SC Cleared DevOps Engineer (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 6 months

Contracting Authority: The Department for Work and Pensions

Location: Remote

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
• Increase saving for, and security in later life
• Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
• Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
• Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of public sector roles.

We are now looking for an SC Cleared DevOps Engineer to focus on application reliability and operational efficiency that will help DWP achieve its goals to 'Provide Constant Availability', 'Deliver Service Excellence', 'Drive Down Operational Costs and Risks', 'Provide Actionable Insight and Visibility', and 'Streamline Change Across the Estate'. The contract is for 6 month and will be based remotely initially and from one of the main DWP hubs once restrictions are lifted

As a DevOps Engineer your main responsibilities would be: 

• Design and develop the techniques for improving application reliability, run books, knowledge transfer to the UXCC, and ongoing SRE strategy
• Act as the focal point for the investigation and resolution of major or complex incidents for the service
• Assess the impact of change requests in consultation with stakeholders, providing technical expertise and authorising the implementation of subsequent changes
• Undertake comprehensive analysis of performance trends to identify root cause analysis, progressing opportunities to improve reliability, security, capability of infrastructure, application and site services
• Assure critical changes to the applications and supporting infrastructure
• Conduct code assessments, with a view to correcting errors and providing recommendations for reliability improvements
   

You’ll have:

• Knowledge/Experience of GitLab SaaS and GitLab Runners (ideally AWS & Azure)
• Knowledge of Docker Management
• Understanding of security engineering and security best practice
• Ability to architect and administer scalable, cloud-native and on premise applications
• Strong communications skills across multiple stakeholder types
• Strong skills in setting, communicating, implementing, and achieving business objectives and goals through direct management
• Skilled knowledge and ability in modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by other engineers
• The ability to lead engineers in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, delivering products within specific timescales

If this DevOps Engineer role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our PSR team now.

"In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.