Business Intelligence DevOps Engineer-3

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Summary of the work Power BI DevOps Engineer for HMPO's BI transformation project, working in agile delivery team to iteratively design, build and implement a BI platform infrastructure in collaboration with Lead Technical Architect. This work will lay the foundation of key architecture building blocks for the future BI platform. Specialist role Web operations engineer Expected Contract Length 12 months with optional further period of up to 12 months dependent on business need & performance Latest start date Tuesday 2 January 2018 Early Market Engagement Home Office have already evaluated various BI tools and chosen Microsoft Power BI as a strategic BI Visualisation Tool. Who Speclialist Work With There is a small team allocated to this work formed of a Product Manager, Business Analyst, Technical Lead, Developer and a Lead Architect. What Specialists Work On Build BI infrastructure in AWS using Puppet, Chocholatey, Jenkins Support and installation of Windows 2012, Windows AD, SQL Server and automation Provide Expert knowledge and be an escalation point of contact for BI Infrastructure Work with existing DevOps team, BI project team and HMPO Security stakeholders. Skills & Experience • Have demonstrable experience of using AWS(VPC, EC2, RDS, ELB, Route53, IAM) mandTerraform for provisioning AWS resources • Have demonstrable experience of using Developers tools: GIT, Jenkins, Nexus/Artefactory and YAML/JSON • Have demonstrable experience of Networking concepts: TCP/IP, Firewall, Routing, DNS. • Have demonstrable experience of Windows 2012 server installation, management, configuration management, Chocholatey application manager • Have demonstrable experience of SQL Server installation, support and management • Have demonstrable experience of configuring Windows AD, roles, permissions, group policies, Windows security, Antivirus and WSUS Nice to Haves • Have demonstrable experience of build automation using Puppet, Ansible and Docker • Have demonstrable experience of Linux adminstration Work Location Westminster Working Arrangments We expect the specialist to work collaboratively with existing in house DevOps team and Strategic Business Intelligence project to develop the BI platform infrastructure in AWS. Work is based in London and will involve the supplier being on site 5 days per week to work collaboratively with HMPO teams; travel and expenses remains the responsibility of the supplier. Service design and development must align with the HM Passport Office strategic technical architecture and technologies. Security Clearance SC clearance is required. HMPO will support the clearance process. Additional T&Cs Additional terms and conditions Breakpoints to assess progress and quality will be set at the end of alpha phase. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Take responsibility for their work • Can work with clients with low technical expertise • Able to work within HMPO design, delivery and governance framework Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 15% Price 25% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is this a new role or for a role that someone is in currently? This is a new role. 2. What is the maximum budget for the role including fees exc VAT ? The maximum day rate has been left blank intentionally, we will assess the day rate for suppliers using the evaluation weighting we have disclosed on the requirements. The day rate is exclusive of VAT. 3. Please could you confirm the IR 35 status of this role? We expect this engagement to be outside IR35; however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 4. Could you please clarify if this role is inside or outside of IR35 legisliation. We expect this engagement to be outside IR35; however status is assessed on a case-by-case basis. 5. We are finding a lot of people with the experience except Chocolatety. Are there systems/languages/tools that are non negotiable from the list you have given and is this one of them? All essential criteria are non-negotiable. Candidates must have demonstrable experience of all the essential criteria.