MoJ Digital - Web Ops Specialist 4

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Summary of the work Web Ops Specialist Specialist role Web operations engineer Expected Contract Length Up to 2 years. The initial SoW will be for 30 days followed by further more detailed SoW Latest start date 03/10/2016 Early Market Engagement None Who Speclialist Work With The Web Ops Specialist will work closely with Delivery manager and fellow Web Ops engineers. The Web Ops team consists of approximately 9 Development Ops engineers, a product manager and a delivery manager. What Specialists Work On The Web Ops Specialist will work closely with development team to ensure continuous delivery capabilities. Skills & Experience • Demonstrable multidisciplinary expert who has a deep understanding of networks, firewalls, load-balancing, high availability, disaster recovery, TCP &UDP services in a virtualised and/or cloud environment • Experience of Cloud Hosting (Amazon AWS) • Experience in "0" downtime deploy strategies, containerisation (Docker) • Experience of Development backgrounds (including Python) • Knowledge and experience of software build and deploy pipelines (Jenkins) • Knowledge and experience of Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana • Understanding of SaltStack • In depth knowledge of AWS, including: VPC, EC2, RDS, Cloudformation, IAM, AMIs, CLI/API • In depth knowledge of linux • Knowledge of the ELK stack. • Knowledge of Elastic Search. • Knowledge of rails and django. • Knowledge of Boto AWS API • Able to architect highly available and resilient cloud architectures • Understanding of how to secure complex could platforms. • Customising amazon AMIs. • Experience with Boto AWS API • Experience working within Agile Teams. • Must provide detail work history (using the standard work history template) by the closing date and time. Nice to Haves • Work on migration of legacy service to public cloud • Work with senior collegues • Excellent collaborations skills and working in a team • Experience with Azure Work Location 102, Petty France, London SW 1H 9AJ Working Arrangments Work will be on-site in London. Mon - Fri. Security Clearance BPSS is required for all personnel. Additional T&Cs Framework Terms and conditions No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers • Transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Work using agile methodology • Sharing skills as part of the Dev Ops culture • People able to thrive in a self motivated, autonomous and empowered environment • Experience co-operating and collaborating with other engineers Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there a requirement for 6 candidates all together? We have a requirement for 6 Web Ops Specialists. The DOS Framework requires us to publish one procurement per role. 2. Please clarify the "standard work history template" - where will we find this and where should it be sent to? This is the Skills and experience evidence template that is available and visible to Suppliers on the DOS framework. This should be submitted to shafie.khwaja@justice.gsi.gov.uk before the closing date. 3. If you could please supply the work history template please. This is the Skills and experience evidence template that is available and visible to Suppliers on the DOS framework. This should be submitted to shafie.khwaja@justice.gsi.gov.uk before the closing date. 4. If you have a number or email that I can reach you on as well would be appreciated. Shafie Khwaja 0203 334 5886 5. Will a skills matrix be required Please complete the Skill and experience evidence template (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-outcomes-and-specialists-templates-and-legal-documents#shortlisting-templates) 6. Will CVs be required? Not at this stage 7. Will CVs be required? Not at this stage. 8. Please clarify which standard Template should be used. You refer to the standard Work history template in your essential requirement and later in your Q & A, you have referred to the Skills and experience evidence template. Which one should be suppliers submit? In essence the two worksheets are similar but have different word count limits. For the purpose of this procurement, please complete the Work History Template which has a maximum word count of 500 per work history. This can be found https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-outcomes-and-specialists-templates-and-legal-documents#shortlisting-templates 9. Will CVs be required? Not at this stage 10. Your list of essential skills and experience for this role is extensive. While we are seeking to source an individual, it is unlikely that one person will have all the 'essentials', let alone the 'nice to haves'. Given previous DOS experience, we believe we cannot bid. Please comment. Our requirement reflects the key skills, nice to haves and cultural fit that we would expect from an experienced Web Ops Specialist. The role is looking for high calibre individuals to work on a number of complex projects. As a result of this procurement exercise we will be able to better understand whether these requirements can be met by the market or not. 11. Should suppliers submit one individual per role? We are looking to fill 6 (six) specialists roles. If the suppliers have only one individual than they are can choose to submit an application for each of the 6 roles. Alternatively suppliers can put forward 6 individuals for each of the 6 roles.