Python Developer (Inside IR35)

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

The IPA is developing a new reporting platform adopting technology used by the N.10 Data Science team. The platform will use Infrastructure-as-Code to host dashboards developed in Plotly (Python) and connected to data hosted on the IPA AWS account.

As a Python Developer, your main responsibilities will be: 

• Configuring our AWS instance to allow the data connection;
• Setting up the AWS container for the platform using Docker;
• Configuring the Infrastructure as Code using Terraform;
• Setting up the domain names and security layers in Cognito;
• After the above is functioning (MVP), setting up Kubernetes to allow scaling up of operations (depending on timing of operations);
• For all the operations above, we will have the support and knowledge of the N.10 Data Science engineers, that will provide us access to their existing documentation and repositories.

You will have:

• Writing effective, scalable code in Python.
• Developing back-end components to improve model responsiveness and performance. Integrating user-facing elements into production-ready applications.
• Production of technical documentation.
• Adherence with all relevant data and physical security policies.
• Coordinate with other teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions. Hands-on experience of code development in Python.
• Experience of interrogating relational databases using SQL and working with cloud-based analytics platforms and tools.
• Experience in building robust, well-structured models.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Experience of working in Agile development environments.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Lewis.hamber@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.