DevSecOps Software Engineer Review

Deliver high quality products, applications and infrastructure using code. • Build, support and continuously improve software products to meet user needs. • Test (manual and automated) to ensure standards are met. • Contribute to coding standards and perform code reviews. • Support software design principles,such as re-use, open- source solutions,12-factor and iterative delivery. • Ensure security standards are met. • Actively participate in a wider community of software developers – sharing experiences and identifying good practices. • Work within, improve on and analyse industry, government and ONS security practices.

Python, Node, Ruby, SharePoint, JSON, R, SAS, SQL, NoSQL, Web frameworks such as Django and Flask And deploy and run using: • Cloud infrastructure such as AWS • Infrastructure as code using Terraform and native cloud solutions • Continuous integration/continuous development pipelines such as Concourse Testing frameworks such as PyTest, Cypress, JEST, Selenium, Behave etc Front-end: React.JS, Design Systems, HTML, CSS, Jinja2 Back-end: JS/ TS, Node.JS, Express.JS, Python, Flask

I was given the same exact responsibilities as any other software engineer in my team/ rest of the organisation. I was let to go at my own pace and eventually I was picking up work anyone else in the team. I wasn't pressured to take on more work, but when I wanted to as I progressed the team was more than happy to let me and help me out. I was treated equally as any other member of the team and always received help when I was struggling/ got stuck.

I always received help when I was struggling/ got stuck from my own team, other teams we collaborate with and the wider software engineering community in the organisation. We always help each other out and are open and available to jump on a problem to pair program/ solve it together.

We are have a no blame policy in the civil service. The company's culture and atmosphere is very inclusive. Everyone is treated with respect and treated fairly.

I love my team and working with them every day. We got to work on interesting projects. We always had plenty of time to upskill and had plenty of time before onboarding a new project. We had plenty of support from the wider organisation regarding any problems we had to deal with in any projects we worked on. Every person I encountered during my placement experience has only been so lovely and polite.

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