.Net Developer

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

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 Principal Developer.

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.

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 fully flexible hybrid working which is currently 1 day within the offices based in either Central London, Glasgow or Cardiff.

Job Description

Delivery and Schemes is our delivery arm, and manages a number of high profile environmental programmes. It’s a fast-paced and dynamic place to work, and you can expect to be involved in ground-breaking work. 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.

In this role you will support the Principal Developer, and the wider team developing and maintaining the delivery of digital solutions and services that support Ofgem in its regulatory duties. Working closely within a formal delivery team providing a technical and application perspective throughout, in an agile manner. You will apply technology to achieve efficient and effective business outcome, with a view to continuous improvement. This role will be part of our DDaT profession within Ofgem and will be supported throughout your tenure by the profession in all aspects of professional and personal development as well as the chance to work flexibly across different projects and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

Key Outputs and Deliverables

• To work as part of a team with Developers, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Automation Testers, and the IT Infrastructure team to develop and deliver functionality for key Ofgem business applications.
• Develop and deliver complete user stories, and their relative tests
• Create and deploy release candidates to relevant environments

Person specification

• LEAD - Essential skills and proven expertise in the following technologies: Microsoft .NET (C#) API development, SOLID development techniques and design patterns, Writing unit and integration tests, Unit Test Frameworks and Tools (Nunit, Moq, etc)
• Good knowledge and experience of :Entity Framework Relational database design, SQL Server Development and SQL Stored procedures
• Good working knowledge of some of the following technologies: : Version Control tools and workflows (GIT), CI/CD pipelines within Azure Devops, Build and deployment automation, Cloud Technologies (Azure), Microservices.