AMS PSR

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 6 Month (Inside IR35) contract based Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield or Blackpool 2 days per week..

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation
• Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now
• Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society
• Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

Please note: SC Clearance is require for this position. Candidates must be eligible/willing to undergo SC screening as a minimum.

Description:

An experienced and motivated Senior DevOps Engineer is required to build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure as-Code. The role will include day to day support and monitoring of systems, including investigation, troubleshooting, resolution of technical issues and support development teams meet their scheduled delivery targets/sprints.

Skills/Knowledge Required:

• Experience in a DevOps/Application Support or Senior Development/Systems Integrations Role with strong automation and configuration skills.
• Successful applicants should get a real kick out of helping projects go live in a successful and stress-free manner, drawing on a wide range of skills covering software development, technical architecture, IT service management and infrastructure operation.
• AWS cloud based platforms
• Microservices and containers(Docker/Kubernetes/ECS)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible/Puppet/Packer)
• Programming/Scripting Languages (Python/Bash/Powershell)
• Building and implementing CI/CD Pipelines (Gitlab
• CI/Jenkins)
• Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana/Graylog/ELK)
• Linux Administration Skills and use of version control system like Git
• Good understanding of Java/Maven/Node.js web and batch applications
• Good understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL,
• Oracle and NoSQL like Mongodb

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".