Job Description

DHCW supports interoperability between the various components of the NHS Wales national architecture, managed by Integration services through a combination of technologies to support interoperability.



The Integration team transforms and standardises messages containing patient information for sharing across the NHS Wales' Messaging Fabric, a key part of the national infrastructure. DHCW is beginning an extensive program of migration, modernisation and expansion, with a view of replacing Fiorano with a custom-built messaging solution and we wish to recruit a Lead Developer to join the Integration Platform Team.



In line with the National Data Strategy, a non-proprietary cloud hosted solution is needed, that is vendor neutral and agnostic to market influence to avoid supplier lock in and rising support and maintenance costs, an in-house developed solution will allow DHCW and NHS Wales the capability to deliver integration services that support national strategies in an efficient, cost-effective manner reducing the dependency on 3 rd party proprietary solutions.



You will be expected to work with staff at all levels in helping us deliver our strategic plan by placing quality, safety and innovation at the centre of what you do. You will play a key role in working alongside a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of new products and enhancements to existing systems.



Proven experience using Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to write software code and produce elegant, robust and maintainable software applications.



Working toward a previously built design solution, you are expected to take the lead in the development and ensure it is rigorously tested and documented in accordance with DHCW and industry best practices.



Working largely independently , under the guidance of a solutions architect, there will be opportunities to work with a range of system and user interface technologies . In addition to new developments, you will be involved in developing solutions to integrate legacy systems.

Skills key for this role:

Phyton, Rust , Java



System architecture design for high-performance, scalable integration (microservices)



Multithreading & performance, Observability & Monitoring tools



Enterprise Service Bus (WSO2, JCAPs, Fiorano, Biztalk, IBM Websphere )



messaging Queues (Rabbit MQ, Active MQ, etc)



Web Services, API, XML, XSLT, .Net , SQL, SOAP, REST



Networking connectivity, TCP/UDP/sockets



Containerised applications, Docker, Kubernetes



CI/CD and DevOps tools, Agile, SDLC



Experience in the following



Apache Camel



HL7 v 2.x and FHIR



High Availability solutions, Mirroring, Replication, Clustering, AOG



Modelling tools and languages, Enterprise Architect/UML



Expert in OOP, unit testing, software design patterns, SOLID principles, TDD



Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is an expert national body and part of NHS Wales. We work in partnership with NHS Wales colleagues and other key stakeholders to provide national digital and data services which support the delivery of health and social care in Wales. Modern health and care services depend on good digital tools, data and information. DHCW runs or works with more than 100 services and delivers major national digital transformation programmes to support this. In addition, DHCW provides expert advice in relation to cyber security and information governance. We give frontline staff the digital tools which help them provide safer and more efficient care. We are also giving patients and the public digital tools to better manage their own health and wellbeing, empowering people to live healthier lives. We put people at the heart of what we do, working to the highest standards to deliver quality and make digital a force for good in health and care.



Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.



You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

In the role you will:

Work with stakeholders and get involved in the entire project lifecycle



Using technical expertise and experience, guide users and other stakeholders on the most effective way to solve business problems



Use version control software such as GIT or SVN to manage development work properly



Work as part of an agile development team to design and write high-quality software.



Play a key role working alongside experienced software professionals in a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of new products and enhancements to existing systems which include Web, Windows and Cloud based applications.



Research relevant new technology , assessing its potential for enhancement of existing services.



Leverage Agile principles to understand and suggest improvements to the development process to empower the team with better collaboration and communication.



Guide development and influence the future of the platform and its technology.



Design, develop and implement scalable applications, microservices and APIs based on defined architecture frameworks and guidelines



Work with team members to integrate new code into existing continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery/deployment (CD) pipelines.



Leverage Agile principles to understand and suggest improvements to the development process to empower the team with better collaboration and communication.



The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.