Cloud Application Developer

Sanderson Government & Defence; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK government services provider is seeking a candidate to design and implement innovative solutions addressing customer challenges using automation. Responsibilities include ensuring scalable and high-availability solutions, while providing expert guidance on the latest technologies. Strong knowledge of AWS/Azure is essential, with additional proficiency in Python, React, and Go preferred. We value a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Interacting with project roles to understand the business and technical context.
• Advising customers on technologies and methodologies using automation.
• Implementing solutions to satisfy security requirements.
• Designing scalable and high availability solutions.

Skills

AWS / Azure

Python

React

Go

NGINX

Apache

Test Driven Development

API development

ELK

Atlassian Toolset

HTML5

CSS3

Git

Security identity management

Job description

Role responsibilities

• Interacting with project roles as required, to gain an understanding of the business environment, technical context, and organisational strategic direction.
• Advising our customer on the latest technologies and methodologies, designing and implementing innovative approaches to their problems using automation.
• Understanding security policies and implementing solutions to satisfy security requirements.
• Designing and implementing solutions which have high availability and are scalable.

Desirable Skills and Technologies

• Experience and knowledge of AWS / Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Proficiency in the following languages: Python, React, Go.
• Familiarity with deploying applications to cloud architecture and technologies in AWS environments.
• Experience with web application services such as NGINX, Apache, JBoss.
• Experience of Test Driven or Behaviour Driven development.
• API development and integration (preferably using Go but not essential).
• Experience with monitoring systems e.g., ELK, Nagios, New Relic, DataDog, Splunk etc.
• Working knowledge of digital delivery processes and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Atlassian Toolset.
• Knowledge of Javascript frontend frameworks.
• Understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming, its quirks and workarounds.
• Understanding of database schemas and query languages.
• Knowledge of source control technologies, e.g. Bitbucket, Git, Subversion, etc.
• An understanding of how to deploy and configure AWS components to adhere to tight security requirements.
• Awareness of security identity, access management and authentication using products such as ADFS, SSL/TLS Certs, OIDC, OAUTH2, Keycloak or Redhat SSO.

Reasonable Adjustments

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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