Senior DevOps Engineer(Ref: 91758)

Grade: Grade 7(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer) Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs on the bottom):London: 58,847 - 67,400 (which may include an allowance of up to 8,553)National: 54,358 - 62,700 (which may include an allowance of up to 8,342) Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working Contract Type: Permanent Vacancy number: 91758 *We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAPThe RoleWere recruiting for a Senior DevOps Engineer here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Cloud Platform team. The MoJs Cloud Platform is transforming the departments ability to deliver digital services, by providing hosting services with ops tools and best practices embedded. The value the team delivers is multiplied across hundreds of services that make the justice system better for users. We use modern best practices like DevOps, agile and GitOps, use cloud native architectures, work in the open and prefer modern open source tools. You can find our repo here. This role aligns against the Senior DevOps engineer role from the Government Digital and Data Framework. About Us: At Justice Digital, we're dedicated to leveraging technology to drive impactful change across the justice system. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing access to justice and improving outcomes for users through innovative digital solutions.Responsibilities: Youll be working on our acclaimed open-source public services, with user needs at the heart of everything, helping us transform Government for the future. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, youll be helping define how we do what we do, and making sure that our systems are built to be changed rapidly.Collaboration: Youll collaborate closely with software developers, product managers, designers, delivery managers, technical architects and content specialists who share our vision of leveraging technology to transform government services.Discover More: To get a glimpse into life at Justice Digital, explore our blog and read about our Digital and Technology Strategy 2025.Our Tech StackTechnologies: We use a diverse range of technologies, and were seeking individuals who specialise in one or more and are eager to learn new languages and frameworks. Our tech stack includes:Cloud infrastructure: AWSInfrastructure as code: TerraformContainerisation: Docker, KubernetesCI/CD deployments: Github ActionsApplication code: Go, Python, Ruby, JavascriptLearning and Support: Once part of our team, we'll support you in mastering our tech stack, regardless of your current experience. Explore our GitHub for insights into our technologies and the services we develop and maintain.Our Community: Join over 150 experienced software and devops engineers who form our vibrant engineering community across the MoJ. Youll have opportunities to mentor junior colleagues and participate in informal support networks with peers. We encourage active engagement in shaping our engineering culture and community.Career Development: We take pride in our supportive and effective line management. Your skills are highly valued, and were committed to helping you expand them within the civil service. You'll have opportunities to move between teams or departments, explore new technologies, and take on increased responsibilities aligned with your career goals.Explore Further: Dive deeper into our work and culture by visiting our Developer Blog and Justice Digital Blog.Key ResponsibilitiesAs a senior DevOps engineer, you will:TechnicalHelp build and run user-centred, open-source, secure web systems to serve a variety of citizen and government needsBe responsible for automating the deployment of systems that follow standard patterns, or components of systems that are more complexManage infrastructure for multiple environments through codeBuild tools to automate infrastructure management tasksPeopleShare knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team and community, both developers and non-developers, and maintain DevOps culture.Help build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balanceHelp with hiring, taking part in recruitment of other web operations engineers and technical staffParticipate in the professional development of themselves and guide othersParticipate in 2nd line support during office hours, and sometimes out of hours (for which youll be paid an allowance and further hourly payment when on-call) If this feels like an exciting opportunity, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!Benefits37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.A 1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow.Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates).25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.Bike loans up to 2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location).Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.5 days volunteering paid leave.Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.Person SpecificationYou will have: A systematic approach to solving problemsExperience managing infrastructure as code using tools such as TerraformExperience of version control technologies such as GitExperience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud PlatformExperience with a programming language such as Go, Python, Ruby or JavascriptExperience working and leading tasks in a mixed skillset teamExperience of working with container orchestrationExperience of continuous delivery methods and deployment processesEngaging people: Building capability for all Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.