Ops Specialist – Trainee Management System

Closing date for applications: 04/07/2019

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

Specialist role	Developer
Summary of the work	Day-to-day routine work on keeping a live environment up and running. No New PaaS infrastructure is planned to be built or deployed during this placement but may be needed if anything unforeseen occurs.
Latest start date	22/07/2019
Expected contract length	Three months (potential for extension)
Location	London
Organisation the work is for	Health Education England (HEE)
Maximum day rate	We decided not to set a maximum day rate or disclose our budget constraints. We seek excellent value for money and affordability.

ABOUT THE WORK

Early market engagement	-
Who the specialist will work with	You'll be expected to work with the following: - Scrum Master, Service Managers (Product Owners) and Team (incl. BAs, UI/UX, Test Lead, Front End and Full Stack Developers, Ops) Stakeholders such as: - Trainees (of the medical, dental, pharmacy and healthcare science profession) - (Hospital) Trust administrators and managers - Business Managers and subject experts - Others involved in the education and training of the multi professional healthcare workforce Third party suppliers - Legacy and future suppliers
What the specialist will work on	A Ops specialist is required to maintain the current live platform during a temporary staff shortage. This involves: 1. Maintaining a docker container environment running in a fully linux environment. 2. Using Ansible to make changes 3. Maintaining and fault-finding the Jenkins build/deploy pipelines 4. Working on any infrastructure requirements the dev team have to make sure the sprints are completed correctly. 5. Documenting all work done, and committing any changes to scripts/infrastructure to our git repo. 6. Knowledge sharing, pairing and teaching members of the team.

WORK SETUP

Address where the work will take place	Health Education England Floor 3 Stewart House Russell Square London WC1B 5DN
Working arrangements	The role is outside of IR35. HEE is an employer keen on promoting work/life balance, and protecting people's mental health. As such we expect all staff to work remotely one day a week. Further remote working is also possible subject to negotiation with line manager. Timescales we are working to: Advert closes – 04/07/19. Shortlisting – 09/07/19 + 10/07/19. Successful suppliers invited to interview - 11/07/19 + 12/07/19 Unsuccessful suppliers informed - 11/07/19 + 12/07/19 Interviews - 15/07/19 - (IN PERSON) Contract award - week commencing 22/07/19 Preferred start date – 22/07/19
Security clearance	-

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional terms and conditions	The awarded supplier will also need to adhere to the principles set out in the standard NHS Terms and Conditions.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

How many specialists to evaluate	5
Cultural fit criteria	Work transparently and collaboratively in a no-blame culture, encouraging all to fail fast and learn from mistakes Demonstrate experience of supporting and coaching other team members Evidence their confidence to challenge the status quo Evidence ability to work with clients with low technical expertise Evidence of taking responsibility for their work
Assessment methods	Work history Interview Scenario or test
Evaluation weighting	Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30%