Senior WebOps for NOMS Digital Studio

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Who Speclialist Work With We're building a team of around 70 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 play an active and continued role in the strategic development of both the team and the studio approaches. Immediate team: Service design team of a Technical Architect, Service Designer and Service Manager- based in Sheffield. Wider Service Area team: Service design team working across up to 3 Product Delivery Teams- based in Sheffield. Community of User Researchers, 3 based in London and Head of User Experience in Sheffield What Specialists Work On The Digital Studio is to deliver modern / mobile technology products quickly, responsively and flexibly. Our aim is to introduce products that reduce reoffending, violence and self harm. Improve employability and offender-family relationships. The Senior WebOps engineer is responsible for working with project teams, building / maintaining automated deployment processes, encouraging common code ownership of the deployment stack amongst project developers, avoiding silos between operations and development, monitor and administer cloud based infrastructure and platforms. Applicant must have previous experience maintaining web applications on Linux servers in a production environment using automated tooling to configure new servers. Where the Work Takes Place Greenfield Hse, 32 Scotland St, Sheffield, S3 7DQ (with some time in London) Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements 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. Work Location Greenfield Hse, 32 Scotland St, Sheffield, S3 7DQ (with some time in London) Security Clearance Basic Clearance required (disclosure scotland) Additional T&Cs Skills & Experience Understanding of common web application architectures. 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 of application deployment strategies and continuous integration. Working within a product-centric environment. Comfortable with configuration management tools: at least one of Salt, Chef, or Puppet. Previous experience deploying web services in Ruby or Python; or previous experience developing web applications in Ruby or Python. Experience working in an agile environment with across multiple projects. Knowledge of the use of version control systems such as git or subversion. Experience administering common open source databases like MySQL, Postgres or MongoDB. •Can submit candidate CV to kiah_rose.sheppard@justice.gsi.gov.uk by Midday Friday 23rd December 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. 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; learning from failure not blaming individuals 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" Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet Budget range