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Provision of an Environment Provisioning Manager PS/19/83

Closing date for applications: 09/05/2019
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Developer
Summary of the work
 The EPM will be responsible for set up, coordination and availability of the test environment estate across a large and complex physical and cloud infrastructure. They will ensure they are available to allow for the testing of projects and BAU change.
Latest start date
 08/07/2019
Expected contract length
 12 months with the option of an additional 12 months
Location
 Wales
Organisation the work is for
 DVLA, ITS – Service Creation
Maximum day rate
 Max £650 day rate (exclusive of VAT and inclusive of any T&S)
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
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Who the specialist will work with
 Internal Service creation staff, 3rd party contractors, internal stakeholders. The IT Service Creation team in DVLA includes Technical Product Managers, Agile Delivery Managers, Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Software Engineers and Infrastructure Engineers.
What the specialist will work on
 DVLA require a specialist Environmental manager to work as part of the ITS Service Creation team. The person will assist in the standing up and scheduling of test environments in line with the needs of the development teams on a complex hybrid legacy and Cloud estate.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 DVLA, Morriston, Swansea DVLA, RLDC, Swansea
Working arrangements
 5 days per week
Security clearance
 BPSS clearance required, if SC clearance is required through the duration of the contract DVLA will sponsor.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
 We currently see this role as sitting outside of IR35, as the candidates would not hold a fixed office position and will not have direct day to day direction or supervision.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 5
Cultural fit criteria
 Provide an example of being able to form effective relationships with people of all seniorities and job types. Provide an example of supporting enablement of in-house subject matter expertise, engaging with staff and creating an environment of knowledge sharing. Provide 2 or more examples of communication and influencing skills. Provide 1 or more examples of ability to coach, document and handover to staff.
Assessment methods
 Work history Reference Interview Scenario or test Presentation
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 10 or more years in delivering environmental provisioning management at pace (with particular interest in management of cloud based technologies).
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over a period of 5 or more years showing extensive knowledge of Test Environment Management methodologies, test practices and toolsets (specifically Apwide GoLive).
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over 3 or more years of SDLC, configuration, change, release, problem, incident, service management methodologies (incorporating where possible ServiceNow, Clear Case/ Clear Quest, Drone, Spinnaker).
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over 10 or more years of working with enterprise systems like OracleDB, Oracle Weblogic, Message Broker.
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over 10 or more years working with IBM AIX Operating Systems inc HACMP, Microsoft Windows based platforms Technologies, IBM ZCloud Mainframe, Cloud Based Technologies (AWS/Azure)
  • Have demonstrable evidence and experience over 5 or more years showing extensive knowledge of network topologies, network architectures and security principles in use within government and enterprise sized environments.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Evidence and experience over a period of 3 or more years of working in a successful agile delivery environment.
  • Provide a minimum of 1 example of the ability to advise, influence and provide governance for the use test environments.
  • Provide a minimum of 1 example of working closely with development and testing team in the construction and delivery of large scale projects.
  • Provide a minimum of 1 example of helping Dev/Test teams resolve various issues related to environments, builds, application and functioning.
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 09/05/2019

Provision of an Environment Provisioning Manager PS/19/83

Closing date for applications: 09/05/2019


Specialist role:

Developer

Location:

Wales

Organisation:

DVLA, ITS – Service Creation

Maximum day rate:

Max £650 day rate (exclusive of VAT and inclusive of any T&S)
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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