Software Developer

at  Department for Energy Security Net Zero

JOB SUMMARY

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join ICS Digital, where innovation meets expertise to create digital solutions. We are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.
Do you want to use the latest technology to help government staff work more effectively and resiliently? Do you have the skills and experience to develop and maintain digital products and services using Microsoft 365 cloud platform? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Software Developer!
As a Software Developer, you will be responsible for designing, coding, testing, deploying, and monitoring digital products and services that aim to improve the information and knowledge management of staff across DESNZ and DSIT. You will work with other teams such as designers, content creators, project managers, and information architects to ensure that our digital products and services meet user needs and business goals. You will also use your dev ops skills to automate and streamline the development process using Azure DevOps and or GitHub.
You will be part of the Digital Directorate, which is a cross-departmental team that provides digital solutions and services to support the delivery of DESNZ and DSIT’s objectives. We follow agile principles and practices to deliver high-quality products that meet user needs.
Visit our blog to learn more about us and our work: https://icsdigital.blog.gov.uk/

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Past experience with Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft 365 SharePoint, Power Platform, Azure, Azure DevOps and Azure Active Directory.
• Possess PowerShell skills, including development of ground-up scripting across M365 services.
• Experience in SharePoint/Teams migration and migration planning.

Desirable criteria:

• Demonstrate good presentation skills to address relevant stakeholders and technical audiences.
• Demonstrate good understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies.

It is unusual that all candidates will meet all the desirable criteria. If your skills and experience look slightly different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the Software Developer role and the team, we strongly encourage you to apply. We’d love to hear from you!
Please, no recruitment agencies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Programming and build
• System Design

Benefits
Alongside your salary of £33,635, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £9,744 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Software Developer, you will be doing the following:

• Writing clean, secure, and scalable code using one or more programming languages such as C#, TypeScript, PowerShell, etc.
• Using Microsoft 365 cloud platform features such as Microsoft Graph, PowerPlatform, Teams, etc. to develop and maintain digital products and services.
• Testing and debugging code using various tools and frameworks such as Visual Studio, Azure DevOps etc.
• Deploying and monitoring digital products and services to Microsoft 365 cloud platform using tools such as Azure DevOps.
• Collaborating with other teams to ensure the development process is aligned with the design, content, and information architecture strategies.
• Researching and learning new technologies, frameworks, and languages to improve the development process and deliver value to the customers.