Senior DevOps Engineer Bristol, England
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Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer with a passion for working with cutting edge technology?
Would you like to be part of a major IT transformation within the evolving world of digital, platforms and cloud?
Our Digital-first vision is underpinned by a clear strategy which allows our staff to develop and grow. There’s never been a better time to join the DVSA!
Working with DVSA will help develop your skills and build a career.
We heavily invest in our colleague development to enable them to advance on to other positions more quickly by having the chance to hone their abilities on leading technologies which helps to make Britain's roads safer.
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice and welcome and encourage applications from everyone, such as ethnic minorities, women, disabled people and those who identify as LGBT+.
To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.
Job description
You will:
- Drive the analysis, design, and implementation of technical solutions to enable the automation, deployment and operation of significant cloud infrastructure taking a value-based approach to prioritisation.
- Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure that is scalable, resilient, open, efficient, secure, and cost-effective.
- Stay up to date with technological advances using modern standards to develop the strategy and approach of Digital infrastructure services, in particular support of automation and testing.
- Work in collaboration with other managers across all functions for the good of DVSA and to create a high performing and well-respected Agency.
- Work closely with the application development team members and ensuring that path-to-live is managed effectively and pre-production environments are fit for purpose.
Person specification
- You can plan and manage own time effectively and take responsibility for personal actions for self and team members.
- You can demonstrate leadership by providing guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives. Manage and engage with honesty and integrity, and upholding the reputation of the Agency, Department and Civil Service.
- You are comfortable working with Service and Product Owners to ensure clarity in understanding requirements and how Digital Infrastructure solutions will support business goals
- You have experience of proposing, influencing, and negotiating technical solutions and infrastructure strategies with senior stakeholders.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Change Management - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
- Coding and Scripting - (Skill level: awareness) - Click Here.
- Testing - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
- Service Focus - (Skill level: working) - Click Here.
Benefits
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps everyone stay safe on Britain's roads.
We're an innovative organisation that values professional expertise and invests in all our people. We champion inclusive and diverse teams, ensuring we have the skills required to deliver transport that moves Britain ahead now and into the future, meeting the needs of the people who use our services.
If you would like to read more about the great opportunities and benefits of working at DVSA visit our Careers website.
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Selection process details
To apply for this role, you will need to provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following sift criteria within your CV.
This Role is assessing CV only, Please structure your CV to provide detailed evidence of each of the following:
- Experience of making effective decisions within fast-moving Agile delivery environment.
- Experience of communicating technical designs simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations.
- Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.
- Substantive experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, Azure but preferably AWS.
- Experience of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), strong understanding of configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Docker) and Shell Scripting (Bash).
Sift & Interview Dates
The sift is due to take place week commencing 3rd of July.
Interviews are due to take place week commencing 17th of July.
This interview will be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
- An interview
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
Please see attached candidate notes for further information about our recruitment process.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
DDaT Allowance
- This role is part of the DDaT profession and attracts an enhanced pay scale which is mapped to capability levels. The successful candidates starting salary will be determined by performance at interview and assessed capability level. There are two components to DDaT pay - base pay and DDaT allowance
- The role may also attract a DDaT allowance of up to £10,000. The amount, if afforded is determined by several factors one of which is assessed capability level
- The successful candidate will be required to undergo yearly capability assessments which may result in pay increases or decreases. A drop in capability in any given assessment period results in 12 month pay protection to allow candidates to retain prior capability level
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email [email protected] for assistance.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here
