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Senior DevOps Engineer (£40,808 - £57,400)

Job details
Posting date: 16 October 2024
Salary: £40,808 to £40,808 per year
Additional salary information: Plus an additional allowance of up to £16,592
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 28 October 2024
Location: Leeds
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 373962/4

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Summary

A Senior DevOps Engineer at DVSA is responsible for automating and streamlining software development and IT operations. You'll architect robust CI/CD pipelines, enhancing deployment speed and reliability across our systems. Your expertise in cloud technologies and infrastructure-as-code will drive our transition to more scalable and efficient platforms. You'll spearhead initiatives to boost system observability, enabling rapid incident response and prevention. As a technical leader, you'll mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

There’s never been a better time to join the DVSA.

Our Digital-first vision is supported by a clear strategy which allows our staff to develop and grow.  

Click to find out more the award-winning services we work on and what’s on offer for you, helping drive your career forward.

We offer hybrid working – giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Driving the analysis, design, and implementation of technical solutions to enable the automation, deployment and operation of significant cloud infrastructure taking a value-based approach to prioritisation.
  • Designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure that is scalable, resilient, open, efficient, secure, and cost-effective.
  • Stays up to date with technological advances using modern standards to develop the strategy and approach of Digital infrastructure services, in particular support of automation and testing.
  • Responsibility for implementing strategies to solve problems within complex technical scenarios and providing solutions with end-to-end ownership to final resolution.
  • Complete technical tasks from initial concept through to delivery to the production environment.

For further information please see the attached Role Profile.

Additional Information

This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham or Leeds. Your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.

Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework

This role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance.

The base pay is £40,808. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £16,592.

The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process.

Here are more details on the pay framework.

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