Contract

Lead Software Developer – SC Cleared

Ref: BBBH68092_1787903424

Anywhere

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Lead Software Developer – SC Cleared.

This role will be Inside of IR35, so you will be required to use an FCSA Accredited Umbrella Company.

Must not have been outside of the UK for more than 6 months in the last 5 years.

Key Requirements:

– Responsible for assessing, designing, and delivering the migration of existing services and applications onto the new Common Data Platform (CDP).
– The role will focus on ensuring services are migrated securely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption.

Key Responsibilities:

– Assess existing services, applications, and supporting infrastructure to determine migration requirements and dependencies.
– Design and implement migration approaches that minimise service disruption and technical risk.
– Develop, test, and deploy application changes required to enable compatibility with the new CDP platform.
– Refactor legacy components where required to improve maintainability, resilience, scalability, and performance.
– Collaborate with solution architects and platform engineers to align services with CDP standards and best practices.
– Support data migration activities, ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance requirements are maintained.
– Create and maintain technical documentation covering architecture, deployment patterns, migration plans, and operational procedures.
– Identify and resolve technical issues arising during migration and post-migration support activities.
– Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to operational and support teams.

Key Experience:

– Strong experience developing and maintaining enterprise-grade applications and services.
– Understanding of application lifecycle management and modern engineering practices.
– Experience deploying and supporting services within cloud environments.
– Experience migrating legacy applications and services to modern cloud-based architectures.
– Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes, Git and modern branching strategies.
– Knowledge of data migration, data validation, and reconciliation techniques.
– Awareness of government or enterprise security standards and compliance requirements.
– Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex technical issues and develop pragmatic solutions.
– Collaborative and team-oriented, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
– Strong communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
– Resilient and adaptable when working in fast-paced environments and managing competing priorities.
– Customer and user-focused, ensuring technical decisions support operational and business outcomes.

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.