Lead Java Developer
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Location
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£38000 - £53000 per annum
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Contact:
Nikki Fisher
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Email:
nfisher@yolkrecruitment.com
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Contact phone:
02921 673 757
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Job ref:
BH-26465-1
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Published:
over 2 years ago
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Expiry date:
2021-10-27
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Start date:
2021-09-26
Lead Java Developer
Newcastle
The Opportunity
Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit is working with a large organisation provide a range of critical central services to NHS organisations, NHS contractors, patients and the public to support them to recruit a Digital Lead Developer, providing expert knowledge in a leading role with specialist skills specifically within the development software development and associated IT skills and disciplines (underpinned by theory) to actively design, develop implement and enable on-going support of new and existing services
What you’ll be doing as a Lead Java Developer
Specialist skills
· Evaluating, analysing, and interpreting highly complex information and requirements to inform development of applications and services, providing options to support a range of solutions.
· Communicating with other IT professionals to provide detailed and highly complex information in easy to understand formats.
· Applying specialist knowledge, defining and applying appropriate methods and procedures throughout the full development lifecycle in accordance with IT standards and customer requirements.
· Designing, developing and delivering systems and services that provide value based features and benefits for new and existing services.
· Redesigning, re-factoring and innovatively delivering modernisation of existing services, in a creative and timely manner.
· Provide specialist advice and guidance for resolving complex issues that affect bespoke services, third-party applications and configurable of the shelf products (CoTS) and services, to support swift resolution of problems and major incidents.
· Using incident, problem, request and change management processes and systems to support the successful implementation of system enhancements and fault resolutions, in a timely manner.
· Implementing standards and policies, pro-actively identifying and proposing improvements or enhancements to meet changing needs.
· Proactively engaging in conversations to support the on-going development and maintenance of your own skills and knowledge, including attending relevant Communities of Practice.
· Communicating complex information effectively across a wide range of people and levels of understanding, including both technical and non-technical audiences, to influence, negotiate and secure value based outcomes for the delivery of services.
· Planning work of own and other team members to achieve agreed objectives, prioritising multiple and sometimes conflicting deliverables, escalating as appropriate, any issues which may impact deadlines.
· Leading, participating and contributing to quality assurance reviews of your and others work through a variety of approaches such as peer review, learning logs, and engaging in appropriate communities of practice.
· Regularly horizon scans to keep abreast of new and emerging technologies and standards to support innovative and creative delivery of business objectives.
Staff
· Undertake and support relevant recruitment and selection in line with organisational processes.
· Train, mentor, and coach other team members, and apprentices to enable the on-going personal development and growth of skills within the team.
What the successful Lead Java Developer will bring to the team
Extensive knowledge of
· Software development lifecycle, including but not limited to developing code based applications, quality assurance and test processes, and supporting in a 2nd/3rd line environment.
· One or more of the following frameworks:
o Waterfall Process
o Agile
o Java
o Spring
o Jasper
o HTML/ CSS/ JavaScript
o SQL