This is a full-time position for 37 hours per week Monday to Friday  

Flexible working patterns alongside home working will be considered.


Want to work somewhere that’s a little bit different? Enjoy developing solutions? Want a better work life balance?

In the Service Operations Centre (SOC) you’ll support IT services for Government departments in the UK and around the globe.

You’ll bring your technical expertise to deploy and maintain systems that help protect national security at home and overseas. You may not know all of the details yet, but you soon will.

No two days will be the same, one day you could be using your communication skills to liaise with stakeholders and project managers, the next you could be producing code to introduce new features on a product to improve the user experience.

You will be working within a positive, creative and friendly environment who’ll provide on the job training as well as formal training qualifications – we invest to be the best

Pull up your SOC’s and apply here…


More About You

You’ll already have:

• Proven experience working with JavaScript, HTML, CSS to create web applications
• A solid understanding of how web applications work including security, session management and best development practices
• Understand and intelligently debug both existing and new code

To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you have one or more of the following (but these are not essential):

• Experience of developing using Full Stack technologies (e.g. NodeJS, GO, React, Angular, Redux)
• Experience in website design (UX/UI)
• Experience of working to accessibility guidelines and responsive design patterns.


Your Personal Skills

You’ll be the type of person who:

• Recognise good performance and encourage people to build on their strengths
• Think creatively and generate innovative approaches and solutions
• Set clearly defined, realistic objectives and deadlines
• Communicate with credibility to a variety of audiences, inside and outside the organisation
• Create and encourage positive working relationships
• Keep customers informed about progress and the bigger picture as appropriate
• Encourage and enable others to share ideas, to suggest changes and to make improvements


Putting your skills to use

Using your expertise as part of our team you will:

• Perform work in accordance with engineering policies, processes and procedures; where authorised, tailoring these to meet the needs of specific circumstances
• Design solutions that address customers needs
• Produce an appropriate level of design documentation, considering the through-life requirements
• Develop and maintain the Discipline and Application knowledge and skills that are necessary to be an efficient and effective engineer
• Complete tasks to agreed quality, time and cost objectives
• Be responsible for your own professional development
• Define and execute an appropriate level of verification and validation
• As requested, supervise work of less experienced engineers and technicians, including:
     a. Taking responsibility for the quality of their work
     b. Assisting their delivery to schedule and cost targets
     c. Supporting their development through mentoring and coaching
• Implement software designs (System Design; Detailed Design and Build; Verification; Technology Management) at a complexity up to and including Repeater category without supervision, and Stranger with supervision.

What we Offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you:

•    25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
•    2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
•    Paid overtime or time off in lieu.  Your salary is for your contracted hours.  If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
•    Training.  Lots and lots of training.  This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree.  If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
•    Pension.  Our Pension scheme is Alpha.  It’s competitive.
•    Sports & Social Society.  Whether its classic cars or baking, golf, or crafting, we have a society for you.
•    On site nursery (subject to availability).
•    3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
•    Free parking
•    Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day
•    Relocation Package*
•    Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ+ and/or from an Ethnic Minority.  We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.


About HMGCC

We’re HMGCC, Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre. You may not have heard of us before. It’s OK, we’re used to it! That’s because our customers are other UK Government Departments. Using our collective expertise, we develop communication systems for our customers that are innovative, reliable and totally secure to protect national security at home and overseas.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please click here.


Equal Opportunities

Inclusion & Diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

HMGCC is proud to hold the status of Disability Confident Employer. In line with this, we offer the Disability Confident - Offer of Interview. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please click here.


Apply now

Please click the apply button.  Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.

*if you are relocating to the area then we can discuss the possibility of a relocation package.