DWP – Security Consultant (Security Architect), Design and implementation.

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Who Speclialist Work With The supplier will be working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to the work to migrate the service to a commodity cloud platform. This team consists of internal DevOps, QA, network engineers, Security and delivery / project managers. The team is 10 strong and follows agile processes to prioritise and manage the activities. What Specialists Work On In order to ensure that this key DWP application is able to support the scaling and security requirements, it is being re-engineered for resilience and to allow it to operate in a commodity cloud hosting environment. In support of this, Agile and adaptable architecture, design and deployment expertise is required for, production, support and development environments to support risk management activity. Where the Work Takes Place Caxton House, London Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements 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. Work Location Caxton House, London Security Clearance SC Clearance Additional T&Cs DWP additional terms and conditions are specified on our e-procurement system Bravo. https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml Skills & Experience Experience designing and implementing secure, resilient, highly available configurations of infrastructure components- 10% Experience/knowledge of automation of cloud deployments and developing infrastructure as code using terraform- 10% Experience of introducing Network and Application security architectural frameworks within physical and virtual/cloud environments- 10% Experience of cloud migrations for large microservice architectures, incorporating/introducing best security practice- 10% Have immediate capacity to supply one experienced security Architect with (>2 years’ experience/knowledge of) in Terraform, puppet, github, bash, python, java, Mongo, ActiveMQ, jepsen, microservice architectures, commodity cloud environments- 10% Have experience of working within DWP or a comparable organisation within the last 3 years- 10% Experience of aligning activities with other parallel work streams, ensuring quality standards are maintained- 9% Nice to Haves Ability to provide technical leadership in multi-supplier team environments- 3% Experience working with AWS- 3% No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Please provide two examples of similar projects that you have been involved in that demonstrate your ability to respond to and align with the culture of the project- 5% Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 75% Cultural fit 5% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £750