Java Developer

Salary: Band 7-9, £30,117 – £45,546 dependent on experience
Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent The role Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Digital Policing department as a Java Developer. You will provide development capability relative to front and back-end solutions including integration, application and mobile platform components that will enable you to play a key role in the continual development of all in-house and partner developed Java-based software products and services enabling successful outcomes against strategic priorities and objectives. You will have some experience of developing against, or working with enterprise grade software solutions, ideally through continual development methodologies. Working collaboratively as an integral part of a supportive agile development team, you will be driven by success and will have ambition to enable your own development. You will be coached by the Senior Java Developers and peers within the team to help you develop the essential skills and competencies required to allow you to excel in this field. What you’ll do - You will be part of a team that designs, develops and implements new Force systems; and develops and drives forward new enhancements to existing systems to drive efficiencies and effect improvements. - You will provide a pivotal resource against the continual development of business, legislative, political and wider criminal justice driven changes assisting to achieve overall Force strategic objectives. - Work with guidance to ensure new and ongoing development across the integration and application landscapes meets agreed timescales and quality measures. - You will collaborate, engage and build positive relationships with customers, clients, stakeholders and partners to understand their needs, priorities and how technology can support the realisation of these needs. - Provide support to the Senior Java Developer(s) to impact assess vendor roadmap changes and establish the relevant work packages to mitigate any associated risks. What you’ll bring - Commercial experience in Java, Spring framework and Spring Boot is essential for this role. - Knowledge of server-side programming languages including Ruby and Python would be desirable. - You will have some expertise in front-end technologies including JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and 3rd party libraries including React Js, Angular, jQuery and LESS would be desirable. - You should have a working understanding of enterprise cloud computing. - You should have demonstrable knowledge of DBMS technology e.g. SQLServer, Oracle. NoSQL and MySQL skills would also be desirable. - You will have an understanding of agile methodologies, TDD and software development best practice. - You will have proven analytical and problem-solving abilities and being able to translate customer requirements into work packages would be desirable. - You will show a drive and ambition for continuous development with a strong customer service ethos. We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone. Just so you know Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Java Developer with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute. The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview (over Microsoft Teams), around two – three weeks after the closing date. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert. We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview. If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter). If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references. Terms of appointment This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period. If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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