Senior Dev Ops Engineer

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

As a DevOps Engineer you will be responsible for the design and implementation of applications' build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. Other responsibilities include working within multi-functional teams to gather requirements, evaluate tools, implementing/updating solutions, building and executing test plans, provision environments, application performance reviews, assist migration of legacy systems, and triaging and fixing operational issues.

You will contribute to DevOps culture promotion and aide/support the transition to DevOps as a better practice.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, your main responsibilities will be to:
* Transform technical requirements into an effective DevOps toolchain to enable product delivery, assure and implement deployment strategies and apply different techniques to methods in analysing and resolving problems, working up new practices and procedures or modify existing processes to improve performance.
* Resolve issues to ensure citizen-facing services are repeatable, scalable, resilient and highly available.
* Communicate with a range of people, inside the Department, in other Government Organisations, in external organisations and with the general public to produce comprehensive technical documentation for wider consumption.
* Manage and co-ordinate work across several sections and support product teams to write code that is simple and flexible to build, configure and deploy.
* Contribute to community discussions about DevOps best practice within Engineering, responsible for providing recommendations based on in depth research and determination of the options.
* Make and review decisions to progressively improve decision-making.
* Collaborate across teams and liaise with Lead/Senior DevOps Engineers and Technical Architects to investigate technical solutions.
* Provide coaching and mentoring to Software and DevOps Engineer peers.
* Implement a DevOps culture and automation best practices.

Essential:
* SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks.
* Proficiency in cloud technologies, especially with Terraform, Kafka, and AWS Lambda for cloud infrastructure and event streaming.
* Kafka Expertise - Proficiency in using Kafka for event streaming, with practical experience in deploying and maintaining Kafka clusters in production environments.
* Cloud & On-Premise Infrastructure - Strong experience in managing both cloud (e.g., AWS, Azure) and on-premise hosting environments to ensure versatility and ability to handle hybrid infrastructure model.
* Experience driving DevOps practices and methodologies in a Senior capacity.
* Experience transforming technical specifications into scalable solutions using RHEL, Terraform, Ansible, Git, and GitLab CI.
* Ability to manage, standardise, and evolve legacy systems and codebases, including automated testing processes.
* Experience with containerisation tools like Docker, PodMan, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.
* Proficiency in Bash and Python, including usage, patching, and securing scripts and applications.
* Collaboration experience to design, code, test, correct and document programmes or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools.
* Able to build and test simple interfaces or can work on more complex integration as part of a wider team.
* Ability to take input and establish coherent frameworks that work.

Desirable:
* Previous experience working within government agencies or specifically within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is highly desirable.

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.

Armed Forces Commitment

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".