DevOps Automation Engineer
Office for National Statistics
Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 26th September 2024
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As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is 40% a minimum office attendance requirement. Attendance is typically at your contractual office, with occasional travel to alternative locations.
About the job
Job summary
Are you a DevOps Automation Engineer looking to develop your career using the latest Technologies and Infrastructure?
Would you like a role where you can make a real impact, using your technical experience to enable us to deliver our Statistics for the Public Good strategy for the UK?
We have 2 opportunities to join the Automation Community working in our Business Process Management (BPM) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) teams.
Job description
The Automation team provides automated solutions to support business processes. We work across the ONS and have numerous applications which aid the work of statistics gathering and processing. One of our key areas is supporting the organisation of business surveys but our team also works in the areas of personnel recruitment and data management. Our aim is to help the business by identifying areas where automation could assist business processes, provide automated solutions and then support the business in using and maintaining those solutions.
These roles are responsible for designing, testing, running and continuously improving automation technologies in the area of Business Process Management (BPM) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Working as part of a wider automation team in the area of Business Process Automation, the successful candidate will ensure that automation configuration is efficient, effective and supported and, as part of the automation development lifecycle, promote the reuse of automation components.
Each role has the following language requirements:
Role 1 in the Cloud and Automation area: IBM BAW, Javascript, SQL, PowerPlatform
Role 2 in the Digital Innovation area: IBM RPA, Microsoft Power Automate, Python, SQL
Responsibilities include:
- Designing, configuring and delivering automation applications to serve a variety of business process and user needs
- Working in a DevOps environment, enhance existing automation applications to meet evolving business process and user needs
- Being a practitioner in the use of automation technologies and tools, evaluating and adopting those appropriate for the use case being considered
- Developing systems of record, services and supporting APIs as required to support the implementation of automation business applications
- Managing automation tools and test environments, central code / configuration, maintaining development standards and configuring software to automate human activities and other systems
- Sharing knowledge of tools and techniques; identifying and sharing good practices and collaborating to improve the capability of the team and wider organisation
- Supporting users with access issues and dealing with requests and incidents which are reported to our support desk
Person specification
Essential Skills Criteria
Information Security
- You understand information security and work with other developers to design solutions and services with security controls embedded.
- You can use existing tooling or patterns to meet information security requirements
Service Support
- You can identify, locate, and fix faults.
- You can build relationships with end users.
User Focus
- You can identify and engage with users or stakeholders to collate user needs evidence. You can identify and define research that fits user needs. You know how to use quantitative and qualitative data about users to turn user focus into outcomes.
- You can work alongside other developers to identify ways of improving the user experience using End User and Product Owner feedback (i.e, refine UX and UI design choices, or improve end user interactions)
Programming & Build (automation)
- You know how to collaborate with others when necessary to review specifications and then use these agreed specifications to design, configure, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools.
Modern Standards Approach
- You can explain the most important principles of modern standards approach and discuss how they apply to the work you are undertaking. You will be able to apply these principles under guidance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
Benefits
The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.
This role is part of the cross-government Government Digital and Data (formerly DDaT) profession framework. As a role within Government Digital and Data (formerly DDaT) at the ONS, we also offer benefits such as:
- Protected Learning Time to spend on your personal development and side-projects.
- A supportive and active Community of Practice which you will be expected to contribute to, helping ensure you and your colleagues get the training, development and opportunities you need to progress your careers.
We are committed to supporting our people’s wellbeing by offering flexible ways of working that support a healthy work life balance. We are happy to explore opportunities with you about working flexibly in line with our hybrid working policies.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (bottom of page) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues and our fantastic working culture.
Inclusion & Accessibility
At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a member of the Business Disability Forum and a Disability Confident Leader we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.
If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Security Clearance
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying.
A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to consider eligibility by exception on a case-by-case basis. You will be asked to provide information regarding your UK residency during your application, and failure to provide this will result in your application being rejected.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss, as failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected and any offer of employment being withdrawn.
At the point of SC application you will need to provide or give access to the following evidence:
- Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
- Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
- Security Services records
Applicant support
Applicants may utilise AI resources in their submissions; ensuring all information provided is factually accurate, truthful, and original, avoiding any form of plagiarism to maintain the authenticity and credibility of the application process.
Stage 1 – Application & Sift Assessment
Assessment at application stage will be based on your CV, work history, skill and experience and personal statement. Your application should be tailored to demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the content of the role.
Your personal statement should be no longer than 1250 words. You should use this space to provide evidence for each essential and technical criteria within the person specification. As the criteria are scored, we would recommend that you give clear examples for each including the impact of your actions and set them out using the STAR acronym (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage. (Further information about skill levels are available on Government Digital and Data capability framework)
Sift stage will be based on your work history, skills and experience and evidence given in your personal statement.
In cases where there is a high number of applications the sift pass mark may be adjusted and candidates will be invited to interview in merit order, i.e. those scoring the highest.
Stage 2 – Interview
Should you be invited to interview, you will be assessed using various assessment techniques aligned to the Civil Service Success Profiles, where you'll be assessed against all the behaviours and technical criteria outlined in the advert.
A presentation may be required at interview. Further information will be provided to successful candidates prior to interview.
Interviews will be conducted by Video.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. Appointments will be made in merit order for each tech stack.
Important Dates:
Sift date: From 27/09/2024
Interview dates: From 14/10/2024
Dates are subject to change
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment below.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Government-Digital-and-Data-Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
- Email : Government-Digital-and-Data-Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
- Telephone : Government-Digital-and-Data-Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Government-Digital-and-Data-Recruitment@ons.gov.uk
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