Web Operations - Cloud Engineer

TEaMConsulting

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom contract

Posted: July 12, 2016

Job Description

Overview

Specialist role Web operations engineer

Summary of the work

DVLA requires a Web Operations (Cloud Engineer) to support the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) Reform Project with the delivery of a series of high-profile changes aimed at meeting the commitments outlined in the Summer '15 budget and facilitating a strategic shift away from legacy technologies.

Latest start date 01/08/2016

Expected contract length 6 months - To January 31 2017

Region Wales

Organisation the work is for Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

About the work

Who the specialist will work with

The successful candidate will be working within a product-centric environment utilising agile, and iterative development practices. There are currently 2 development scrum teams supported by development teams which include the following roles;

• Product Owner/Business SMEs
• Scum Master
• Business Analysts
• Interaction Designers
• Developers
• Testers
• Domain/Solution Architects
• User researchers

What the specialist will work on

Supporting the web operations development of DVLA's Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) Reform project including, but not limited to;

• Operational management of Linux servers, delivering a complex web application stack
• Building and configuring new server platforms, machines and the automated tooling
• Testing, debugging and troubleshooting of platform level problems
• Supporting development teams with configuring applications for deployment
• Creation and maintenance of standardised operational configurations and documentation
• Installation and management of open source tooling/software
• Enablement of in-house capabilities are required

Work setup

Address where the work will take place Swansea

Working arrangements Onsite 5 days a week. 8 hours per day exclusive of lunch and travel. T&S charges only apply for staff that commutes over a 75 mile journey in each direction. This is based on the distance that would be reasonable to expect a person to commute to the principal location(s). T&S is only applicable at the following maximum rates (excluding VAT): i. For T&S including travel but no overnight stay: Suppliers plain day rate plus £45.00. ii. For T&S including overnight stay: Suppliers plain day rate plus £90.00.

Security clearance Individual must be SC Cleared.

Skills and experience

Essential skills and experience

• A high level of proven experience of working with Amazon Web Services and Amazon cloud environments using automated deployment toolsets; Ansible is preferred
• Provide guidance and influence the team and wider Agency on the implementation methods and standards in relation to cloud infrastructure and its deployment
• At least 3 years of hands-on working experience with Red hat Linux, Ubuntu or other operating systems in a cloud environment.

Nice-to-have skills and experience

• Strong infrastructure background to help deliver crucial, Government digital projects
• In addition to Ansible, experience using other configuration tools such as Chef and Puppet
• Experience with software integration and deployment; Jenkins expertise is preferred
• Experience in cloud-based auto scaling and load balancing
• Experience of configuration and management of scanning, malware detection and antivirus tools
• Experience using monitoring and analytics tools such as Zabbix, Pingdom, and Google Analytics
• Experience with the installation and management of open source monitoring tools
• Experience of deploying and configuring machines in a cloud environment other than in AWS
• Understanding of application deployment strategies and continuous integration

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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