Job Description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: .

DevOps Engineer Location: National*

Closing Date: 31st July

Interviews: Multiple 1 stage interviews available from W/C 10th July

Grade: G7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: [MoJ Salary Range] which may include an allowance up to [Allowance]

Working pattern: Full time, Part time, Flexible working

Contract Type: Perm

Vacancy number: [Oleeo number]

*We are currently offering hybrid working which includes 2 days per week in your local office. Office locations can be found

The Role

We\'re recruiting for DevOps Engineers here at , to be part of our warm and collaborative team.

As a DevOps Engineer at Justice Digital, you\'ll be supporting the development and operation of centralised platforms and tools that are used across the Ministry of Justice.

In Platforms and Architecture, we run two hosting platforms, the Cloud Platform (for new, modern services) and the Modernisation Platform (for older, legacy services).

We also have our Operations Engineering team, who build and maintain easy-to-adopt shared tooling for service teams.

You can read more about .

As a DevOps Engineer, you\'ll work as part of a core multidisciplinary team delivering cutting-edge cloud infrastructure and services for use by teams across the Ministry of Justice. DevOps Engineers can act as a technical product owner, developing short, medium and long term strategies for platforms and services within Justice Digital, alongside identifying, testing, building, and championing the adoption of emerging technologies

At Justice Digital, you\'ll be working on our acclaimed , with user needs at the heart of everything we do, helping us to transform government for the future.

We\'re hiring DevOps Engineers for multiple levels and multiple teams within Justice Digital, including Cloud Platform, Modernisation Platform, and Operations Engineering. We\'re happy to talk more about what each team does to find the right fit for you; and if you don\'t tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply as we will proactively help you learn our tech stack, and have a Near Miss process we can follow.

To help picture your life at please take a look at our and our .

Near Miss:

We have a number of roles available, should you be unsuccessful in a role you interviewed for, and if you demonstrated capability for a similar role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss the new opportunity with you, and potentially make you an offer at a lower grade, without the need for a further application.

Key Responsibilities:

As a DevOps engineer in Justice Digital, you will:

• Help build and run user-centred, open source platforms to serve a variety of citizen and government needs;
• Be responsible for automating the deployment of services that follow standard patterns, or components of systems that are more complex;
• Manage infrastructure for multiple environments through code;
• Build tools to automate infrastructure management tasks;
• Share knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team and community, both developers and non-developers growing awareness, inclusivity and balance;
• Occasionally participate in 2nd line support during office hours, and sometimes out of hours (for which you\'ll 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!

Benefits

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• We are committed to nurturing our staff and provide lots of training and development opportunities with learning platforms such as: Linux Academy, O\'Reilly, Pluralsight, Microsoft Learning, Civil Service Learning
• 10% dedicated time to learning and development with a budget of \xc2\xa31000 a year per person
• Generous

based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 26-30% depending on * 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings\'

• 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Option to buy or sell annual leave
• 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
• Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Careers & Childcare, Gender Equality,

and * Bike loans up to \xc2\xa32500 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 Specification

Across Justice Digital, we use a variety of technologies, and we don\'t expect anyone to be an expert in anything. If you don\'t feel like you meet all of the below, we still encourage you to apply as we will proactively help you learn our tech stack.

We typically use:

• Go, Ruby, Python
• Kubernetes, ECS Fargate, Docker
• AWS and Azure for infrastructure
• Terraform, Pulumi, and CloudFormation for infrastructure-as-code
• Mac laptops
• plus many other tools

Essential:

• Have an awareness of the use of programming languages (such as Go, Ruby, or Python)
• Have an understanding of version control (ideally with Git)
• Have an awareness of the use of containers, distributed schedulers, and minimal operating systems
• Have an understanding of container orchestration such as Kubernetes or ECS Fargate
• Have worked with public cloud providers such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud in a production system
• Experience defining a solution using configuration management tools such as Terraform
• Enjoy learning and helping others
• Hold yourself and others to a high standard
• Solve problems in a systematic way
• Have experience working in a fast paced, agile environment Willingness to be assessed against

for BPSS clearance

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate on the basis of culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a CV which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the and Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Your application will be reviewed against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a

90-minute panel interview held via video conference, consisting of a 45-minute STAR interview and a 45-minute technical exercise

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on level of DevOps experience will be conducted prior to the sift.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our which set out the way we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact

Allowance Details

London \xc2\xa355,720 - \xc2\xa364,135 which may include an allowance of up to \xc2\xa37,380

National \xc2\xa351,767 - \xc2\xa359,590 which may include an allowance of up to \xc2\xa36,633

Closing Date:

31/07/2023, 23:55 hours.

Contact information

If you require any assistance please call 0345 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Please quote the job reference - 76638.

To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why.

For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

• You\'ve been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• You were studying abroad
• You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.

Success Profiles

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please .

if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL ( ) in the first instance

Supporting document 1

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.

Application form stage assessments

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit :

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are \'at risk of redundancy\'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate\'s will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

For further information and to apply for this position please see the following link: https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=oi2Knfwb&s=Civil_Service_jobs .

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