We are Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings in the market. A role like this doesn't come around too often and could just be the career move that you're looking for. What's better than a role which is highly rewarding and socially fulfilling? As a Lead Cloud Native Developer you will Provide an expert level of software development skills capable of building software for systems of any size and complexity and achieve customer satisfaction criteria through management of a team. Team members may be customer and company workforce. Individuals have a direct influence on profitability either as managers or as experts in a particular field. The field can relate to a variety of areas such as knowledge of a particular industry, technology, product, profession or skills area such as sales, account management or purchasing. Individuals could be contributors with specialist expertise or responsibility for the management of others. Roles at this level will typically be responsible for the provision of advice on policy implementation through such activities as scenario planning or resource modelling to inform strategic choices in decision making. The consequences of decision making would be operationally focused within a strategic framework. What will you be doing: Product backlog delivery User Story elaboration Unit test case production and execution Design, Code and Test review/inspection Support complete product development lifecycle from initiation to transition to service Liaise with Solution and Technical Architects to ensure traceability of requirements adoption through code and platform deliverables Technical impact assessments Contribute to effort estimation and project planning activity Ensure software configuration management processes and tooling standards are adopted and adhered to. Participate fully within the Agile delivery framework, enabling timely management and delivery of the Product backlog. What you'll bring: SC Security clearance or the ability to be cleared Cloud native java development with Agile / Dev Ops experience Excellent working experience of Java, Spring Boot, REST, MicroServices, Containers / Kubernetes have expert knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area, and an awareness of its application within past and present Sopra Steria engagements. Knowledge and experience of associated software engineering tools, techniques, methods within their specialist area. Demonstrable experience of working as a Lead or Senior Software Engineer on large or complex software engineering programmes / projects with multiple software development teams. Project / team leadership of multiple software development teams. Effective task delegation Robust documentation and record-keeping Willingness to line manage junior development staff and to assist in the development of the technical practice It'd be nice if you had: Risk Management Role: Full Time - Permanent Location: Hybrid Security Clearance Level: SC (Eligible for SC clearance) Internal Recruiter: Kanwal Toor Salary: £65,000 Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria supports the UK Government to tackle today's biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We've been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.
Feb 05, 2022
Full time
We are Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings in the market. A role like this doesn't come around too often and could just be the career move that you're looking for. What's better than a role which is highly rewarding and socially fulfilling? As a Lead Cloud Native Developer you will Provide an expert level of software development skills capable of building software for systems of any size and complexity and achieve customer satisfaction criteria through management of a team. Team members may be customer and company workforce. Individuals have a direct influence on profitability either as managers or as experts in a particular field. The field can relate to a variety of areas such as knowledge of a particular industry, technology, product, profession or skills area such as sales, account management or purchasing. Individuals could be contributors with specialist expertise or responsibility for the management of others. Roles at this level will typically be responsible for the provision of advice on policy implementation through such activities as scenario planning or resource modelling to inform strategic choices in decision making. The consequences of decision making would be operationally focused within a strategic framework. What will you be doing: Product backlog delivery User Story elaboration Unit test case production and execution Design, Code and Test review/inspection Support complete product development lifecycle from initiation to transition to service Liaise with Solution and Technical Architects to ensure traceability of requirements adoption through code and platform deliverables Technical impact assessments Contribute to effort estimation and project planning activity Ensure software configuration management processes and tooling standards are adopted and adhered to. Participate fully within the Agile delivery framework, enabling timely management and delivery of the Product backlog. What you'll bring: SC Security clearance or the ability to be cleared Cloud native java development with Agile / Dev Ops experience Excellent working experience of Java, Spring Boot, REST, MicroServices, Containers / Kubernetes have expert knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area, and an awareness of its application within past and present Sopra Steria engagements. Knowledge and experience of associated software engineering tools, techniques, methods within their specialist area. Demonstrable experience of working as a Lead or Senior Software Engineer on large or complex software engineering programmes / projects with multiple software development teams. Project / team leadership of multiple software development teams. Effective task delegation Robust documentation and record-keeping Willingness to line manage junior development staff and to assist in the development of the technical practice It'd be nice if you had: Risk Management Role: Full Time - Permanent Location: Hybrid Security Clearance Level: SC (Eligible for SC clearance) Internal Recruiter: Kanwal Toor Salary: £65,000 Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria supports the UK Government to tackle today's biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We've been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.
We are Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings in the market. A role like this doesn't come around too often and could just be the career move that you're looking for. What's better than a role which is highly rewarding and socially fulfilling? As a Lead Integration developer you will Provide an expert level of software development skills capable of building software for systems of any size and complexity and achieve customer satisfaction criteria through management of a team. Team members may be customer and company workforce. Individuals have a direct influence on profitability either as managers or as experts in a particular field. The field can relate to a variety of areas such as knowledge of a particular industry, technology, product, profession or skills area such as sales, account management or purchasing. Individuals could be contributors with specialist expertise or responsibility for the management of others. Roles at this level will typically be responsible for the provision of advice on policy implementation through such activities as scenario planning or resource modelling to inform strategic choices in decision making. The consequences of decision making would be operationally focused within a strategic framework. What will you be doing: Product backlog delivery User Story elaboration Unit test case production and execution Design, Code and Test review/inspection Support complete product development lifecycle from initiation to transition to service Liaise with Solution and Technical Architects to ensure traceability of requirements adoption through code and platform deliverables Technical impact assessments Contribute to effort estimation and project planning activity Ensure software configuration management processes and tooling standards are adopted and adhered to. Participate fully within the Agile delivery framework, enabling timely management and delivery of the Product backlog. What you'll bring: SC Security clearance or the ability to be cleared Agile / Dev Ops experience Excellent working experience of a broad range of integration technologies ideally having extensive experience of FUSE and/or AWS API System integration patterns (SOA, MicroServices, ETL, ESB, File Transfer), HTTP, XML and JSON API Gateways and SOAP / RESTful web services will have expert knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area, and an awareness of its application within past and present Sopra Steria engagements. Knowledge and experience of associated software engineering tools, techniques, methods within their specialist area. Demonstrable experience of working as a Lead or Senior Software Engineer on large or complex software engineering programmes / projects with multiple software development teams. Project / team leadership of multiple software development teams. Effective task delegation Robust documentation and record-keeping Willingness to line manage junior development staff and to assist in the development of the technical practice It'd be nice if you had: Risk Management If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Role: Full Time - Permanent Location: Hybrid Security Clearance Level: SC (Eligible for SC clearance) Internal Recruiter: Kanwal Toor Salary: £65,000 Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria supports the UK Government to tackle today's biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We've been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.
Feb 05, 2022
Full time
We are Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings in the market. A role like this doesn't come around too often and could just be the career move that you're looking for. What's better than a role which is highly rewarding and socially fulfilling? As a Lead Integration developer you will Provide an expert level of software development skills capable of building software for systems of any size and complexity and achieve customer satisfaction criteria through management of a team. Team members may be customer and company workforce. Individuals have a direct influence on profitability either as managers or as experts in a particular field. The field can relate to a variety of areas such as knowledge of a particular industry, technology, product, profession or skills area such as sales, account management or purchasing. Individuals could be contributors with specialist expertise or responsibility for the management of others. Roles at this level will typically be responsible for the provision of advice on policy implementation through such activities as scenario planning or resource modelling to inform strategic choices in decision making. The consequences of decision making would be operationally focused within a strategic framework. What will you be doing: Product backlog delivery User Story elaboration Unit test case production and execution Design, Code and Test review/inspection Support complete product development lifecycle from initiation to transition to service Liaise with Solution and Technical Architects to ensure traceability of requirements adoption through code and platform deliverables Technical impact assessments Contribute to effort estimation and project planning activity Ensure software configuration management processes and tooling standards are adopted and adhered to. Participate fully within the Agile delivery framework, enabling timely management and delivery of the Product backlog. What you'll bring: SC Security clearance or the ability to be cleared Agile / Dev Ops experience Excellent working experience of a broad range of integration technologies ideally having extensive experience of FUSE and/or AWS API System integration patterns (SOA, MicroServices, ETL, ESB, File Transfer), HTTP, XML and JSON API Gateways and SOAP / RESTful web services will have expert knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area, and an awareness of its application within past and present Sopra Steria engagements. Knowledge and experience of associated software engineering tools, techniques, methods within their specialist area. Demonstrable experience of working as a Lead or Senior Software Engineer on large or complex software engineering programmes / projects with multiple software development teams. Project / team leadership of multiple software development teams. Effective task delegation Robust documentation and record-keeping Willingness to line manage junior development staff and to assist in the development of the technical practice It'd be nice if you had: Risk Management If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Role: Full Time - Permanent Location: Hybrid Security Clearance Level: SC (Eligible for SC clearance) Internal Recruiter: Kanwal Toor Salary: £65,000 Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria supports the UK Government to tackle today's biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered. We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We've been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.
ICT Service Introduction Manager
We are currently seeking a Service Transition Manager who will be managing the service through the project lifecycle. You will be looking after the service from go live and focussing on all maintenance aspects and will be working with the project until delivery. They need to have the knowledge and experience of this.
we are ideally looking for DV cleared candidates or candidates who are eligible to undergo clearance
Work Scope
The role of Service Introduction is to ensure that the Service Delivery/Operations functions are ready and able to support a service or capability, at the point of its release into live operation. The role will require a high level understanding of ITIL processes and significant IT management experience.
The successful introduction of new services and changes into live operation in accordance with the project plan.
Ensuring that each new service and change is delivered in accordance with both the Service Introduction process and Quality Gates.
Coordination of key personnel from both the Technical Disciplines and the Serviced Delivery Organisation to enable the seamless introduction of the new services and changes into live operation;
Managing delivery of and producing some of the products defined in each allocated engagement, monitoring and confirming the compliance of the products against the agreed definitions and liaising with the technical Disciplines to ensure that the products are fit for purpose;
For managing communications with the service readiness touch-points and keeping them up to date with relevant information's/updates on the status of each engagement;
Management, resolution where possible and escalation where appropriate, of any issues or risks associated with the engagement and ensuring hat they are reviewed on a regular basis;
Ensuring that Operational Readiness documentation is completed to confirm that all required support elements are in place to allow support to transition successfully into live operation;
Ensuring that the Service Delivery Organisation have received all of the relevant information, documentation and training to allow them to successfully support the new service or change;
Producing a weekly status report and ensuring that all stakeholders, especially the Service Delivery Organisation, the Programme Delivery and project managers are made aware of all risks and issues which could impact the delivery of the release and/or quality of Service.
Completion and maintenance of a workbook which validates the introduction of the new service or change.
being delivered by the quality of the work that is being delivered, if the quality of the work is not good enough they will challenge this. They will create checklists for the PM's to complete before the project can be delivered (Service Managers deal with the after delivery stage Introduction Managers don't) They will need to be able to write comprehensive papers to a board who will agree the delivery of the project.Qualifications
ITIL v3 or equivalent - preferred.
Relevant project management qualification - Prince 2 Practitioner preferred.
An excellent understanding of Project Management Lifecycles.
Significant experience/ technical background in IT Environments - Essential.
Service Readiness.
Light Service Delivery (not full lifecycle) Assurance - demonstrated experience of this.
Stakeholder engagement
Managing projects and introductions
ITIL V.3 - this should be in Service Transition Practitioner or ideally Expert level and proven experience of this.
Prince 2 - must have this and project management experience.
Assuring a service for a BAU system
Feb 21, 2016
ICT Service Introduction Manager
We are currently seeking a Service Transition Manager who will be managing the service through the project lifecycle. You will be looking after the service from go live and focussing on all maintenance aspects and will be working with the project until delivery. They need to have the knowledge and experience of this.
we are ideally looking for DV cleared candidates or candidates who are eligible to undergo clearance
Work Scope
The role of Service Introduction is to ensure that the Service Delivery/Operations functions are ready and able to support a service or capability, at the point of its release into live operation. The role will require a high level understanding of ITIL processes and significant IT management experience.
The successful introduction of new services and changes into live operation in accordance with the project plan.
Ensuring that each new service and change is delivered in accordance with both the Service Introduction process and Quality Gates.
Coordination of key personnel from both the Technical Disciplines and the Serviced Delivery Organisation to enable the seamless introduction of the new services and changes into live operation;
Managing delivery of and producing some of the products defined in each allocated engagement, monitoring and confirming the compliance of the products against the agreed definitions and liaising with the technical Disciplines to ensure that the products are fit for purpose;
For managing communications with the service readiness touch-points and keeping them up to date with relevant information's/updates on the status of each engagement;
Management, resolution where possible and escalation where appropriate, of any issues or risks associated with the engagement and ensuring hat they are reviewed on a regular basis;
Ensuring that Operational Readiness documentation is completed to confirm that all required support elements are in place to allow support to transition successfully into live operation;
Ensuring that the Service Delivery Organisation have received all of the relevant information, documentation and training to allow them to successfully support the new service or change;
Producing a weekly status report and ensuring that all stakeholders, especially the Service Delivery Organisation, the Programme Delivery and project managers are made aware of all risks and issues which could impact the delivery of the release and/or quality of Service.
Completion and maintenance of a workbook which validates the introduction of the new service or change.
being delivered by the quality of the work that is being delivered, if the quality of the work is not good enough they will challenge this. They will create checklists for the PM's to complete before the project can be delivered (Service Managers deal with the after delivery stage Introduction Managers don't) They will need to be able to write comprehensive papers to a board who will agree the delivery of the project.Qualifications
ITIL v3 or equivalent - preferred.
Relevant project management qualification - Prince 2 Practitioner preferred.
An excellent understanding of Project Management Lifecycles.
Significant experience/ technical background in IT Environments - Essential.
Service Readiness.
Light Service Delivery (not full lifecycle) Assurance - demonstrated experience of this.
Stakeholder engagement
Managing projects and introductions
ITIL V.3 - this should be in Service Transition Practitioner or ideally Expert level and proven experience of this.
Prince 2 - must have this and project management experience.
Assuring a service for a BAU system