Web Ops for NOMS Digital Studio

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Summary of the work Enable software development teams to develop quality services that modernise the justice system and empowers citizens to easily engage with justice. Through architecting and building highly-available and resilient container/deployment/monitoring platforms, you will be helping teams to rapidly prototype, deliver, and run, high-impact and high-value services for 21st century digital government. Specialist role Web operations engineer Expected Contract Length 6 months minimum, up to 24 months Latest start date 24/10/16 Who Speclialist Work With We're building a team of around seventy experts in Web Development, Design and User Research. This is a brilliant opportunity to be part of a growing team from its nascent stage and to play an active and continued role in the strategic development of the team and studio approaches. -Product teams of product owners, delivery manager, interaction designer, developers -Head of Technology in Sheffield -Community of webops (you'll be the first!), MOJ webops community (based in London), cross-government webops community What Specialists Work On -Supporting development teams with application configuration for deployment/monitoring/other automation -Architecting/building modern cloud infrastructure to host essential government services -Support decision making around web ops strategy -Operational management of Linux servers -Building/configuring new server platforms -Testing/debugging/troubleshooting of platform level problems, working with developers on application level problems -Work with third-party providers/government departments to support variety of integrations -Working with product teams on a range of tools and services -Sprint planning to work with developers/project teams to ensure projects are deployable/monitorable -Expected to participate in some of the 2nd line in-house support/Out-of-Hours support rotas and will be compensated for doing so Skills & Experience • Experience configuring and managing Linux servers for serving a dynamic website • Experience of IaaS such as AWS or Azure • Experience debugging a complex multi-server service • Scripting or basic programming skills • Familiarity with network protocols - TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, etc. • Deploying and configuring machines in a cloud environment • Understanding continuous integration • Comfortable with configuration management tools: at least one of Ansible, Salt, Chef, or Puppet • Previous experience deploying web services in Java, Ruby or Python; or previous experience developing web applications in Java, Ruby or Python • Experience working in an agile environment • Knowledge of the use of version control systems such as git or subversion • Experience configuring and managing Linux servers for serving a dynamic website • Experience debugging a complex multi-server service • Scripting or basic programming skills • Familiarity with network protocols - TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, etc. • Deploying and configuring machines in a cloud environment • Understanding continuous integration pipelines • Can submit Candidate CV to kiah_rose.sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk by 9am 14th October Nice to Haves • Understanding of techniques for management of encryption keys and certificates • Knowledge of the principles underlying public/private key encryption schemes. • Installation and management of open source monitoring tools • Experience with open source solutions and community Work Location Furnace Hill, Sheffield (with some time in London) Working Arrangments The role is Sheffield based, but there may be travel involved to other regions of the country including London. There is a £5000 limit on travel expenses: expenses will only be covered for meetings outside of Sheffield. Travel between Sheffield and the supplier’s location will not be covered. Security Clearance Basic clearance required No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria • We challenge the status quo: we aim to understand the reason behind ‘the way things have always been done’ to see if there is a better way to do things • We respect each other in our different opinions and are constructive in feedback • The unit of delivery is the team - we have no individual heroes, the stars are the teams as whole entities • We aren’t afraid of conflict: we surface tensions and conflict early, and address them promptly • We believe empowered teams deliver the best products: those who are doing the work should and do have the greatest understanding of the work - so ask the team! • We inspect and adapt regularly to continuously improve • Working product in the hands of users early and often • Products degrade quickly, so we regularly iterate and improvement our products ongoing • Collocating the people, skills and knowledge you need is the best way to deliver • Measure progress by what value you deliver • Keep focus on quality, making sure the whole team is aware of any debt taken on • Keep it simple and do less, whether that for features in the product or the way you are delivering • Everyone is responsible for quality Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 55% Cultural fit 15% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers 1. *** CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS *** Question & Answer teleconference session will be held Monday 10th October at 14:30. If you would like to submit any questions before hand you are welcome to - please do this via the portal. CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS | 0800 917 1956 | Participant Number: 66237841#