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Use your coding skills to help shape our environment for future generations and grow your career in Ofgem.

Ofgem is at the heart of UK life. As the regulator for the energy industry, we are tasked with ensuring that there is a safe, sustainable and affordable energy supply for the nation, with the right storage facilities and infrastructure in place to realise this ambition. Now, more than ever, our work is under intense scrutiny. Rising bills are understandably a deep concern for everyone, and as such, it is vital that we have an innovative team in place to help us secure our goals of achieving a Net Zero energy system by 2050.

As a member of the Digital Delivery team which sits within the Delivery and Schemes directorate, you will find plenty of opportunity to learn and make best use of new technologies as you deliver digital solutions. With the support of our multi-disciplinary AGILE project team, you will be comfortable working at pace as you provide a technical and application perspective to every challenge, making recommendations on how we could improve ensuring you have some autonomy within the role. From identifying and fixing bugs to writing code and working with build and release pipelines, you will take technical ownership at every stage of our business application requirements.

This is a great opportunity to further your knowledge in a highly collaborative environment. We will therefore expect you to have proven expertise in API development with a focus on writing unit and integration tests, and building and deploying automation. You'll also have excellent technical knowledge of Microsoft .NET (C#); SQL Server Development; Entity Framework; and ASP.Net MVC. Above all else, you'll be a collaborative team-player with a passion for using technology to deliver the best business outcomes. This is an opportunity to learn and grow within Ofgem as part of our DDaT profession you will have set career paths for progression such as DevOps, Architecture and as a Principle Developer.

We know we achieve our best work when we have a broad cross section of opinions and skills within our team. We therefore welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. While this is a full-time role, flexible working patterns, part time opportunities and job shares are welcome, so we will see to it that you are able to achieve the work-life balance that is best suited to your lifestyle commitments. We will also provide you with a generous benefits package alongside hybrid working which is currently 1 day within the offices based in either Central London, Glasgow or Cardiff. For more information on our DDaT profession and to hear about new vacancies and from the team join our DDaT LinkedIn network. Job description We work to manage a number of high profile environmental programmes that support our commitment to creating a zero carbon energy supply working for a more sustainable tomorrow. Our flexible working career opportunities are incredibly varied, so we are committed to recruiting talented people from a diverse range of professional and personal backgrounds - bringing different perspectives and experiences to our work.

With flexible working available by default, along with top of the range technology provided to facilitate this, you can find the perfect work life balance. With the majority of the week spent working from home, you can save hours a week from commuting, and yet still come into the office to find a great warm culture.

All staff on joining will be issued HP Dragonflies for the ultimate in portability around the house, and when you are in the office there are top facilities available to enable group work, such as Surface Hubs.
It's not just about flexible working, it's also the opportunity to gain new skills and experiences for forging your career ahead. We have several large green field development project running, where you can gain access to technology such as Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes, Azure Dev Ops. Along with working in co sourcing ventures with software houses, and Government Digital Services. You will also have access to your own personal training budget to manage as well.

We have a number of opportunities for experienced Software Developers to join our teams in London, Glasgow and Cardiff. Operating in an Agile environment, you'll collaborate with project managers, technical leads and subject matter experts to develop, maintain and support the applications that support Ofgem's social and economic energy schemes. It's an opportunity to work with a range of different technologies in an environment where you are encouraged to be creative (while following agreed working/coding standards) and where you'll have plenty of scope to develop your professional knowledge and skills.

As well as being accustomed to working in an Agile manner, you should also be familiar with at least some of the following: object-oriented design; SOLID development techniques and design patterns; relational database design, SQL Stored procedures; Unit Test Frameworks and Tools; Version Control tools and workflows (GIT); and CI/CD pipelines within Azure Devops. What will you be doing? Working with project managers, technical leads and subject matter experts to development, maintain, and support of key Ofgem scheme applications.
Create and maintain Technical documentation of key Ofgem business applications.
Diagnosis of faults
Technical ownership of application requirements.
Writing and maintain unit and integration tests
Working with Build and release pipelines
Write code according to standards, and security review tools

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