DevSecOps Engineer- AWS
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.
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Job summary
Are you looking to develop your career using the latest Cloud Technology 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 are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer (Development Security Operations Engineer) to join our active team of technical professionals, with a passion for Cloud technology to work within our AWS Team at ONS.
Job description
As a DevSecOps Engineer you will support the development and operation of software and infrastructure through tools, environments and practices.
You will be responsible for underpinning good development processes, including managing tools and testing environments, central code control and maintaining development standards.
Key Responsibilities
As a DevSecOps Engineer you will support the development of software and infrastructure components and processes that form part of our service delivery.
You will:
- Transform technical requirements into DevSecOps processes
- Solve complex problems
- Manage production environments
- Identify and resolve issues with operational processes.
General responsibilities are as follows:
- Designing, configuring and delivering applications and infrastructure as code to serve a variety of business process and user needs.
- Working in a DevSecOps environment to support and enhance existing applications and infrastructure including operational processes; including the implementation and use of monitoring, management information and reporting solutions.
- Ensuring best practice security principles such as ‘least privilege’ are continually adhered to and embedding ‘secure by design’ in all elements of your work; ensuring risks are identified and appropriate mitigation actions are implemented.
- Being a practitioner and advocate in the use of DevSecOps technologies, tools, and practices.
- Utilise knowledge of requirements including functional and others, such as performance, scalability, resilience and security to support the robust implementation and optimisation of business applications, demonstrating system functionality and performance through testing.
- Using Agile ways of working to identify and manage development tools and test environments, centralise code / configuration, CI/CD pipelines, maintain development standards and enhance automation.
- Sharing knowledge of tools and techniques; identifying and sharing good practices and collaborating to improve the capability of the team and wider Organisation.
- Providing coaching and mentoring to colleagues, ensuring continual improvement for the team and the wider organisation.
Person specification
Essential Skills Criteria
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues supported by excellent communication and customer service experience.
- Experience of operating / administering Amazon Web Services, and an understanding of the security principles for Cloud infrastructure.
- Familiarity with using 'Infrastructure as Code' tools such as Terraform, GitHub and CI/CD pipelines such as Concourse.
- A good understanding of and practical ability to write code in a common programming language such as Python.
- Familiarity with data management and transformation tools such as Apache NiFi or Apache AirFlow.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- 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.
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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
The ONS regularly run webinars and support sessions for candidates. You can find details on all our upcoming webinars on our Eventbrite page.
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 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 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.
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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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).
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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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