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Senior Technical Architect for DataWorks re-platforming (TA)

Closing date for applications: 02/03/2020
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Technical Architect
Summary of the work
 Provide technical architecture consultancy services. Provision new data analytics services for data science and data analysts. Oversee overall development and production of design artefacts. Lead on integration with other DWP and external service providers. Provide ongoing skills transfer to DWP staff.
Latest start date
 01/04/2020
Expected contract length
 6 Months
Location
 Yorkshire and the Humber
Organisation the work is for
 Department for Work and Pensions
Maximum day rate
 £625
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
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Who the specialist will work with
 The DataWorks team is made up of a number of engineers & architects covering the full spectrum of big data, cloud infrastructure, security architecture, and business analysis. You will also be expected to engage with other teams within the DWP: UCFS for systems integration Design Authority for design sign-off SRE for acceptance into service Stakeholder teams, e.g. data analysts & scientists 3rd party suppliers and auditors (e.g. IT Health Check teams)
What the specialist will work on
 Data ingestion from Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS), and surfacing of data to users of DataWorks new AWS Data Platform
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 DWP Offices - Quarry House, Leeds, LS27UA
Working arrangements
 Flexible working, at the discretion of the supplier to deliver the service. Some travel to other sites may be required in line with DWP travel and expense policy.
Security clearance
 DV
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
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EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 3
Cultural fit criteria
 Demonstrate experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team where Design, build and support are the whole team’s responsibilities. Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with existing internal teams and other supplier teams Demonstrable experience of working in and ea 'no-blame' culture environment whilst encouraging people to learn from their mistakes Demonstrable experience of remaining delivery focussed whilst working in an agile way
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of working with the AWS cloud platform within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using Infrastructure as Code to provision and manage any cloud infrastructure using terraform within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using Git and GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate knowledge of test and behaviour driven development (TDD and BDD) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using ConcourseCI to provide continuous integration and continuous deployment within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS CloudWatch within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate knowledge of AWS networking concepts within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of devloping in Python within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using Docker within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of analysing and solving complex infrastructure & application issues within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate having been involved with, and ideally having led an ITHC engagement within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate a solid understanding of securely handling sensitive data within the last 2 years
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Demonstrate experience of big data; formats, manipulation/conversion, querying, tools within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of consuming Apache Kafka data feeds within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of devloping in Go, Java or Node.js within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Lambda within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Cloud Hardware Security Module (CloudHSM) within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Cognito within the last 2 years
  • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Workspaces within the last 2 years
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 02/03/2020

Senior Technical Architect for DataWorks re-platforming (TA)

Closing date for applications: 02/03/2020


Specialist role:

Technical Architect

Location:

Yorkshire and the Humber

Organisation:

Department for Work and Pensions

Maximum day rate:

£625
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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