DevOps

We are looking for people who are passionate about Engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS).

You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 200 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in-house for over 600 Home Office applications.

You could be creating and maintaining some of the most critical public services in the United Kingdom and transforming how we use data and technology to improve these. We are responsible for designing, building and supporting solutions to help people prove their identity or apply for visas. You could also be working on critical IT systems that support policing and counter terrorism, which helps protect UK borders.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office . Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short video to hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital., The DevOps Engineer ensures service reliability and performance by maintaining and supporting key components, proactively monitoring metrics, and performing updates to ensure accessibility, stability, and capacity for production and deployment.

A DevOps Engineer will provide guidance on CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Delivery) pipelines, advising developers on best practices to enable secure and efficient deployments. They help streamline automation and software delivery processes, ensuring the platform is effectively utilised.

Main Responsibilities

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Supporting teams in effectively using platform services, ensuring secure and reliable deployments.
• Developing and maintaining automation scripts and hardened base containers for various systems and frameworks.
• Providing hands-on technical support, troubleshooting platform use and configuration issues.
• Advising developers on configuring CI/CD pipelines and best practices for integrating with platform services.
• Contributing to routine monitoring activities, identifying performance improvements and security enhancements.
• Ensuring adherence to organisational standards, maintaining high service quality and reliability.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:

• Backend: Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform.
• Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular.
• Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra.
• DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform.
• AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI, * Configuring and maintaining automated testing, scanning, and code analysis tools to support CI/CD and improve software quality. (Testing - TEST)
• Monitoring applications and responding to incidents using established procedures, ensuring system availability and performance. (Application support - ASUP)
• Developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scripts to automate build, deployment, and provisioning activities. (Programming/software development - PROG)
• Implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to enhance software delivery efficiency and reliability. (Systems integration and build - SINT)
• Applying data management best practices for cloud resources, ensuring structured naming, tagging, metadata, backups, and documentation. (Data management - DATM), The allowance values are set by the Home Office, subject to remaining in a qualifying role. This allowance is non-contractual, subject to an annual review and could be withdrawn at any time.

For both new entrants and existing civil servants, the total compensation offer is a combination of base salary and, if applicable, a capability-based allowance. The pay ranges for this role are London: £51,200 - £54,200. New entrants to the Civil Service will start on the pay range minimum. For existing civil servants, our policies on level transfer and promotion will apply.

Reasonable Adjustments

If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
• Complete the ?Assistance Required? section in the ?Additional Requirements? page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a language service professional.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ?Contact point for applicants? section.

Feedback Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hours working. This role is also suitable for part-time working hours, with a minimum requirement to work 3 days per week due to business requirements., * Designing and implementing cloud solutions using AWS or Azure, applying best practices for architecture, security, and scalability. (Software design - SWDN), Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) version 8 is the technical framework that sets the standard capability and development of all levels in the Home Office. This is a link to the capability framework: All skills A - Z English (sfia-online.org).

We use set SFIA technical skills to form our interview questions and we will assess you against these technical skills during the selection process.

The essential skills listed above are reflective of the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework (based on the industry standard SFIA framework). Use the SFIA Levels of responsibility to understand what would be expected for each technical skills listed below. Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Software design (SWDN) - Level 3
• Programming/software development (PROG) - Level 3
• Testing (TEST) - Level 3
• Systems integration and build (SINT) - Level 3
• Data management (DATM) - Level 3
• Application support (ASUP) - Level 3, For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers.

Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years? UK residency in the past 5 years.

Candidates must also hold or be prepared to undergo NPPV3 clearance.

However, in exceptional circumstances security clearance applications for candidates who have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years may be considered. Failure to meet this residency requirement will result in your security clearance application being rejected., We are unable to sponsor any individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas as we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License.

Details Reference number 459403 Salary £51,200 New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on the salary band minimum £51,200 for London roles.

You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £6,200. A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP Job grade Senior Executive Officer Contract type Permanent Business area HO - Home Office Digital Type of role Digital Engineering Information Technology Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours, Shift working Number of jobs available 1 Contents

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• Apply and further information, Benefits Alongside your salary of £51,200, Home Office contributes £14,832 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Why work for us...

Find out more information at: Benefits - Home Office Careers, but some of the primary ones are:

• A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
• 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.
• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.