Cloud Migration DevOps And QA / Testing Support Services

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Why the Work is Being Done In order to ensure that this key DWP application is able to support the scaling and availability requirements, it is being re-engineered for resilience and to allow it to operate in a commodity cloud hosting environment taking advantage of on demand compute resources to provide a reliable, responsive service in a cost effective manner. Problem to Be Solved The scaling and availability goals for the application have led to a strategy of commodity cloud hosting. Current infrstructure design and deployment methods do not translate to commodity cloud environments and need to be redesigned, agreed and implemented. Who Are the Users Universal Credit Claimants will use the the system to mange and progress their claim online. DWP Job Centre and Services Centre Agents will use the system to perform their roles in support of the Universal Credit Applicants. Early Market Engagement Work Already Done A proof of concept of concept and some destructive testing have been performed. Existing Team The supplier will be working as a part of a multi-discipline team dedicated to the work to migrate the service to a commodity cloud platform. This team consists of internal DevOps, QA, network engineers and delivery / project managers. The team is 10 strong and follows agile processes to prioritise and manage the activities. Current Phase Not applicable Work Location London Working Arrangments On-site in London office for the majority of the time with some scope for remote working. The collaborative nature of the team means that face to face interaction and presence at daily stand-ups is essential. Security Clearance Initial SOW does not require SC clearance, however should be prepared to undergo SC clearance should this become necessary for future phases of the activity. Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Experience designing and implementing resilient, highly available configurations of infrastructure components 8.00% Experience of automation of cloud deployments and developing infrastructure as code using terraform. 8.00% Experience creating destructive testing frameworks including the use of Jepsen to simulate failure scenarios 8.00% Experience of cloud migrations of large microservice architectures 5.00% Two (>3 years’ experience) DevOps engineers and testing engineer/ developer skilled in Terraform, puppet, github, bash, python, java, Mongo, ActiveMQ, jepsen, microservice architectures, AWS/ other commodity cloud environments 7.00% Experience of aligning activities with other parallel work streams, ensuring quality standards are maintained 4.00% Nice to Haves Have experience of working within DWP or a comparable organisation within the last 3 years 3.00% Ability to provide technical leadership in multi-supplier team environments. 3.00% Have capability to augment resources using a remote model (i.e. not at a DWP location), and have capability to deliver with compliance to ISO27001 standards 3.00% Experience working with AWS 3.00% No. of Suppliers to Evaluate 3 Proposal Criteria Please provide details of situations where your resources have delivered DevOps and testing engineering / development capability within an existing multi-discipline team using agile methodologies. 5.00% What experience do you have delivering major cloud migration projects for a comparable customer. Please clarify how your resources added value, delivery focus and technical leadership. 5.00% How have you ensured that you gain, at pace, a detailed understanding of the service and project requirements to allow rapid, full involvement in design and decision activities. 5.00% Describe your processes for identification of risks and dependencies and the approaches to manage them 3.00% Cultural Fit Criteria Request 2 examples of similar projects that you have been involved in that demonstrate ability deliver with core DWP values (full question will be detailed in proposal) 5.00% Payment Approach Time and materials Assessment Method Written proposal Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 75% Cultural fit 5% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range