DevSecOps Engineer

9mth contract - Hybrid working 2days a week onsite in Newport or Titchfield

Market Rates Inside IR35

Must be eligible for SC clearance

Job summary

Joining an existing team supporting a newly commissioned platform we are looking for someone to embed Cloud best practices into the team.

Our Corporate IT Services Division are looking for DevSecOps Engineers to join us, building our AWS capability in an exciting role for a newly commissioned Data Access Platform

The Corporate IT Services Division invests in people and technology to drive the government's Cloud first policy, delivering digital products and services using commodity Cloud.

Responsibilities

Working alongside our Cloud Division Colleagues. As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will be focusing on developing best practices and sharing into the wider team.

You will be:

Working on and become a subject matter expert in Cloud, especially AWS. Designing and developing infrastructure as code, source code repositories and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines to execute change on Cloud environments.

Working to 'secure by design ' principles and You'll help form those designs as part of our multi-skilled teams including security specialists, technical architects, and delivery managers.

Working closely with your colleagues in the Cloud Division and the wider technical and business teams and oversee our collaborative Agile ways of working, including setting up and leading on workshops, providing steering on Agile ceremonies, and promoting project management working practices such as Kanban.

Coaching and support colleagues in all aspects of the work including non-functional requirements, ensuring availability, security, capacity, and performance for the platform.

Person specification Essential criteria

Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues supported by excellent communication and customer service experience.

Ability to coach, mentor and provide constructive feedback to colleagues in delivering technical solutions.

Have experience of administering Cloud technology in Amazon Web Services, and understand security principles for Cloud infrastructure.

Familiarity with using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, GitHub and CI/CD pipelines such as Concourse.

Technical skills

Programming and Build (Practitioner)

Information Security (Practitioner)

Service Support (Expert)

Availability and Capability Management (Working)

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