Automation Infrastructure Engineer

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Automation Infrastructure Engineer

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Pay up to £52,442 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

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This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Hybrid Cloud Services (HCS) as an Automation Infrastructure Engineer at a time of significant transformation, as we look to drive the adoption of Public Cloud services in line with Government Digital Service (GDS) and DWP's own strategic hosting architectural principles.

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DWP. Digital with Purpose.

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We are looking for an Automation Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

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We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

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DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

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The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

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What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience using Linux Operating Systems.
• Knowledge of automation and orchestration technologies.
• Experience of hybrid cloud.
• Experience in a large scale organisation using source control management (SCM) tools such as Gitlab or Github.
• Experience using configuration and infrastructure management tooling such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure. ul>

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You and your role

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As an Automation Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the next generation of Ansible Automation Platform.

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You will be building standardisation of service offerings for consumption. Identifying and automating toil where appropriate, and ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available.

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Key activities include:

• Working collaboratively to develop and maintain a shared AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) solution in public cloud.
• Support and maintain shared tooling in our on-premise environment including Gitlab and AAP.
• Provide product on-boarding support to our end users and business units.
• Identify and implement optimal solutions for our tools and our end users, including monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Perform application patching and maintenance on all our products. ul>

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Details. Wages. Perks.

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Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Newcastle whichever is most convenient for you.

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Hybrid Working:We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

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Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £52,442.

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Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £11,000 per year.

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Holidays:A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

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You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

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We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. ul>

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Process:

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We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

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Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

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Interview: a single stage interview online.

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CLICK APPLYfor more information and to start your application.

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