Legacy Software Engineer

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA); Swansea; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

25 days annual leave (+1 per year)

Flexible working options

Job summary

DVLA is seeking a Legacy Software Engineer to join the team responsible for Vehicle System Software (VSS), the UK's vehicle system of record, containing information on more than 48 million vehicles. You will support, maintain and enhance business-critical applications and services across a large and complex estate.

Working with experienced engineers, you will investigate issues, develop software changes, support batch processing, analyse data with databases, and contribute to testing, releases

Responsibilities

• Supporting, maintaining and enhancing business-critical applications and services.
• Investigating application and service issues and contributing to their resolution.
• Developing and implementing software changes in line with business and user requirements.
• Supporting batch processing, application support activities and service maintenance tasks.
• Working with databases to analyse data and support operational activities.
• Collaborating with engineers, delivery teams and stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.
• Contributing to system testing, release activities and service improvements.
• Developing your knowledge of the technologies, tools and processes used across the service.

Skills

Software engineering

Problem solving

Collaboration

Technical investigation

Job description

Are you a software engineer who enjoys solving technical problems and working on systems that make a real difference?, We're looking for a Legacy Software Engineer to join the team responsible for supporting and enhancing one of DVLA's most important business systems. You'll help maintain and develop services that support millions of customers, working with a range of technologies across a complex and specialist application estate. This is an excellent opportunity to build your software engineering experience, develop your technical skills and work within a supportive team responsible for delivering reliable and effective services. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at DVLA - Home | Civil Service Careers. As a Legacy Software Engineer, you'll join the team responsible for Vehicle System Software (VSS), the UK's vehicle system of record, containing information relating to more than 48 million vehicles. VSS supports many of DVLA's core services and consists of a large and complex estate of applications, databases, batch processes and integrated services. The team is responsible for ensuring these systems remain stable, available and fit for purpose whilst delivering enhancements that support changing business requirements. Working alongside experienced engineers and technical specialists, you'll support the investigation of technical issues, develop software changes and contribute to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of the service. You'll gain exposure to a specialist technology stack and play an important role in ensuring services continue to meet the needs of customers and stakeholders. This is a varied role offering opportunities to develop your technical expertise while contributing to the delivery of critical public services.

We are recruiting at both Senior Executive Officer (SEO) and Higher Executive Officer (HEO) grades.

Responsibilities

• Supporting, maintaining and enhancing business-critical applications and services.
• Investigating application and service issues and contributing to their resolution.
• Developing and implementing software changes in line with business and user requirements.
• Supporting batch processing, application support activities and service maintenance tasks.
• Working with databases to analyse data and support operational activities.
• Collaborating with engineers, delivery teams and stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.
• Contributing to system testing, release activities and service improvements.
• Developing your knowledge of the technologies, tools and processes used across the service.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards