Senior Web Ops Engineer for DataWorks replatforming

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Summary of the work Document architectural designs. Provide ongoing skills transfer to DWP staff. New API endpoints to support NHS prescription exemption and healthy start. New management tooling to support deployments, user authentication and monitoring. New services for data scientists & data analysts. Establish processes to ensure quality and security assurances during code integration. Specialist role Web operations engineer Expected Contract Length 6 Months Latest start date Wednesday 1 April 2020 Maximum Day Rate £750 Who Speclialist Work With Alongside DWP team and other suppliers already in the Dataworks team. 3rd party auditors (e.g. ITHC provider) DWP digital SRE team (for handover of services for them to support) Stakeholders (e.g. UCFS, analyst community) What Specialists Work On Data ingestion from Universal Credit Full Service, to Dataworks New AWS Data Platform, Claimant API to support NHS prescription exemption and healthy start services Skills & Experience • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of working with the AWS cloud platform within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using Infrastructure as Code to provision and manage any cloud infrastructure using terraform within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using Git and GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket within the last 2 years • Demonstrate knowledge of test and behavioural driven development (TDD and BDD) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using ConcourseCI to provide continuous integration and continuous deployment within the last 2 years • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS CloudWatch within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of devloping in Python within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of devloping in Go, Java or Node.js within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using Docker within the last 2 years Nice to Haves • Demonstrate experience of consuming Apache Kafka data feeds within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using CircleCI to provide continuous integration and continuous deployment within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Lambda within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Cloud Hardware Security Module (CloudHSM) within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Cognito within the last 2 years • Demonstrate experience of using AWS Workspaces within the last 2 years Work Location DWP Offices - Quarry House, Leeds, LS27UA Working Arrangments Felxible working, at the discretion of the supplier to deliver the service. Some travel to other sites may be required in line with DWP travel and expense policy. Security Clearance SC No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Demonstrate experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team where Design, build and support are the whole team’s responsibilities. • Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with existing internal teams and other supplier teams • Demonstrable experience of working in and ea 'no-blame' culture environment whilst encouraging people to learn from their mistakes • Demonstrable experience of remaining delivery focussed whilst working in an agile way Assessment Method • Reference • Interview Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there a current incumbent? No 2. What is the IR35 status for this role? This role is out of scope of IR35 as the requirements is for a service 3. Does SC Clearance need to already be in place or are you able to support the clearance process? SC Clearance should be in place at the start date. 4. Would the DWP sponsor applicants to achieve SC/DV clearance prior to starting the contract? As published in the requirements of this procurement, Security clearance should be - Minimum Security Check (SC) 5. Given the exhaustive list of essential skills will you consider someone who can tick 12 of the 14 boxes? No, if the applicant does not possess all of the essential skills, they will be discounted. 6. Will you put the successful specialist through SC if they do not already have it? SC Clearance should be in place at the start date. 7. Do you requires candidates to have SC clearance to be on site? Are you willing to sponsor candidates through SC clearance? Yes candidates are required to have SC clearance to be on site and candidates should have SC clearance in place at the start date. 8. Are you able to sponsor the right candidate for SC clearance, If the candidate doesn’t have one already? SC Clearance should be in place at the start date.