SC Cleared UI Web Architect

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Role: SC Cleared UI Web Architect

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Croydon

Duration: 6 months

Our client currently has an urgent requirement for a cleared Web Architect to work within the User Interface team:

A hands-on Web Architect to perform analysis activities supporting senior application architect in the conversion of a large-scale IT application. This role includes interacting with client design team and developers to ensure a commonly understood specification of component behaviour and interface is agreed.

Overview:

You will be working on a large public-sector programme, which is delivering a cloud-native replacement for a complex legacy application. The application is high-volume and highly critical. As part of this delivery, we are building a React-based web app, which will interact with backend REST APIs.

Skills/experience: Strong experience of designing and developing web apps using modern Single Page App (SPA) frameworks that interact with REST APIs. Deep understanding of React and Javascript/ES6, based on experience on a number of projects.Able to act as an authority on structuring a large React codebase, elaborating pros and cons of different approaches and patterns, keeping codebase clean and maintainable as the number of developers working on it scales up.Able to troubleshoot difficult technical issues, and prototype new approaches.Able to produce clear documentation of designs and patterns, and mentor less experienced developers.General knowledge of internationalisation, responsive/progressive design, UI/UX design.Knowledge of approaches for modularising CSS (such as CSS in JS).General knowledge of build/packaging/CI technologies (Jenkins/GitLab/ /NPM/Webpack/Babel).Ability to work constructively and patiently with varied stakeholders (including product owners, business analysts, UX designers, testers, backend developers).Experience of working in a scrum team, and assisting with preparing and refining UI-related backlog items.Any experience in delivering production-strength Node.js applications, and integrating with Identity and Access Managers (IAMs) using standards such as OpenId Connect is a nice to have.The successful candidate will have active SC clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the relevant checks.