MoJ CPP DevOps Technical Lead

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Who Speclialist Work With The Criminal Justice System’s Common Platform Programme (CJSCPP) has an experienced team of DevOps engineers working on a software delivery pipeline and associated automation. The specialist is expected to play a key role in this team and to work with delivery teams and the operational team. What Specialists Work On Act as tech lead for the automation team. Provide guidance and advice in the design and creation of new automation code and systems. Help define coding/technical/practice standards for the team and promote the team’s adherence to those standards. Help the team understand the development practices of the programme’s developer teams. Help the team’s delivery manager prioritise work. The specialist will also be doing a lot of hands-on automation work alongside the rest of the team. Where the Work Takes Place Primarily Southern House, Croydon CR0 1XG. There will be occasional work in central London. Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements The specialist will be required to work onsite (usually at the base location but sometimes at the central London office) working a five (5) day week. The Service is being delivered against the GDS Service Manual (e.g. agile delivery aligned to scrum methodology). For any work performed at a location different to that of the Base location and London (outside of the M25), all reasonable travel and expenses costs shall be met in accordance with the rates set out in the MoJ travel and subsistence policy. All expenses will require prior approval from HMCTS before being reimbursed. Work Location Primarily Southern House, Croydon CR0 1XG. There will be occasional work in central London. Security Clearance BPSS Additional T&Cs Any expenses shall be submitted in line with Ministry of Justice standard Travel and Subsistence policy. Skills & Experience Demonstrable experience of working as a DevOps technical lead on large digital platform Demonstrable experience of: Managing data to high security requirements (e.g. Banking, PCI, Government data) Demonstrable experience of: Linux administration Demonstrable experience of: Ansible (at least 1 year’s experience) Demonstrable experience of: Maven Demonstrable experience of: Jenkins Demonstrable experience of: Postgresql Demonstrable experience of: Artifactory Demonstrable experience of: Zabbix Demonstrable experience of: Elk Stack Demonstrable experience of: The creation and automation of scalable environments on a cloud platform Demonstrable experience of: Design and delivery of resilient and highly-available systems Demonstrable experience of: Infrastructure as Code principles and practices Demonstrable experience of: DevOps culture and practices Demonstrable experience of: Containerisation Demonstrable experience of: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Demonstrable experience of: Gitlab or Github or Gerrit or equivalent Git workflow framework Demonstrable experience of: Agile (Scrum/Kanban) practices Nice to Haves Demonstrable experience of: Working as a DevOps technical lead on a Government Platform Demonstrable experience of: At least 1 year working on a Government Digital Platform Project Demonstrable experience of: Managing data to meet Government security requirements Demonstrable experience of: CQRS Demonstrable experience of: Experience on a CJS Project Demonstrable experience of: Java development experience Demonstrable experience of: Red Hat 7 Demonstrable experience of: Artemis MQ or equivalent message queue technology Demonstrable experience of: Docker Demonstrable experience of: OpenStack Demonstrable experience of: Some development experience (outside the scripting languages used in DevOps) No. of Specialists to Evaluate 5 Cultural Fit Criteria The specialist should be able to demonstrate: Having held role as a respected technical lead The specialist should be able to demonstrate: Agile culture and values The specialist should be able to demonstrate: Understanding of development practices (code review, branch management, continuous integration etc.) The specialist should be able to demonstrate: Understanding of DevOps practice and methodology The specialist should be able to demonstrate: Ability to guide a team and mentor it in good practice and discipline The specialist should be able to demonstrate: Ability to work with other team leads and represent the team, its technical products and practices. Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 50% Cultural fit 20% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £ 1000.00