Senior Engineer (Geospatial Platforms)
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and a world-leading geospatial data and technology organisation. As a reliable partner to government, business and citizens across Great Britain and the world, OS helps its customers in virtually all sectors improve quality of life.
OS expertise and data supports efficient public services and infrastructure, new technologies in transport and communications, national security and emergency services and exploring the great outdoors. By being at the forefront of geospatial capability for more than 230 years, we've built a reputation as the world's most inspiring and trusted geospatial partner.
About the Role:
We have an opportunity for a highly motivated Senior Engineer to join Ordnance Survey's technology department in developing next generation cloud-based systems, that drive our world leading geospatial and business applications. Working within a forward-thinking agile team looking at transforming the way the organisation manages and works with its data, this exciting role will challenge you to understand requirements and develop cutting edge solutions.
As part of the role, you will be expected to:
- Be capable of developing and configuring production ready code and systems.
- Develop and use Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines to configure and deploy cloud resources.
- Carry out code inspections and peer reviews to provide assurance of code quality.
- Provide 3rd level support for production systems that you have developed.
- Continuously maintain and improve your level and currency of technical skills.
- Share knowledge and advocate best practice to help optimise team delivery.
- Actively participate in development team activities.
What we're looking for:
With a strong background in delivering at pace to a high standard, experience around Development, Deployment, Debugging, Testing (TDD, BDD), Scaling and Monitoring secure systems is expected. You will have daily contact with stakeholders and team members. We will encourage you to identify opportunities to advocate best practice to Associate Engineers and Technicians in your team.
We're looking for someone that can demonstrate skills and experience in:
- Proven skills in software configuration, engineering of Python or Scala based solutions (use of OOP, TDD, SOLID).
- Experience working with Azure DevOps and Azure Cloud Services.
- Knowledge of modern engineering best practice and a keen interest in the latest technologies, patterns, and trends (e.g. CI, CD).
- Proven track record in iterative and incremental development.
- Track record in problem resolution & selection of technical solutions.
- Qualified to relevant development certification (or equivalent experience).
- Experience working with Databricks/Apache Spark.
- Experience working with infrastructure-as-code.
Desirable:
- Experience working with Geospatial Data.
- Experience using Terraform.
The rewards:
We want you to love what you do. That's why our benefits package rewards a job well done.
We'll give you:
- Salary: £41,659 - £49,010 (dependent on experience)
- Performance related bonus
- Competitive pension
- 37 hour working week (with flexible working options)
- 25 days annual leave - Plus bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas
- Training and development - We offer in-house training, a variety of masterclasses, bespoke training, study leave, access to learning resources and professional membership subscriptions
- A wide range of additional benefits including free parking, paid volunteer day, support with health and wellbeing, sports and social activities, staff discount on over 500 national stores and more
Closing date: Sunday 23 June 2024
Ordnance Survey is committed to making inclusion an everyday reality and promoting a diverse workforce. We aim to provide an environment that supports and encourages equality and collaborative learning. We have active employee networks for Women's development, LGBT+, Disability and an Autism ambassador on site. We are looking for talented and experienced individuals from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from women, those returning to the workforce after a break and/or those with a disability or on the autistic spectrum, where your technical abilities are sought after and valued.
Each individual at OS brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team builds more innovative products, provides a better service to our customers, and helps us all grow and learn as individuals.
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