Senior DevOps Engineer - Newcastle upon Tyne - ref. m38879615

Senior DevOps Engineer

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Pay up to £78,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and a truly great work life balance.

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DWP. Digital with Purpose.

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We're looking for outstanding Senior DevOps Engineers, who want to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government.

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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 millions of daily users.

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Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and leading-edge technologies to create innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions, positively changing how government work.

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We design, build, and run digital public services, making them simpler and faster for everyone.

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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?

• Lead criterion - Demonstrable knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure, and Configuration as Code.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and supporting cloud-based applications (AWS and/ or Azure).
• Demonstrable knowledge of implementing and maintaining CI/ CD pipelines.
• Demonstrable experience of using Unix/ Linux in a support and/ or development environment including scripting languages.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a DevOps environment - Continuous Integration & Deployment, Delivery methods and techniques, including agile scrum experience.
• Experience of supporting, guiding, and developing Engineers across multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environment. ul>

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You and your role

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As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will be using modern tooling to develop CI/ CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains where you will strive to put automation at the heart of everything you do.

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You will craft and implement solutions that are highly available, resilient, scalable, extensible, and maintainable within multiple cloud environments.

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Working across the organisation you will be pushing a mindset change to foster engineering ownership, and the importance of the integrity and maintenance of the services we deliver.

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Other responsibilities will include working across product-focussed teams to gather requirements, evaluate tools, implementing/ updating solutions, provisioning environments, and assisting with operational issues.

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Details. Wages. Perks.

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Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, 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 £78,517

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Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 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 are 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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