Cloud Engineer

The National Situation Centre is looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our team who can bring a passion for technology to a fast paced, cutting edge crisis response department. In this role you will assist in the design, deployment and maintenance of cloud-based infrastructure and services, ensuring the security and reliability of the platform at all times. This role works with a diverse array of cloud technologies and would suit someone who was early in their career or provide a challenge to someone looking to develop their infrastructure as code skills and contribute to the development of a modern, secure, cloud platform., * Collaborate with team members to design, develop and maintain our digital products and services.

• Undertake production system support, taking ownership of issues from monitoring support inboxes through to successful resolution.
• Embed ‘Secure by Design’ principles into cloud infrastructure, maintaining security guardrails, patch management, and least-privilege access control.
• Apply relevant cloud engineering standards to ensure product quality and undertake code reviews.
• Be an active part of the wider external development community, identifying good practices we can adopt and sharing our experiences., This stage comprises an online cognitive ability assessment and a technical test, covering:
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Verbal Reasoning
• AWS
• DevOps

Stage 3: In person interview.

During the interview we will assess you against these behaviours:

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

We will also assess your technical skills. This will be a conversation that focuses on the results of the phase 2 questions and your approach to technology in general., If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes., A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

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Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 UK residency in the past 5. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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., * 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

As a Cloud Engineer, you should have the following technical skills:

• Practical experience of infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• An understanding of cloud computing fundamentals, such as networking, security, backups, logging, monitoring and alerting.
• An understanding of cloud computing services and tooling, including VPC’s, nat gateways, Lambda, S3 & EC2 and how they can be configured to work as part of a larger application.
• Demonstrate experience in languages or technologies including:
• A hands on understanding of one of the main cloud providers (including CLI’s and SDK’s)
• Cloud scripting languages.
• A DevSecOps mindset.
• Experience with designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, * Demonstrable interest in technology, in the form of personal projects or hackathons is preferred.
• Highly motivated and able to work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Fast learner with the ability to integrate information and make judgements.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Good organisational skills coupled with the ability to work to a high degree of accuracy., * Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

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

• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Verbal Reasoning
• AWS
• DevOps, This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Alongside your salary of £42,409, Cabinet Office contributes £12,285 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.