Essex County Council are delighted to be advertising the role of a Senior Software Engineer on behalf of London Borough of Havering.

Do you have what it takes to shape the future of technology at London Borough of Havering Council? The team is on the hunt for an experienced Senior Software Engineer, offering a hybrid working opportunity, where you will innovate with ‘Microsoft Dynamics 365’, Power Platform, and C# .NET to create cutting-edge solutions whilst leading a team of Software Engineers.

Job Purpose

If you are passionate about leading the design, delivery, and continuous optimisation of software applications and strive to create secure, accessible, and financially sustainable solutions that cater to users with varying digital skills and confidence levels, we invite you to be a part of our team at London Borough of Havering. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our software products, contributing to our engineering practices, and ensuring that our applications deliver significant value to users. Your contributions will align with the Council's values of security, financial prudence, transparency, inclusion, and sustainability.

Join our multidisciplinary team and actively participate in Council-wide initiatives to meet the needs of Havering residents and businesses.

Role Accountability

The appointed candidate will be responsible for the detailed architecture, design, coding, testing, maintenance, and improvement of innovative software solutions. You will employ automated tools to create high-performing, accessible, and user-friendly designs while ensuring they are cost-effective and error-free. Your role will involve understanding user needs, simplifying solutions, and accurately estimating efforts.

Participate in evaluations and reviews of programming methods, tools, and standards, and champion IT policies to guarantee the security of information and systems. Engage in our community of practice to uphold standards and best practices. Embrace Agile methodology, fostering a dynamic environment that prioritises iterative methods and rapid delivery.

Contribute to the development and application of design standards, methods, and tools, ensuring all work is documented. Maintain specific procedures and security controls to protect business information systems. Identify, assess, and manage risks, coordinating actions to mitigate or eliminate them.

Enjoy the added responsibility of being a lead officer, supporting to motivate, and inspire your team, facilitating open dialogue about expectations, progress, performance, and development needs. This role has the additional benefit of providing out-of-hours support, on a rotational basis, with additional payment.

The Experience You Will Bring

As an experienced Senior Software Engineer, it is essential to have a degree or equivalent work-related attainment as well as experience with ‘Microsoft Dynamics 365’ development, Power Platform and Logic Apps development.

Additional skills and attributes required for this role include:

• Programming/ Software Development: Takes technical responsibility across all stages of software development, planning and driving construction activities, adopting appropriate methods, and ensuring adherence to standards and security.
  
  
• Systems & Software: Lifecycle Engineering: Collaborates on lifecycle management, supports deployment, provides feedback and guidance for improvement, and identifies new domains for practice application.
  
  
• Solution Architecture: Leads the development of solution architectures, prepares technical plans, provides guidance on solution development, and ensures adherence to relevant strategies and policies.
  
  
• Systems Integration & Build: Plans and drives systems integration and build activities, manages the adoption of integration tools and processes, leads integration work, and contributes to policy development.
  
  
• Information Security: Provides guidance on security controls, performs risk and impact analysis, identifies risks from technical architectures, and designs mitigating solutions