Total 8 job vacancies by DWP Digital

Senior Solution Architect - Data Platforms: Up to £70,000, plus 28.97% pension worth £19,000, hybrid working, flexitime and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

In recent years DWP has successfully brought our IT in-house, introduce elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerate the adoption of public cloud.

Now in our Health Transformation Programme, a major initiative aiming to better support people with disabilities and health conditions, we want to build on that success.

Data & Analytics function is central to DWP's digital strategy. We create digital solutions that leverage data to improve service delivery and user experience.

In this role you'll bring the Health Transformation Programme and Data together. You'll be overseeing data products and analytics which will empower our teams to design, build and maintain truly transformative public services, that are so important to millions of people.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Senior Solution Architect, with a focus on Data Platforms, you will help our expert digital teams understand how to build services collaboratively, utilising shared components and working to best practice.

You will deliver the technical and architectural design elements of Health Transformation services.

That means working closely with engineering teams and other digital stakeholders to create value-for-money solution designs, working on DWP's core data architecture and digital strategy.

You will have the authority to advise, steer, and influence decisions at the heart of DWP's digital transformation. That might be through a product roadmap, presenting your architecture at a governance forums, or taking a complex concept and communicating it in a way that cuts through.

You will collaborate and network with other architects across DWP, and work day-to-day as part of a multidisciplinary team.

You will share your domain knowledge and experience, including defining the tools and techniques most appropriate for our environment, and help drive the resolution of technical debt.

You will need the skills to:

• Modern Analytics and BI architectures - Data Mesh / Data Lakes / Data Lakehouse
• Schema and data acquisition design
• Able to assist in the development and implementation of Data Strategies
• Modern event-driven distributed architectures, and the implications for acquiring and managing distributed data sets
• Mastering and moving data in Domain Driven Design Contexts
• Security technical controls for handling PI data both on prem and in the Cloud.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

Pay: We offer competitive pay from £55,557 to £70,000

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 a year.

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

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DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the biggest government department in the UK. Over 20 million people access our digital services every day, and we make payments worth over £195bn every year.

We're recruiting Senior Software Engineers in our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

We want devs and engineers with the skills to design, build and maintain government digital services that really work for the people that need them.

You'll write code that changes the face of public services, helps people get the support they need more quickly and easily, and helps transform the future of millions of people.

Delivering World-Class Performance.

Our Senior Software Engineers work with freedom and autonomy. We write code and make decisions which shape the future engineering landscape of DWP.

We develop, build and support products and applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams, alongside researchers, analysts, designers, architects, testers and more.

Together we use the latest and greatest tools and technologies to build applications and products that work for millions of users.

As well as doing the hands-on stuff you love, you'll be one of our expert leaders.

You'll set best practice and build capability among our more junior devs and engineers, and across a supportive engineering community of over 200.

We'll give you the tools and time to build your skills and learn new tricks - with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

We're looking for skills, knowledge and experience of:

• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of modern JavaScript/Node.JS technologies, frameworks and design principles. Capable of leading the production of software solutions of the highest quality.
• Extensive experience of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) practices and techniques.
• Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of developing on cloud-based environments like AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge and experience of SQL and NoSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience and the skills required to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model with some time at home and some time in the office.

Pay: We'll pay you from £52,412 to £78,517.

Pension: You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97% of your salary (between £15,000 - £18,400)

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 and rising to 31 days, plus extra days off on flexi-time, and all the usual public holidays.

Our benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving, Sports and Social activities
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, bills, tech, days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Working as part an award-winning environment and culture

How to Apply:

Click the apply button and you'll be redirected to Civil Service Jobs, where you can get full details and submit an application.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the biggest government department in the UK. Over 20 million people access our digital services every day, and we make payments worth over £195bn every year.

We're recruiting Senior Java Engineers in our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

We want devs and engineers with the skills to design, build and maintain government digital services that really work for the people that need them.

You'll write code that changes the face of public services, helps people get the support they need more quickly and easily, and helps transform the future of millions of people.

Delivering World-Class Performance.

Our Senior Java Engineers to work with freedom and autonomy. We write code and make decisions which shape the future engineering landscape of DWP.

We develop, build and support products and applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams, alongside researchers, analysts, designers, architects, testers and more.

Together we use the latest and greatest tools and technologies to build applications and products that work for millions of users.

As well as doing the hands-on stuff you love, you'll be one of our expert leaders.

You'll set best practice and build capability among our more junior devs and engineers, and across a supportive engineering community of over 200.

We'll give you the tools and time to build your skills and learn new tricks - with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

We're looking for skills, knowledge and experience of:

• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of modern Java technologies, frameworks and design principles. Capable of leading the production of software solutions of the highest quality.
• Extensive experience of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) practices and techniques.
• Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of developing on cloud-based environments like AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge and experience of SQL and noSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience and the skills required to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery and setting standards.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model with some time at home and some time in the office.

Pay: We'll pay you from £52,412 to £78,517.

Pension: You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97% of your salary (between £15,000 - £18,400)

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 and rising to 31 days, plus extra days off on flexi-time, and all the usual public holidays.

Our benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving, Sports and Social activities
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, bills, tech, days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Working as part an award-winning environment and culture

How to Apply:

Click the apply button and you'll be redirected to Civil Service Jobs, where you can get full details and submit an application.

Senior Software Engineer

We're hiring for a Senior Software Engineer; you'll develop and maintain software products that make up citizen services and contribute towards their design.

Salary between £52,412 - £78,517 p.a. plus 27.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Location

This role may be located in one of the following locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. We work a hybrid model - some time at home, some time in the office.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users.

You will be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.

You and Your Role

You will support and develop our legacy services, which are responsible for paying £150bn to over 15m customers each year.

We want to build and maintain our core systems, contributing to DWPs goal of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in society by building demanding and exciting future digital services for the UK Government. You'll be flexible in supporting across applications, transforming business requirements into production ready code.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build, and be in a position to effect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products and carry out agreed infrastructure maintenance tasks.

You'll be leading a team of engineers in addition to collaborating and providing leadership to a multi-functional team supporting our applications.

Provide 3rd line support on products developed, including out of hours support as and when required.

Your Essential Skills:

• Knowledge and experience of COBOL/MicroFocus COBOL, in a Windows and Linux environment.
• Experience of coaching, mentoring, and developing colleagues. Experience in stakeholder management and influencing decisions.
• Awareness/knowledge of Tuxedo, RHEL and scripting languages.
• Awareness/knowledge of open source technologies and tools such as Python and SQL. Knowledge and experience of using SQL to query databases to extract specific information/data.
• Awareness of test-driven development, business driven development.
• Awareness of automated test suites and how they support a continuous deployment environment.

Details. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills, we pay between £52,412 - £78,517 per annum.

You will also receive a brilliant civil service pension, with employer contributions of 27.9%-30.3% worth £19,494 - £23,555 each year.

Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

DWP. Digital with purpose.

• Are you an experienced data scientist with the passion and drive to coach and guide team of talented Data Scientists to success?
• Are you excited by innovation in the data space, and eager to create cutting-edge, data-driven solutions with you team?
• Do you want to be involved in projects that have genuine impact on millions on UK citizens?

DWP Digital is transforming the way government services work, and we're hiring the best digital talent to work in agile, multidisciplinary teams to deliver these changes, making over services easier to find, access and use.

We want a talented Senior Data Scientist like you to deliver innovative, data-driven solutions. You'll guide and support a high-performing team to work collaboratively, define best practice, and help us build and maintain essential digital services.

If you want to be part of our expert community, and put data at the heart of government services click apply now to start an application.

Data with Potential.

You'll be the Senior Data Scientist for our Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service (IRIS) team - a collaboration between DWP Digital, Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt and our Cyber Resilience Centre.

IRIS is central to DWP's Fraud and Error Strategy, helping to radically transform how the welfare system and those that use it are protected from fraud and error, through the development of innovative data-driven solutions.

You'll lean heavily into advanced analytics (e.g. machine learning, network analytics, natural language processing, etc.), coding using SQL and Python. You'll be using software development best practice to create re-useable and extensible codebases.

You'll be a trusted, senior member of our multidisciplinary Agile team, That means providing technical leadership and guidance to a team of high-performing data scientist and engineers, ensuring the most appropriate data science methods, data sources and technologies are used.

You'll need the skills to be able to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You'll be communicating complex data & insights, as well as the intricacy, scope and limitations of data science solutions, and presenting project roadmaps, progress and potential delays & issues.

All in a way that can be understood and taken forward by everyone.

Your essential skills and experience:

• The ability to lead multiple data science projects to address specific business needs, using the most appropriate techniques, data sources and technologies.
• An in-depth working knowledge of advanced SQL and Python coding to develop complex solutions within strict timeframes, championing data science development best practice (e.g. quality assurance of code and ethical considerations of unintended biases)
• Experience of clearly communicating data-driven insights within a business context to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• The ability to drive capability development to coach and mentor junior data scientists, keeping abreast of the wider data science landscape and emerging technologies.

Details. Wages. Perks.

You'll be based in your choice of one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

We also have all the tools and tech to work flexibly. We operate a hybrid working model. You can expect to work from home 60% of the time.

We offer competitive pay of up to £63,517 per annum.

Additionally, a Digital Allowance of up to £9,829 per annum is available for exceptional candidates, based on our assessment of your skills and experience.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of over 28.97%, worth up to £18,400 per year.

You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 over time.

Plus, all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi leave.

We have a benefits package built around your work-life balance, which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off for volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs .

Digital with Purpose.

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to apply data engineering on a massive scale, influencing issues which affect millions of citizens and making a real difference to how the UK works.

DWP is the UK's largest department, every year we pay over £195 billion to over 20 million citizens.

DWP services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones.

We help people find jobs, and support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions and make ensure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Your role: 

You'll join a close-knit team at the heart of one DWP's highest priority transformation projects - the Health Transformation Programme. This team is responsible for both the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Health Assessment services.

Working with huge datasets (quite possibly the largest on offer in the UK), you'll be delivering benefits that positively impact thousands of UK citizens.

Data modelling is key in this role - you'll be running platforms and transforming raw data into model raw datasets. Our production environment is currently on-prem, but the direction of travel is cloud engineering. You'll be executing code in different places across the following tech stack: Azure, Databricks, PySpark and Pandas.

You will steer the data engineering function within a wider product team. There'll be lots of connecting and interaction with stakeholders - you'll work closely with product and delivery managers, business analysts and data scientists.

You'll manage a small team of data engineers and will also oversee specialist contractor data engineers. You'll explore new ideas and support your team in developing their technical and interpersonal skills. Your time will roughly be split 70% data engineering and 30% leadership, strategy and management.

DWP Digital is a great place to work, we offer a supportive and inclusive environment where you can grow your career and make a real difference.

Essential criteria:

• Enterprise-scale experience with Azure data engineering tools, Databricks, PySpark and Pandas
• Experience of data modelling and transforming raw data into datasets
• Experience of building team capability through role modelling, mentoring, and coaching
• Able to manage relationships with non-technical colleagues and can work in a collaborative, inclusive way

It's also great if you have the following (if not, don't worry, you'll have lots of opportunity to learn skills like this here):

• Experience transitioning from On-Prem to cloud production environment
• Experience of building automated data processes
• Strong enthusiasm and passion for data engineering and emerging technologies

Details. Wages. Perks.

You'll join us based at one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations/ 

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We operate a hybrid working model with a mix of home working and some time in the office.

In return for your skills, we offer a competitive salary of up to £63,517. There is also a Digital Allowance of up to £15,000 per annum available for exceptional candidates.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (worth £18,400 a year).

You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Please note, this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance.

DWP. Digital with purpose.

• Are you an experienced content designer?

• Are you passionate about delivering high quality content?

• Do you want to make DWP services work better? Can you write content that is easy to understand, and drives the right outcomes?

DWP Digital is transforming the way government works. We're hiring the best digital talent to work in agile, multidisciplinary teams and deliver better public products and services.

We're looking for talented, purpose-driven content designers to work on services that make a difference to people's lives.

If you want to be part of our expert community, click apply now to start an application.

Design with people in mind.

In DWP Digital our content designers focus on meeting user needs:

• We make complex information and processes easy to understand and follow
• We help DWP products and services achieve their intended outcomes - helping people find work, access benefits and get support

You'll be a senior content designer.

That means you're an experienced practitioner who can take a high-level view of how a user's content journey maps to business processes.

You will develop content strategy and solutions for complex services and products, working with digital and non-digital content.

You will map and write user stories, and be responsible for content quality, including reviewing the work of others.

You'll have chance to mentor other content designers and may also manage small teams.

You'll be part of supportive community of practice in DWP Digital, as well as a wider government content community.

You'll also lead on cross-government content projects, attend events and be an advocate for good content design.

Your essential skills and experience:

• You have experience of working at pace in an agile environment and in a digital context
• Your spelling and grammar are excellent. You have experience of writing and editing using a style guide and plain English
• You have experience of taking a user-centred approach to content design, and explaining design decisions in a way that other people understand
• You have experience of making the case for content design to senior stakeholders and product owners
• You can handle constructive criticism of your work and can constructively review other people's work
• You understand how your work fits into the wider context of a team and organisation

Details. Wages. Perks.     

You'll join us based at one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Birmingham, Blackpool, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle or Sheffield.

In return for your skills, we offer pay up to £63,517 per annum.

You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 27.9%. That's worth up to £17,721 a year.

Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days, family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, term-time working, flexitime and compressed hours.

Our benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: 

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Learning and development tailored to your role, including industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more

CLICK APPLY for further information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs

Senior Business Analyst: up to £63,517, 27.9% pension, hybrid working, flexible hours, investment in your L&D and career growth and lots more… 

• Are you a skilled and experienced Senior Business Analyst?
• Can you work with a wide range of stakeholders?
• Want to use your skills, as part of purpose driven multidisciplinary team, on projects and services that will make difference to millions of people?

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

In DWP our expert technologists are working on stuff that is genuinely massive. And we're driven by a unique and extraordinary purpose. 

We have 1bn lines of code in over 12,000 code repos and 90+ programming languages.

Over 22 million people - 1/3 of the UK's adult population - access our services daily to get support, access benefits and find work. 

Over 110,000 colleagues and agents use the kit, tools, and systems we roll out. 

We're one of the biggest payers in Europe with over £195bn payments made annually. 

And you'll be part of the biggest, best established BA community of practice in UK government with access to all the support and learning you need to be at your best and grow your career. 

Your role: 

We're growing our team so we have a number of opportunities.  

You might work on one large, complex product or service, or across a number of products or services simultaneously.  

Few other organisations globally can offer an opportunity to work within a service at this scale and to make such a critical difference to millions of people.  

You might work on a service that enables people to access the payments they need to live independently, you might help lower the risk of fraud and error, you might help people make better pension choices, or put better tech in the hands of users and DWP colleagues. 

Whatever you're working on you can be sure you'll be taking on huge and complex technical challenges, where your expert Business Analysis insights can make a real difference. 

Day-to-day you'll be leading business analysis activities within your project area(s),ás part of an agile multi-disciplinary team. You know which tools and techniques to use to identify improvements and make recommendations. 

And you'll have a chance to share your skills. You'll manage our junior BAs, develop your leadership skills, and pass on your knowledge and experience to the BA leaders of the future. 

What you'll need to be successful 

• Significant experience of working at Senior BA level. 
• Using a wide range of tools and techniques to identify improvements and make recommendations.  
• Leading business analysis activities within complex projects/environments. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders. 

Details. Wages. Perks. 

You'll join us in either our Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield digital hubs. 

We offer hybrid working with a mix of working in the office/home, flexible hours, and flexible working so you can do your job in a way that works for you. 

Pay for this role is up to £63,517 per annum.

Our pension offer is great too - with 27.9% pension contributions worth over £17,000 in your pension pot every year. 

Some of the benefits our team love: 

• Generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising further with service 
• Extra days off using flexi time (up to 3 a month) 
• Flexible working options to enable you to achieve the work life balance that is right for you including part-time, flexi time and job sharing 
• Civil service pension with employer contributions of over 27% 
• Training and development opportunities 
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket 
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

CLICK APPLY for further information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.