Key Responsibilities: - Design, build and maintain resources in Azure cloud using Infrastructure as Code (IaC, Terraform).
- Lead the design and development of our deployment pipelines and automation solutions using Azure and open-source tooling.
- Continuously analyse our DevOps processes and identify opportunities to further automate and refine our deployment practices.
- Engage collaboratively in an agile environment, working closely with solution architects, technical leads and developers.
- Implementation of services that meet Government Digital Service (GDS) standards.
- Contribute to low level design and maintain documentation.
- Peer reviewing IaC developed as part of our workflow.
- Able to self-manage including keeping technical knowledge up to date.
- Promoting collaborative working, efficiencies and knowledge transfer.
- Actively participating within the wider community of practice; advocating DevOps best practices and sharing knowledge/experience.
- Mentoring and providing guidance to DevOps and Software Developers.
- Leading/facilitating technical discussions and engaging with external delivery partners as appropriate.
Skills needed for the role level:• Availability and capacity management. You can manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and performance targets. (Skill level: working)• Development process optimisation. You can work under guidance to identify process optimisation opportunities and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions. (Skill level: working)• Information security. You can design solutions and services with security controls included, specifically engineered to mitigate security threats. (Skill level: practitioner)• Modern standards approach. You can apply modern development standards and support others in applying them. (Skill level: practitioner)• Programming and build (software engineering). You can collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications. You can use the agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity, using the right standards and tools. (Skill level: practitioner)• Prototyping. You can approach prototyping as a team activity, actively soliciting prototypes and testing with others. You can establish design patterns and iterate them. You can use a variety of prototyping methods and choose the most appropriate. (Skill level: practitioner)• Service support. You can identify, locate and fix complex service faults, advise others on different methodologies and types of service support (Skill level: expert)• Systems design. You can design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity. You can select appropriate design standards, methods and tools, and ensure they are applied effectively. You can review the systems designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology. (Skill level: practitioner)• Systems integration. You can define the integration build, co-ordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration testing activities. (Skill level: practitioner)• User focus. You can collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally. You can explain the difference between user needs and the desires of the user. You can champion user research to focus on all users. You can prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so. You can offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use. (Skill level: practitioner)
You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience; Essential - Highly experienced, working with a range of Azure Cloud Services including API Management and function apps.
- Demonstrable experience in the build and optimisation of pipelines (ideally in Azure DevOps).
- Coding background, with experience in a language such as Python, Java, C# JavaScript, React or PowerShell.
- Experience in provisioning and managing infrastructure through IaC (e.g. BiCep, terraform).
- Demonstrable commitment to high quality, cost effective and robust engineering practices.
- Experience working within an agile development team.
- Experience of productive collaboration with design, testing, product and other digital delivery colleagues.
Desirable - Experience with JavaScript and building/deploying/scaling React-based applications (or similar).
- Experience working within a monorepo environment and tooling such as NX or turborepo.
- Experience working with Netlify or Vercel PaaS.
- Experience with bash scripting.
- Experience with git version control.
- Experience in a senior role.
About Us: The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:
- Caring We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
- Connecting We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
- Transforming We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.
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