Job ref: 168506
TPR grade: TDD 6 - Principal
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, subject to government guidelines, where regular attendance in our Brighton office is required. Attendance in the office is team and role dependent.
Role
Are you passionate about software development using modern patterns, technologies and principles?
Do you want to work in an environment which encourages team collaboration and learning?
Do you want to technically lead an exciting transformational project?
If the answer to these questions is YES then we’ve got the ideal opportunity for you! TPR is a cloud-first organisation, and we are searching for the right person to technical lead across development teams to delivery key critical initiatives whilst retaining hands on development skills.
Our development team works within our Agile teams to deliver positive outcomes on a variety of projects and programmes for both the organisation, and savers, for years to come. This role will focus on the transformation of critical application into an Event Based Architecture by applying Domain Driven Design principals using the best cloud-based technology.
This is a very hands-on technical role, and we are looking for a person with a consistent track record of building enterprise solutions, preferably with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies. We will also provide you with support and further training to keep you up to date with the newest technologies to develop your skills further.
The role will be hybrid with 6 days per months office working in a friendly, supportive team.
Responsibilities
You will:
- define and help deliver the technical strategy for an important transformation project, this will involve making key decisions to ensure that technology choices, software architecture and tools align with both the TPR strategy and UK government service standards
- work closely with the Architecture, infrastructure and other development teams and set example for teams through hands-on Cloud, Infrastructure, DevOps, Data and Application development
- deliver proof of concepts to show how the right patterns can deliver scalable, extensible, resilient solutions
- use specialist knowledge to ensure that the technical choices and processes used by the development team meet DWP/GDS service assessment criteria
- successfully deliver technical solutions to support the business. Work across all stages and iterations of software development
- develop, mentor, coach, guide and improve the technical capabilities of one or more Development teams
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential skills
- Expert knowledge of modern architecture patterns and knowing when/how to apply them, this must include Event Based Messaging, Domain Driven Design, Microservices and CQRS.
- Significant experience using Microsoft development technologies including .Net, C#.
- Excellent knowledge of development methodologies and how to apply them, Agile and Dev Ops principles and values in particular.
- Extensive experience of development with Microsoft Azure SaaS, PaaS plus IaaS.
- Detailed understanding and experience of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript and at least 1 web library/framework, for example, React.js, Angular or Blazor.
- Thorough understanding of OOD, SOLID principles and GoF Design Patterns.
- Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL Server in particular.
- Experience building restful APIs
Desirable skills
- Working knowledge of Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions and Logic Apps.
- Hands on experience of applying Dev Ops principles practically including developing CI an CD pipelines in Azure. · Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, for example, CosmosDB.
Person specification
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Communication skills at all levels.
- Highly organised with good time management.
- Attention to detail.
- Good relationship building
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary between £69,790 and £89,177 (including 10% Market Premia), we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 168506 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention and development of people with disabilities and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.