Legacy Software Engineer – Critical Infra (Hybrid)

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA); Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Civil Service Pension 28.97%

25 days annual leave (+5 with service)

Job summary

DVLA is seeking a Legacy Software Engineer to maintain and improve business-critical vehicle systems from Swansea in a hybrid role (60% office-based). You will work within the VSS team on a complex estate of applications, databases, and services, contributing to security, reliability and modernisation.

Training in cloud technologies and development practices is available. You will investigate issues, develop changes, support batch processes, and collaborate across engineering, delivery teams and

Qualifications

• Experience in a live support environment with analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with relational databases and data analysis.
• Strong software development background with exposure to legacy systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance business-critical DVLA applications and services.
• Investigate issues, identify root causes, and implement fixes.
• Develop software changes aligned with business requirements and user needs.
• Support batch processing, service maintenance and operational activities.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Contribute to testing, release management and continuous service improvement.

Skills

Live support

Relational database

Software development

Unix/Linux

Java

WebLogic

Shell scripting

AIX

CA Gen

Pro*C

Crystal Reports

Tools

CA Gen

Pro*C

Java

WebLogic

Unix/Linux

AIX

Job description

DVLA is seeking a Legacy Software Engineer to maintain and improve business-critical vehicle systems from Swansea in a hybrid role (60% office-based). You will work within the VSS team on a complex estate of applications, databases, and services, contributing to security, reliability and modernisation.

Training in cloud technologies and development practices is available. You will investigate issues, develop changes, support batch processes, and collaborate across engineering, delivery teams and