DWP Dataworks Developer (DevOps Engineer) - Position 1

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Who Speclialist Work With Working as part of a multidisciplinary agile team maintaining and improving the Universal Credit Data Platform, they’ll work with Network Architects, Technical Architects, Data Engineers, and Business Analysts. What Specialists Work On Maintain and improve the Universal Credit Data Platform utilising their Linux admin skills, develop configuration management, orchestration and virtualisation scripts using but not limited to Ansible.& Open stack. Improve platform monitoring using Sensu and Prometheus. Manage code versioning using Git. Work in an agile environment following a prioritised backlog. Where the Work Takes Place One Leeds City Office Park Meadow Lane Leeds LS11 5BD Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements 5 days a week with minimum 3 days on-site in Leeds working as part of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team with work being specified by a work management system (JIRA). You will attend daily stand-ups and relevant show & tells to monitor/discuss progress. Work Location One Leeds City Office Park Meadow Lane Leeds LS11 5BD Security Clearance Security Check (SC) Additional T&Cs Additional DWP Terms and Conditions will apply. Skills & Experience Experience designing & building systems within a devops culture – particularly experience of optimisation of development and support processes through the use of automation. Demonstrable experience applying DevOps technologies: Linux administrator in particular, GitHub, Config Management, Continuous Integration, Cloud technologies, Virtualisation Tools, Monitoring utilities (Sensu or Prometheus), Disaster recovery process/tools Experience implementing and supporting digital solutions for Government, Critical National Infrastructure or large-scale industry systems Experienced in troubleshooting and problem resolution.Able to dissect a problem to its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes. Able to troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities. System Integration: Integrates and tests components, systems and their interfaces to create operational services. Has knowledge of range of the following technologies: Hadoop, Flume, Sqoop, Map Reduce, Hive/Impala, Hbase, Kafka, Spark Streaming, experience with ETL tools incorporating Big Data Shell Scripting, Python Nice to Haves Have an understanding of the following network technologies: LAN, WAN, VPN and SD Networks Physical Hardware & Cabling set-up expereince Experience of implementing and supporting BIG data analytics platforms built on top of Hadoop Has an appreciation of information security, designing solutions and services with security controls embedded, specifically engineered as mitigation against security threats as core part of the solutions and services. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes Share knowledge and experience with other team members Challenge the status quo Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range the maximum rate dwp is willing to pay is £550 which is exclusive of vat and reasonable and agreed expenses up to a cap of £90 per day. the day rate will be evaluated as per the evaluation criteria %.