterns.
- Building and test simple interfaces between systems.
Service support
- Helping to fix faults following agreed procedures.
- Carrying out agreed planned maintenance activities on infrastructure / middleware.
Responsibilities
Success Profile
We use an assessment framework called Success Profiles which lists the elements we test and provides detailed descriptions of each.Find out more about how we assess theSuccess Profile elements.
Technical / Professional Skills:
This role is aligned to the Developer role within the Digital Data and Technology Profession. Please review the following to understand the skill expectations
We will assess you against the following technical skills during the selection process:
- Availability and capacity management (Level: Working)
- Development process optimisation (Level: Awareness)
- Service support (Level: Working)
- Systems design (Level: Working)
- Systems integration (Level: Working)
- Modern development standards (Level: Practitioner)
- Information security (Level: Practitioner)
- Programming and build (Level: Practitioner)
Experience:
- Your experience writing programs and scripts using JavaScript frameworks .NET Core and .NET Framework allows you to use agreed specifications to independently design code test and document programs or scripts of mediumtohigh complexity using the right standards and tools.
- Your experience developing and deploying using JavaScript frameworks .NET Core and .NET Framework allows you to help identify and fix faults following agreed procedures and carry out agreed maintenance tasks.
- Your experience of the technologies and patterns used by JavaScript frameworks .NET Core and .NET Framework enables you to produce detailed designs of components and data structures using well understood technology appropriate patterns and security controls embedded.
- Your experience developing web sites and applications using JavaScript frameworks .NET Core and .NET Framework enables you to take ownership of the endtoend process of delivering a feature with an agreed implementation.
- Your collaboration with product data and/or architecture teams enables you to understand and refine the user needs in a story.
- Your experience participating in team development processes means you are able to identify process deficiencies and support specific activities to improve them; and help with the recruitment of new team members.
Behaviours:
- Communicating and influencing (Level 3
- Working Together (Level 3
- Making Effective Decisions (Level 3
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviourshere.
How to apply
Apply online providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 750 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. You will not be tested on the technical skills at sift stage.
To help prepare the strongest application possible we encourage all applicants to read the followingtips and guidance.
Stage one Application sift
Candidates will have their applications assessed against all success profile criteria listed above minus the Technical skills unless there is a large number of applications in which case the following process will apply:
An initial sift will be conducted using the CV and supporting statement on Lead Experience 1 & 2 as listed above.
Candidates who pass the initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against the other Experience criteria and Behaviours.
Stage two Interview and DDaT technical assessment:
Candidates who pass the initial sift will be invited to an assessment and interview where we will test all criteria listed above.
Key dates
The sift is scheduled for w/c 21st April.
Online assessments are scheduled for w/c 26th May and 2nd June.
These dates may be subject to change.
Reserve list
If there are more successful candidates than posts available a reserve list will be kept for up to 12 months.
Qualifications
National Records of Scotland (NRS) is Scotlands record keeper. Our purpose is to collect preserve and produce information about Scotlands people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
NRS is a NonMinisterial Department of theScottish Government& and our staff are partUK Civil Service working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.
We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more aboutwhat we offer.
As part of the UK Civil Service we uphold theCivil Service Nationality Rules.
DDaT Pay Supplement
This post attracts a 5000 Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 months DDaT competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role.Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are reviewed regularly. There is a review currently underway and changes will be communicated when the review is concluded.This post is part of the Scottish Government DDaT profession. As a member of the profession you will join the professional development system currently BCS Role Mode plus.
Working Pattern
Our standard hours are 35 hours per week. We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options depending on the needs of the role. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for please contact us.
Equality Statement
We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.
Find out more about our commitment todiversityand how we offer and supportrecruitment adjustmentsfor anyone who needs them.
Further information
Find out more about our organisation what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.
Read our Candidate Guidefor further information on our recruitment and application processes.
For further information about the role please contact Ross Greig at
Employment Type
Full Time
