DevOps Engineer - DESNZ - SEO

Location

Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

About the job

Job summary

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT). 

Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field. 

We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below. 

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is

found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

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You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/

Job description

Join ICS Digital, where innovation meets expertise to create digital solutions. We are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and Cloud Platform Team at ICS, where innovation meets infrastructure. We’re a collaborative group of Cloud Infrastructure Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Architects dedicated to building and maintaining robust cloud environments that power ICS’s digital services.

Person specification

What you’ll be working on:

Supporting and evolving the ICS AWS Digital PaaS Platform (DigiPaaS), our primary cloud platform.
Managing multiple Azure tenants and subscriptions alongside our AWS estate.
Designing, developing, and deploying cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth, automated delivery of infrastructure and application code.
Collaborating closely with Application Developers to integrate and deploy application code, primarily using GitHub Actions.
Providing incident reporting and continuous support to achieve 100% uptime SLA (service level agreement).
Researching and suggesting continuous improvements around IT infrastructure and security.
Upgrading systems by conferring with vendors and service providers; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing new software and enhancements.

This is a chance to shape the future of ICS’s cloud strategy. You’ll be part of a team that values automation, scalability, and continuous improvement, with plenty of room to grow and innovate.

The above responsibilities are not exhaustive, and the post holders may be required to undertake some additional tasks not listed above, within the remit of their grade, to support the team.

Essential Criteria 

Hands-on experience with AWS (preferred) and Azure cloud platforms.
A strong understanding of DevOps methodologies  and practices, such as Agile and the DevOps Lifecycle.
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform).
Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows, especially GitHub Actions.
A collaborative mindset and eagerness to work in a cross-functional team.

Desirable Criteria 

GCP Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Infrastructure Management.
Networking: Knowledge of VPCs, Cloud Load Balancing, and Cloud NAT.

It is unusual that all candidates will meet all the desirable criteria. If your skills and experience look slightly different from what we have identified and you think you can bring value to the SEO DevOps Engineer role and the team, we strongly encourage you to apply. We'd love to hear from you!

Please, no recruitment agencies

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving
Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Availability and Capacity Management (working)
Systems Design (practitioner)