Lead Software Developer

Lead Software Developer

Location: Remote
Day Rate: £530/day inside IR35
Clearance: Active SC clearance
Sector: Public

A major public sector organisation is looking for a Lead Software Developer to assess, design and deliver the migration of existing services and applications onto a new strategic data platform. The focus is on migrating services securely and efficiently, with minimal disruption.

Key responsibilities:

• Assess existing services, applications and supporting infrastructure to determine migration requirements and dependencies
• Design and implement migration approaches that minimise service disruption and technical risk
• Develop, test and deploy the application changes needed for compatibility with the new platform
• Refactor Legacy components where required to improve maintainability, resilience, scalability and performance
• Work with solution architects and platform engineers to align services with platform standards and best practice
• Support data migration activities, keeping data integrity, security and compliance requirements intact
• Create and maintain technical documentation covering architecture, deployment patterns, migration plans and operational procedures
• Identify and resolve technical issues during migration and post-migration support
• Give technical guidance and knowledge transfer to operational and support teams

Required technical competencies:

• Strong experience developing and maintaining enterprise-grade applications and services
• Understanding of application life cycle management and modern engineering practices
• Experience deploying and supporting services in cloud environments
• Experience migrating Legacy applications and services to modern cloud-based architectures
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment, plus Git and modern branching strategies
• Knowledge of data migration, data validation and reconciliation techniques
• Awareness of government or enterprise security standards and compliance requirements

Personal attributes:

• Strong problem-solving skills, able to diagnose complex technical issues and find pragmatic solutions
• Collaborative, and effective across multidisciplinary teams
• Strong communicator who can explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Resilient and adaptable in fast-paced environments with competing priorities
• Customer- and user-focused, making technical decisions that support operational and business outcomes

Note: This role requires SC clearance. The additional vetting may take longer than a standard onboarding process.