Job location: Exeter

Developer

Adkins & Cheurfi are searching for a Developer for a role-based in Exeter.

Adkins & Cheurfi are looking for an experienced Developer to help design, evolve and support our strategic API Management system, together with helping to skill share across the team. This role will be for an initial 6 months, but should be extended for the those who can show the right technical and interpersonal capabilities.

Duties may include

• Developing and extending Python-based AWS Lambda APIs
• Building new Java classes to extend our API Management platform
• Working with the Solutions Architect to design and deliver product features
• Technically Lead the team, including mentoring junior developers
• Assisting testing and peer reviews of technical delivery
• Providing technical advice to internal users of the system

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities
1. A working knowledge of implementing or supporting REST APIs using an API Management solution (e.g. WSO2, Apigee)
2. Highly proficient in Python and Java development
3. Experience of building unit tests with Junit and mocking frameworks, e.g. Mockito
4. Demonstrable knowledge of using Amazon AWS services including Lambda, EC2 and experience of the AWS CodePipeline
5. Strong communications skills with evidence of an organised and structured approach to your work and ability to work within an agile scrum team environment
6. Strong leadership and mentoring skills
7. Experience of supporting and working on live products

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities
1. Development experience using Spring and Spring Boot
2. Development experience using JavaScript
3. Experience with git / github and the Atlassian toolset
4. Good understanding of Maven
5. Good understanding of Linux shell scripts (e.g. bash)
6. Integration experience using REST APIs and JSON
7. Working knowledge of Auth and Auth protocols, including OAuth2 and API keys
8. Collaborative team ethic

CANDIDATE MUST HAVE CURRENT SC CLEARANCE

Flexible Working: Office/Hybrid/Fully Remote

Competitive Salary

Solutions/Enterprise Architect

Adkins & Cheurfi are searching for a Solutions/Enterprise Architect for a role-based in the Exeter.

About the Role

  • As part of the enterprise IT architecture team provide architectural leadership and direction in line with corporate strategy. Identify technology blueprint requirements for the evolution of our technology and influence planned programmes of change to facilitate the delivery of the change.
  • Support the delivery of architectural assurance and governance to technology change activity in accordance with an agreed engagement model. Activities may include: acting as design authority for the delivery; production of high level architecture artefacts; regular engagement with the solutions architect for the delivery supporting architectural decision making and peer review; attendance at delivery team meetings e.g. sprint demos, sprint planning etc; assessment and documentation of technical debt associated with the delivery; review of technical delivery to ensure best practice is being applied; ad-hoc architectural support
  • Participate in Enterprise IT Architecture team activity including team meetings, team communications and supporting fellow team members as required to ensure the smooth running and continuous improvement of our services
  • Play an active part as a member of the architecture community if practice sharing knowledge, skills and experience as appropriate

Essential Skills & Abilities

  • Domain expertise in one of the following: application development, technology infrastructure; data or information architecture; weather or climate science; cyber security.
  • Ability to create architecture, and change roadmaps and govern designs against them
  • Ability to communicate architectural descriptions to diverse audiences (developers, business colleagues, senior management) through different forms (written, diagrammatic, verbal)
  • Knowledge of current and legacy enterprise architectural approaches and the influence of technology disruption
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders to deliver architectural or technological change
  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle, service management lifecycle and process maturity models
  • Ability to work in a cross-organisational, multi-disciplinary environment to deliver successful, lasting change.
  • Knowledge of the role of public cloud services and the implementation of such services in the transformation of business value deliver
  • Knowledge of Wardley Mapping
  • Knowledge of Cynefin

Senior Commercial Manager

Reporting to the Head of Commercial – Commissioning and Operational, the Senior Commercial Manager is responsible for deploying the Commercial vision and plans which encompass day-to-day spend with suppliers together with strategic plans developed by the Category Management team for all spend areas excluding  Grants, Science and International Development Communities within the Organisation.

 

The position holder will manage the pipeline of commercial activities, allocating work on a day-to-day basis across the operational commercial team.  The prime responsibility is to oversee and manage a range of procurements and market approaches, ensuring effective solutions are achieved, value for money achieved alongside compliance with Government Commercial standards and the Organisation’s internal procedures.

 

This role presents an excellent opportunity to influence and shape how they procure it’s goods and services making substantial impacts to overall outcomes.

 

The post holder is expected to be an expert in all aspects of commercial and procurement with a high degree of competence and skill in negotiating and advising on often complex legal contracts. This role will be responsible for reporting all activities relating to commercial activities within the Operational team and ensuring that this reporting meets the overall objectives of the business.   This role will ensure that all work is delivered in alignment with the Government Commercial  Standards.

 

 

 

 

  1. Main Responsibilities

 

3.1. Developing and using knowledge and experience of supplier markets and based on best practice, create, implement and review market approach procedures covering the commercial lifecycle in compliance with business requirements and Public Sector Contract Regulations 2006 for defined areas of responsibility as directed by the Head of Commercial. This must align with Government Commercial Function – Commercial Functional Standards and BEIS requirements (where captured by external Assurance process like Cabinet Office Spending Controls and Outsourcing Playbook). It should also align to internal procedures including Procurement lifecycle; risk register and other internal processes.
3.2 Ensure operation and timely updating of the commercial pipeline to provide a clear view across the operations team of resourcing needs and distribution of workload to assure timely delivery of commercial initiatives to meet the organisation’s needs. Forecast and highlight to Head of Commercial resource issues arising
3.3 Oversee tools and ensure appropriate use by the team. Overall responsibility for generation of Dashboard reports

 

 

Key Dimensions

 

3.6 To manage, make decisions and provide professional commercial advice to ensure contracts and partnerships are legally compliant to minimise risk in terms of challenge and impact on the business. This role must be strategic thinking and be aware of external influences and barriers.
3.7 Provide support, expert advice and representation where required for high value, novel or contentious procurements. As defined by the Government Commercial Function
3.8 Responsible for signing commercial contracts for a specific value where the requirement meets specific criteria outlined within the Delegated Authorities Policies for the in-scope areas
3.9 Principal interface with key stakeholders for the in-scope commercial areas and when deputising for the Head. Typically advising stakeholders on process, supply markets, timescales, supplier performance management and issues and procurement procedures.
3.10 Promote collaboration and sharing of best practices across the Operations team, the wider commercial team and the wider organisation. Specifically close collaboration with the Head of Commercial -Strategic & Partnerships and their team is vital

 

Person Specification

 

 

  1. Certificated Qualifications

 

Essential Criteria

 

4.1 MCIPS qualified or studying towards qualification;

 

Desirable Criteria

 

4.3. PRINCE II Project Management, MSP
4.4. Management qualification
4.5 IACCM – Contract Management or Supplier Relationship Management

 

 

 

  1. Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Behaviours

 

Essential Criteria

 

5.1. The ability to provide strategic advice and guidance, understanding risk appetites and application of the relevant laws.
5.2 Good experience of Public sector procurement
5.3 Experience of technology procurement would be advantageous
5.2 Adaptable to change in line with new emerging business drivers and government requirements.
5.3 Ability to think laterally, challenge traditional patterns of service delivery and develop new approaches.
5.4 The ability to demonstrate drive and personal effectiveness, with excellent planning and decision skills.
5.5 Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating proven ability to build trust and influence across the organisation and with suppliers.
5.6 The ability to develop relationships with key stakeholders across the business and government together with the ability to both negotiate and manage expectations around delivery.
5.7 Able to evaluate, assess and record risks and provide advice on suitable mitigations
5.8 Capability to prepare and deliver presentations to large groups of staff, stakeholders and senior executives

 

 

Senior Project Manager

Job Responsibilities

  • Agree the project scope, identify the outputs and plan the activities needed to deliver the required business change whilst ensuring that resources are available and timescales realistic.
  • Direct and motivate the project team to ensure tasks are completed in line with the project plan and required standards.
  • Monitor, verify, forecast, and report project progress and finances against the plan to identify any issues affecting the project delivery or achievement of the business case, initiating corrective action where necessary.
  • Build relationships and communicate with all stakeholders (including some external stakeholders) of the project to ensure all decisions are focused on achievement of the business case.
  • Work with colleagues from across the delivery team in support of wider Portfolio aims.
  • Identify, analyse, evaluate and prioritise risks to ensure appropriate actions are in place to minimise their potential impacts on the business.

Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

Essential Criteria

  • Current Prince 2 Practitioner and/or APM (Association for Project Management) Certificate or equivalent, or be willing to gain these qualifications. Practitioner in MoP, MSP or MoR would also be an advantage
  • A proven track record of delivering on time and to customers’ requirements, ideally through experience of managing several high-risk business critical projects from start to finish.
  • A proven ability to escalate issues and recommend solutions through formal and informal channels, securing effective outcomes
  • The ability to handle multiple demands and shifting priorities together with an ability to identify the important issues.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills that engage and influence internal and external people at all levels and backgrounds
  • Be able to demonstrate some knowledge of Met Office customers, the products and services delivered to them, and the IT capability within the Met Office.

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience of working in any or all of these areas i) the Defence Sector ii) delivery of complex IT projects iii) delivery of services through a Cloud technology environment.
  • Experience of delivering projects using both agile and waterfall techniques.
  • Experience of collaboration and project tools

Contract length: 6 months

Market Intelligence Manager

This is a temporary post until March 2022.

 

The Market Intelligence Manager (MIM) post sits within the Marketing Team, within Product Management and Marketing (PM&M). The purpose of the team is to be the voice of the customer, providing evidence for business decisions and to help identify business opportunities and risks.

 

The MIM post reports to the Senior Marketing & Intelligence Manager.

 

The job exists to provide market intelligence and marketing support to the Public Weather Service team to ensure the planned discovery projects for this financial year can be completed efficiently and effectively.

 

Job Responsibilities

 

  Scope and undertake in house market research projects  utilising appropriate tools as required.
Scope and commission external suppliers to deliver projects to brief and on budget to agreed outcomes.
Develop insight and summarise as input to papers for the Customer Group.
  Advise others on best practice so they can undertake their own market research projects.
  Review analytics data and develop and communicate regular reports.
  Undertake tactical implementation of related marketing activities including support in the development and delivery of products and services and writing and implementation of communication plans
Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

 

 

Essential Criteria

 

  Wide experience of designing effective market research briefs and undertaking market research projects utilising a variety of information gathering and analysis techniques, both qualitative and quantitative.
  Experience of commissioning and managing market research agencies to deliver market research projects
  Able to link complex sets of analytics data and wider information, identify and communicate the “story” and deliver well defined and considered recommendations
  Experience of undertaking tactical implementation of marketing activities including product development and communications
  Evidence of forming effective working relationships with staff and customers at all levels, with the ability to constructively challenge others for the benefit of the organisation
  Excellent organisation and co-ordination skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks at the same time
  Able to present information in an organised and systematic way through effective interpersonal skills, communication, consultation and facilitation.

 

Desirable Criteria

 

  Experience of using Questback
  A broad understanding of Public Sector procurement processes
  An understanding of the broader external environment
  A market research qualification

 

 

 

Solutions Architect (Security Cleared) – Fully Remote

Job Purpose

 

1.      Support the project team in the selection, implementation (and assurance) of an ECommerce capability.

 

Responsibilities

 

  1. Designing the Ecommerce solution: In collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders you will create appropriate architectural design documentation for the Met Office’s future Ecommerce capability (which is driven by user need and customer experience). You will maintain and communicate a coherent architectural design (inc. TCO and integrations) to enable successful delivery of the new capability.
  2. Assuring the design: As part of a wider peer group you will provide ongoing design assurance throughout the life of the project. This will include: ongoing focus on articulation of user needs; creating, maintaining and communicating architectural artefacts; acting as the technical design authority for the project; maintaining regular engagement with the enterprise IT architect team; making and recording architectural decisions; participating in architectural peer reviews; consider and calculate technical debt.
  3. Supporting the community: As a member of an enterprise wide community of practice you will actively share knowledge and good practice and support the continuous improvement of the architecture function

 

 

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

 

 

  1. An excellent technical understanding of the solutions underpinning the delivery of the Ecommerce capability
  2. Good working knowledge of enterprise ECommerce platforms including implementation experience of one of more well-known platforms
  3. Integration patterns and API specification methods and standards
  4. An excellent technical understanding of the process requirements underpinning the governance of an Ecommerce capability.
  5. An excellent understanding of development methods (DevOps, CI/CD) which support the delivery of technical solutions
  6. Proven ability to architect and deliver technology solutions that meet user needs and improve customer experience
  7. Proven ability to provide technical coordination and negotiation for projects, including managing suppliers, architectural design assurance, setting goals and timelines with clear priorities, overseeing delivery.
  8. Ability to communicate architectural descriptions and development plans to diverse business and technical audiences through different forms (including written, diagrammatic and verbal).

 

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

 

 

  1. Ability to work as part of a product selection team through formalised procurement activity
  2. Experience of architectural modelling notations, and/or specifically C4 architecture model

 

Outcomes

 

 

  1. Design documentation and supporting artefacts which describe the technical response to stated project requirements, encompassing Context and Container diagrams
  2. Documented interfaces between the Ecommerce platform and the integration with existing Met Office services including IAM, API Management (WS02), CMS (Bloomreach), Card Payment system (Stripe), CRM (D365), Service Catalogue (SN), Analytics (CLAS), Account billing (D365)
  3. Support the Product Owner in shaping and prioritising user journeys, driving out the detail in functional and non-functional requirements.
  4. Roadmap and lifecycle plans for the Ecommerce platform and ongoing Business as Usual platform management.

 

Identity and Access Management Specialist

My client creates innovative technical solutions and support services to enable the delivery of essential world-leading science to customers globally, using cutting edge technology.

The Access Management team, has the responsibility for managing access to a diverse and challenging estate with systems and services located around the world and on cloud platforms.

 

We are looking for an engineer, skilled in cloud technologies, to complement the existing team. This role will be very much be a leading role within the team, delivering best practice solutions and reference architecture, providing technology assurance and developing innovative solutions to complex auth and authorization use cases.

 

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a highly technical area within a dynamic team, delivering development and support services, essential to the future success of the business

 

Job Purpose – Summarise what this job needs to achieve in a single sentence

  

The job holder will help to build and improve existing solutions in support of robust automated identity and access management systems for our on-premise, SaaS and cloud-based services.

 

Job Responsibilities – Example layout below; put in priority order, start with the most important

 

  • Help build Identity and Access management solutions that supports the adoption of cloud and hybrid cloud services that is in line with our vision of: “Provide a unified approach to protecting data and services with an Identity and Access Management service that is manageable, scalable, and easy to use”
  • Establish common reusable IT services and patterns for Access Management for both internal and external customers.
  • Support the automation of both the customer and employee access management journeys including the automation of access controls and identity governance.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement and development of the Corporate Identity and Access Management DevOPS team and the services they provide.
  • Using proven industry knowledge and experience with Identity and Access Management to set future technical direction for both the Identity and Access management team and the Met Office development community.

 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

 

 

Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

 

 

Essential Criteria describe what the candidate must have and be able to do, in priority order. Each criterion should describe just one distinct skill necessary for effective performance.

 

1

Significant industry experience in building and maintaining access management systems for customer, employees, and B2B with Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and the Azure B2C identity experience framework (IEF policies).

2.

Knowledge of best practices in managing Identity and Access management systems and processes with experience of developing against identity stores by providing strong authentication and authorization services including Role Based Access (RBAC)

3.

Experience in developing with high level languages such as Javascript; python and powershell. Using libraries such as MSAL to secure (encrypt/decrypt) the transition of identity credentials.

4.

Experience of working and creating front end authentication services on multiple cloud platforms. Ideally with AWS & Azure in combination with API gateways and edge authentication services.

5.

Deep understanding of authentication protocols such as SAML OpenID, Oauth, LDAP. With the ability to lead workshops to independently sequence the differing authentication flows.

6.

Evidence of an organised and structured approach to work with an ability to communicate to stakeholder at all levels.

7.

Driven to continuously improve – Has the enthusiasm and experience to push the boundaries of technology with innovative solutions.

 

Desirable Criteria (and ideally the candidate would also have . . . )

 

1.

Experience in building and maintaining access management systems with non-Microsoft technologies such as FreeIPA, OpenAM, AWS Cognito or other OpenID connect, Oauth or SAML services providers.

2.

AWS code pipeline and CI/CD

3.

Integration with ServiceNow workflows to support approval processes and JML

4.

Implementing monitoring solutions / frameworks using with Azure monitor and SIEM tools.

 

Additional Supplementary Information (e.g. preferred location, development opportunities)

 

This is a temporary role will be in the Access Management team in I&O