Senior WebOps/DevOps Engineer

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Reference number

462285

Salary

£41,509 \- £52,509
Base salary is £41,509 with an additional non\-pensionable digital allowance of £4,350 \- £11,000\. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.

All our roles come with an excellent benefits’ package, including the generous Civil Service Pension Scheme. Further salary increases depend entirely upon the outcome of our annual pay negotiation with central government. If you are a current Civil Servant transferring to us, your salary will be discussed in line with our pay policies.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
DDaT Senior### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

CH \- Digital Services### Type of role

Digital### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Homeworking### Number of jobs available

1
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• About the job


• Benefits


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• Apply and further information

Location
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Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ; Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald Walk, Edinburgh, EH8 8FT;About the job
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Job summary

Join Companies House at a pivotal time as we transform our digital services to better support millions of users across the UK.

As a Senior DevOps/WebOps Engineer within our Digital and Technology Directorate, your work will enable delivery of secure, resilient, and high\-performing services that underpin the UK company register.

Within our diverse and collaborative engineering community, this role partners with software engineers, analysts, and product teams. Together, we support and enhance a wide range of critical internal and customer\-facing services, maintaining and continuously improving levels of service availability and delivery.

The role offers the opportunity to lead technical delivery. You will influence DevOps practices and strengthen service reliability through automation, monitoring and problem\-solving. If you are customer\-focussed, enjoy working as part of a team and want to develop your skills all while contributing to meaningful public services, we encourage you to apply.

Watch this video to find out more about working in Digital at Companies House

Why choose Companies House?

At Companies house we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work life balance and supporting colleagues to be their best in work because we know people are the key to our success.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working with no core hours (6am – 8pm flexible options)


• 30 days annual leave


• 8 bank holidays \& 1 privilege day


• Enrolment into Civil Service Pension scheme average 28\.97%

Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work

Give yourself the best opportunity to apply!

Join our Outreach team for a virtual ‘find out more’ session on Wednesday 27th May at 18:30 \- 19:15, to feel confident about applying – click on this Teams link to join.

Please note:

• Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.


• Security Clearance is an essential requirement for this campaign. You'll need to have been in the UK for at least 3 out of the last 5 years to be eligible to apply for SC.


• This role is based at either our Cardiff or Edinburgh office, with a hybrid contract, as the standard offering. This role can only be worked in the UK. However, remote contracts may be considered as an exception whereby commuting to the office location of your team is not reasonable.

Job description

We are proud to have consistently achieved a 99\.5% service availability target over the past five years, and you will be joining a team committed to maintaining and exceeding this standard across both existing and newly developed systems.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Playing your part in the IT Services Digital team in a time of great change, an integral role in the way that Companies House systems are developed delivering secure, resilient and high\-performing IT services


• Support and improve services within a cloud\-based (e.g. AWS) Linux/Unix environment, using scripting, automation, monitoring and CI/CD practices


• Carrying out maintenance, upgrades, automation, and continuous service improvements to ensure optimal performance and reliability


• Aligning services to new responsibilities introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill


• Maintaining and supporting live services to ensure high availability and performance


• Delivering system upgrades, enhancements, and automation initiatives


• Reporting and data management as requested by the Directorate


• Release, maintenance, upgrades, automation, and service improvements, including ServiceNow Incident issues and instigating root cause analysis


• Contributing to the development of projects to improve the range and quality of digital services available to the customer and take an active part in the transformation of our services and smarter ways of working


• Coaching and mentoring colleagues and other IT professionals to support team development and wellbeing


• Continuous improvement activities through collaborative working both within and outside of the team


• Participating with the on\-call rota providing cover 24/7/365 as an essential element of this role

You can read more about a career in Digital and Data within the Civil Service in the Government Digital and Data Candidate Information Pack.

Person specification

For this role you will need:

• Experience within a cloud\-based (e.g. AWS) Linux/Unix environment, and confidence using scripting, automation, monitoring and CI/CD practices


• Experience of incident management, root cause analysis, ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement preventative solutions using databases, querying and coding knowledge


• Strong understanding and practical experience of modern DevOps principles, including automation, CI/CD, and monitoring. An ability to communicate and share this knowledge, contributing to a high\-performing team culture and providing guidance to others navigating complex environments


• Proven experience in supporting business\-critical live services, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability


• Ability to proactively monitor, manage, and improve service performance


• Experience delivering continuous improvements, reducing manual processes, and improving service resilience


• Ability to embed best practice ways of working within teams


• Demonstrable experience of providing technical leadership, setting direction and guiding teams in delivering solutions


• Ability to make informed technical decisions in complex environments


• Strong problem\-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex technical issues


• Experience of working with secure systems and services, ensuring appropriate controls are in place


• Understanding of how systems align with organisational and legislative requirements (e.g. data protection, regulatory change)


• Experience of working within multidisciplinary agile teams, collaborating with engineers, analysts, and product professionals


• Ability to contribute to shared goals, delivering user\-focused services


• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to a range of audiences


• Experience of working with stakeholders to improve services and resolve issues


• Experience of supporting and developing others, sharing knowledge and promoting a positive team culture


• Ability to contribute to capability building within a team


• ITIL 4 Foundation (training can be provided)

Technical skills:

• Demonstrable experience working with Unix/Linux environments, including shell scripting


• Experience of automation and monitoring within a support environment


• Experience supporting cloud\-based infrastructure (e.g. AWS or similar)


• Experience of database querying and investigation (SQL, PLSQL)


• Experience of coding or scripting (e.g. shell, Python, Java, or similar)


• Working knowledge of DevOps principles and tools, such as:

Experience in similar or equivalent technologies will be considered.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together


• Managing a Quality Service


• Delivering at Pace


• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Knowledge and usage of SQL in a support role


• Cloud infrastructure support


• Shell script

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £41,509, Companies House contributes £12,025 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We believe that our success is driven by the well\-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work\-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

Head to Our benefits \- Working for us \- Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.

We celebrate diversity...

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcom

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