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DWP – Service Transformation Dev Ops Engineer (D)

Closing date for applications: 17/02/2023
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Developer
Summary of the work
 The specialist will need to be a highly experienced (Practitioner level) Senior Dev Ops Engineer. Managing day to day support, technical leadership and guidance, creating a DevOps culture and implementing automation best practices. Upholding DWP values and working within Government Digital Standards.
Latest start date
 03/04/2023
Expected contract length
 24 months with an optional extension period of up to 6 months
Location
 North West England
Organisation the work is for
 DWP Service Transformation
Maximum day rate
 £625
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
 DWP Technology Services. Service Transformation Release and Test Team
What the specialist will work on
 1. Develop test and implement Infrastructure as Code scripts for the ‘Zephyr test automation' service in Azure using the likes of Terraform, Powershell/Bash and CloudFormation2. Create, implement and Support CI/CD pipeline using Gitlab and Atlassian products incl Zephyr, Jira 3. Support all the above once implemented4. Support the Strategy work to agree approach for migration of Test Environment Service from on-premise to Cloud5. Build/migrate test environment service in the Cloud
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 DWP Digital Corporate Hubs : Peel Park Blackpool or 2 St Peter's Square Manchester
Working arrangements
 Specialist will work 5 working days per week. The specialist will be expected to attend site 40% of their working time in line with DWP's Hybrid working policy working remotely for the remainder of their time. Days of attendance on site will be as determined by DWP management. The specialist will be required to be online between the hours of 8:00AM - 17:00PM Monday to Friday
Security clearance
 All suppliers must be BPSS cleared and On-Shore. MUST be prepared to obtain SC clearance if not already held (DWP will sponsor this)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/terms-and-conditions-of-digital-marketplace-frameworks
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 5
Cultural fit criteria
 -1. Work well as the lead of a team and keep the team motivated to perform well; -Transfer knowledge gained through the team and be willing to share experiences across the wider department. -Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions -Is accountable and takes responsibility for their work -Can work with colleagues with little or no technical knowledge
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 75% Cultural fit 5% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • 3+ Year in a hands-on platform engineer/devops/cloud support role
  • Evidence of, significant practical experience and detailed technical knowledge of Redhat based Linux distributions
  • Evidence of, significant practical experience and detailed technical knowledge of Ansible Automation Platform and automating manual/human processes
  • Evidence of, significant practical experience and detailed technical knowledge of Terraform
  • Evidence of, significant experience and technical knowledge of managing infrastructure as code, catering for multiple environment differences (Cloud and On-Premise Hosting) using either PowerShell or Bash
  • Evidence of practical experience and detailed technical knowledge of Gitlab
  • Technical Skills: Service Focus (DDaT) Technical Breadth (DDaT) Programming & build (DDaT) (level 3)
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Demonstrate experience of working in regulated public sector environments (DWP, HMRC)
  • Able to demonstrate mentoring other colleagues with technical matters
  • Demonstrate experience of identification of manual processes, suitable for automation
  • Use of Google Go language, Kubernetes and Docker
  • Evidence of practical experience of Jenkins
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 17/02/2023

DWP – Service Transformation Dev Ops Engineer (D)

Closing date for applications: 17/02/2023


Specialist role:

Developer

Location:

North West England

Organisation:

DWP Service Transformation

Maximum day rate:

£625
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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