• Optimise service performance/availability across cost constraints, balancing:

  • Performance metrics
  • Capacity planning
  • Business impact assessments

• Lead internal capacity-building initiatives:

  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Foster knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Champion DevOps awareness company-wide

• Participate in procurement, vendor engagement, and recruitment activities as required.

• Vocalise support for emergency/overnight interventions including:

  • Pipelines updates
  • Critical image upgrades (e.g. Wowza) outside regular hours (updates may require post-7PM rollouts during weekdays)
  • Incident-driven smoke tests post-start-of-day (ambitious target: resolve issues by 09:00).

Essential Criteria

• Cloud-native expertise: Design and manage Kubernetes/Docker environments in complex enterprise scenarios.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on proficiency with Terraform; automation scripting in languages like Bash, Python, or Groovy.
• CI/CD Mastery: Deep knowledge of pipeline design, Jenkins, source control, reproduction automation.
• Operational Support: Hands-on experience in live-service incident management, support escalations, monitoring (e.g. Dynatrace), and platform stability.
• Security Solidarity: Acumen in secure coding, secrets management, identity/access management (IAM), vulnerability detection (pen testing, NBMS).
• Engineering Tradecraft: Capable of architecting scalable, resilient solutions with:
  • Deep networking (VPN design, firewall/proxy transparency)
  • Certificate management
  • Secrets rotation & rotation policies
  • APIs, AI/service mesh considerations

Desirable (Bonus) Criteria

• Experience with:
  • Wowza (video/audio streaming platforms)
  • Camunda (or workflow management engines)
  • Protocol/ticketing systems where operational excellence is paramount

Working Patterns

Core Hours

• Primary working hours: 08:00–17:00 (Monday–Friday)
• For 2-touchcall/2-incident-firstrai “team” roles, expect:
  • Sunday parallel foreseeing standby
  • Daily pre-work smoke testing (begin prior to 8AM)
  • Expected resolution of indieorfest results reporting by same time or within 9AM.

Occasional Emergency Support

• Requires availability outside regular hours for:
  • CI/CD pipeline fairly issues or disruption (with associated diagnostics/fixing requirements)
  • Video media/streaming issues (Wowza maintenance conducted after 19:00)
  • Non-daytime outage investigations.

«Competency Frame» Overview

Key Behaviours Assessed:

• Leadership (influence/collaboration across teams)
• Delivering under Pressure (work management, prioritisation)

Technical Capabilities Ensearching:

• Programming: CI/CD pipeline scripting, middleware logic
• Integration Skills: Secure system connectivity (API, authentication)
• Service Delivery: Attendance at handover sessions
• Information Governance: Compliance-sensitive technological postures
• DevOps Architecture: Resilient platform design; runtime tuning

A coding assessment may be part of the application process. Interviews will include both scenario presentations and written extension exercises.

Essential Rewards (Non-Financial)

• Comprehensive Civil Service Pension Benito:

  • Minimum annual pensionable salary of £58,511
  • MOJ employer contribution added grant: Joined a pension employee contribution of £16,950 (The Ministry of Justice) per qualifying ear / employee salary.

• Holistic Benefits:

  • Learning and development funding
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Civil Service D&I/ed diversity, inclusion strategies
  • Season Ticket Advesseitparken
  • Annual Leave Assistance

Navigating the Civil Service journey

Intake Process and Ethical Conduct:

• Attendance at interview/technical tasking decides initial feedback provision.

Security & Vetting:

• All candidates must undergo:
  • Security Check
  • Baseline Personnel Security Standard baseline BASC checks

Equality & Accessibility:

• Recruitment aligned to:
  • Disability Confident Scheme
  • Redeployment Interns programme (redundancy-related)

Representation Paths:

• Expanded access options for diverse backgrounds, professional perspectives (“inclusive” approaches including open roles):

Vetting for Minorities Representation Documentation:

• Eligible credentialed for candidates meeting:
  • UK citizens citizens
  • EU or Irish with preauthorised workplace/s
  • Non-Swiss EJ-173 non-applicability 21/31 rule or necessary right to work under EUSS (employed on the other specified sub-committees/e.g. ties or fees– should be an exercise we do not override.)

Additional Ref:

• Candidate Proficiency:
  • Establish contact void points for advice via general application points.
  • Further information or compliance queries via: Recruitment contact: Email: moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk Phone: +44-(0)345-241-5359.

Valid resources and full feedback on benefits/careers schemes: • [HM Courts Justice Portal](httpss://attachment lifetimes.justice.gov.uk) • Civil Services Code: tlists • Equal Opportunities lesson:

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