Overview

Specialist role Web operations engineer

Summary of the work 

DVLA requires a Web Operations (Cloud Engineer) to support the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) Reform Project with the delivery of a series of high-profile changes aimed at meeting the commitments outlined in the Summer '15 budget and facilitating a strategic shift away from legacy technologies.

Latest start date 01/08/2016

Expected contract length 6 months - To January 31 2017

Region Wales

Organisation the work is for Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

About the work

Who the specialist will work with 

The successful candidate will be working within a product-centric environment utilising agile, and iterative development practices. There are currently 2 development scrum teams supported by development teams which include the following roles; 

1. Product Owner/Business SMEs 
2. Scum Master 
3. Business Analysts 
4. Interaction Designers 
5. Developers 
6. Testers 
7. Domain/Solution Architects 
8. User researchers

What the specialist will work on 

Supporting the web operations development of DVLA's Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) Reform project including, but not limited to; 

1. Operational management of Linux servers, delivering a complex web application stack 
2. Building and configuring new server platforms, machines and the automated tooling 
3. Testing, debugging and troubleshooting of platform level problems 
4. Supporting development teams with configuring applications for deployment 
5. Creation and maintenance of standardised operational configurations and documentation 
6. Installation and management of open source tooling/software 
7. Enablement of in-house capabilities are required

Work setup

Address where the work will take place Swansea 

Working arrangements Onsite 5 days a week. 8 hours per day exclusive of lunch and travel. T&S charges only apply for staff that commutes over a 75 mile journey in each direction. This is based on the distance that would be reasonable to expect a person to commute to the principal location(s). T&S is only applicable at the following maximum rates (excluding VAT): i. For T&S including travel but no overnight stay: Suppliers plain day rate plus £45.00. ii. For T&S including overnight stay: Suppliers plain day rate plus £90.00.

Security clearance Individual must be SC Cleared.

Skills and experience

Essential skills and experience 

• A high level of proven experience of working with Amazon Web Services and Amazon cloud environments using automated deployment toolsets; Ansible is preferred
• Provide guidance and influence the team and wider Agency on the implementation methods and standards in relation to cloud infrastructure and its deployment
• At least 3 years of hands-on working experience with Red hat Linux, Ubuntu or other operating systems in a cloud environment.

Nice-to-have skills and experience 

• Strong infrastructure background to help deliver crucial, Government digital projects
• In addition to Ansible, experience using other configuration tools such as Chef and Puppet
• Experience with software integration and deployment; Jenkins expertise is preferred
• Experience in cloud-based auto scaling and load balancing
• Experience of configuration and management of scanning, malware detection and antivirus tools
• Experience using monitoring and analytics tools such as Zabbix, Pingdom, and Google Analytics
• Experience with the installation and management of open source monitoring tools
• Experience of deploying and configuring machines in a cloud environment other than in AWS
• Understanding of application deployment strategies and continuous integration
  

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