Senior Web Ops Engineer required for 6 Month contract in London. Ideal candidates will have worked within Central Government / GDS environments previously.
You will support the development and operation of software through tools, environments and practices. Our clients Web operations engineers will learn throughout their work by assisting in the building of a complex story. Web operations engineers can act as a technical product owner, developing medium-long term strategies for product lines - identifying, testing and championing the adoption of emerging technologies.
Technologies:
You'll be supporting the development of the next generation of the Analytical Platform, which integrates a large number of open source components and runs on a Kubernetes platform. You'll own the operation of the modern technologies that makes up the platform, from a simple Django app through to the infrastructure, third-party SaaS services. You'll be challenged to learn quickly, promote best development practises and help solve complex problems. We're looking for someone who enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary team environment. As a member of our Analytic Platform team you often work with data scientists, so it is essential to have some exposure to common data tools and techniques.
You will have excellent working knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform, experience with python and bash scripting, git and familiar with a wide range of managed services and open source components. You will be experienced in modern DevOps practices and approaches. You will be willing to learn other programming languages, tools and techniques as required.
Responsibilities include:
? Transforming technical requirements into automated processes including managing tools and testing environments, central code control, maintaining development standards and writing software that automates systems? Deliver automated software components that form part of a toolchain and transform technical requirements into automated processes? Build complex stories without additional support? Be able to manage live test environments? Identify and resolve issues preventing delivery.? Share knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team and technical/non-technical communities? Line management of other webops engineers? Development process optimisation - Aware of the importance consider developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised. Supports specific activities to improve development processes. Able to spot or identify obvious deficiencies.? Modern standards approach - Understands key principles of modern standards approach and how they apply to the work they are undertaking, and will apply under guidance.? Programming and build (software engineering) - Collaborates with others when necessary to review specifications and uses these agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programmes or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools.? Service support - Identifies, locates and competently fixes faults.? Systems design - Translates logical designs into physical designs. Produces detailed designs and documents all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate. Designs systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity and meaningful impact. Works with well-understood technology and identifies appropriate patterns.? Systems integration - Able to build and test simple interfaces between systems, or can work on more complex integration
In return:
- £750pd
- 6 Month contract
- Remote working with central London base location when office work resumes
Ideally candidates will hold SC Clearance, however as a minimum you must be eligible for clearance.
To apply, please submit your up to date CV to. - Lukesmith@peoplesource.co.uk or respond to this advert.
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