Overview

Specialist role Web operations engineer 

Latest start date 6 June 2016 

Expected contract length 9 months with an option to extend month on month 

Location Leeds 

About the work 

Who the specialist will work with 

 The Web Ops Engineers will work alongside the Project's COTS suppliers' personnel and Cloud Hosting provider's personnel in the successful build and maintenance on a LINUX & Windows-based productions and test environment. The Web Ops Engineers are required to replace temporary resources currently building and supporting production and test platform for the deployment of a COTs product, to deliver business change. 

What the specialist will work on 

 The Web Ops Engineers will work alongside the Project's COTS suppliers' personnel and Cloud Hosting provider's personnel in the successful build and maintenance on a LINUX & Windows-based productions and test environment. 

Work Setup

Address where the work will take place  - Leeds  

Working arrangements 

 Work will be on-site in Leeds One, working to UK working days pattern (Mon- Friday). Leeds One will be the home office. Expenses will only be considered for travel and subsistence outside of the Leeds area. 

Security clearance Baseline Personnel Security Standard is required for all personnel 

Essential skills and experience 

•  The WebOps Engineers need to be multidisciplinary experts who have a deep understanding of networks, routing and switching.
• Plus firewalls, load-balancing, high availability, disaster recovery, TCP & UDP services, NOC management, hardware specifications,
• Plus Windows, several web server technologies, caching technologies, several databases, storage infrastructure, cryptography, algorithms, trending and capacity planning.

Nice-to-have skills and experience

•  Has worked with DWP before
• Demonstrable ability to work with COTS suppliers’ personnel in the deployment of a COTS application.
• Demonstrable ability to work with Cloud Hosting personnel where the platform is hosted, using dedicated kit with RAS access.

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