Junior WebOps/DevOps Engineer
Companies House
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 13th January 2025
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We are looking for an enthusiastic Junior WebOps/DevOps Engineer with good technical skills who can support and develop Companies House systems. You will be customer and service focused with particular attention on service availability.
We are growing our teams as we continue to grow our technical capabilities, utilising cloud technologies and embracing a DevOps transformation. The team support and develop Companies House customer facing services. These include systems that allow customers to search, incorporate and file statutory information. You will have the opportunity and willingness to learn new skills including DevOps (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery methods and techniques, including agile methodologies) and develop your career working on large and small projects alongside developers, analysts and testers delivering change to our existing and new services. You will be part of the IT Services Digital team in a time of great change and play an integral part in the way that Companies House systems are developed in the future.
Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.
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Job description
You will work as part of an application support team of DevOps/WebOps teams responsible for maintaining and supporting the organisations internal and public facing systems.
On a day to day basis you will be resolving incidents, problems and data issues, using SQL, Linux/Unix, AWS tools and other technologies. You will also perform adhoc reporting and data management and support the release team in deploying code to test and live systems.
** You will also be expected to participate in the on-call rota for your section in line with the current on call agreement to ensure our services remain operational at all times. This on-call element covers 24/7/365 and is an essential requirement of the role.
Half a day each week is dedicated to Innovation Time where you can build new applications, try new technologies or work towards certifications. We also offer lots of training opportunities to hep you grow and develop. Reporting to the Web Services Senior Support Engineer, you will be comfortable learning new skills.
Person specification
We are looking for the following, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the top 4 bullet points (in bold) when writing your personal statement.
- Working as part of a team.
- Incident/Problem resolution.
- Problem resolution via coding and scripting.
- Adhoc reporting and data management.
- Some experience of Unix/Linux and any knowledge of the following would be advantageous; - AWS, Terraform, Java, GoLang, MongoDB, JSON, JavaScript, SQL.
About the team
Front End Systems Support (FESS). The FESS team look after all the live (and test) web services, for example CHS (and sub services like Apply to be Secure and Emergency Auth code services), Webfiling, Software filing (XMLgateway), Webcheck, CHD and CHCC. We are a 24x7 team that keep the services running (and aim for 99.5% availability) while we deploy all the new code, improvements and bug fixes that development produce to these live services and much more. We also provide daily, monthly, weekly data used for statistical purposes (trend analysis and corporate insight).
Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade. We drive confidence in the economy by creating a transparent and accountable business environment. Use of our data informs business and consumer decisions, supports growth and helps disrupt economic crime.
Companies House is an award-winning employer, building brilliant services on cutting edge technology. You’ll join our teams at a time of transformation and you will be a part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
Our aim is to be the best registry in the world achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services. We are currently delivering an organisation wide transformation programme focussing on a complete redesign of our digital services, target operating model and culture. This change will need different skills, capabilities and mindset where adaptable, bold and curious behaviours are the norm and empowerment is encouraged and utilised.
Companies House values its people, their contributions and has created a real sense of community where people seek to create strong connections. Our commitment to learning and development is exceptional, and we believe passionately in the employee experience with is prevalent through the engagement, wellbeing and development strategies which have resulted in Platinum Investors in People and MIND index awards.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
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 welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk
Where will you be working?
You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.
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Selection process details
In your application form we’d like you to:
- Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.
- We’d like you to write a personal statement of 1000 words where you tell us about why you’d be great for this role – we'd like you to particularly include your experience and technical skills that match what we’ve asked for in the person specification. Your personal statement should refer to the bullet points in bold in the person specification:
- Working as part of a team.
- Incident/Problem resolution.
- Problem resolution via coding and scripting.
- Adhoc reporting and data management.
What will the process look like?
- We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview.
- At sift candidates will be assessed against experience listed in the advert and are asked to supply work history and personal statement, referencing any transferable skills using the job description. The personal statement will be scored against the bullet points in bold in the person specification.
- At interview candidates will be assessed against the Behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles: Behaviours and Strengths.
- We plan to sift from 14 January and interview w/c 20 January. This might need to change - we will keep you informed as you move through the process.
- We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.
Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours listed in the advert and Strengths.
We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement.
We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn’t include ideas or work that isn’t your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own. More information on the ways you should and shouldn’t use AI can be found here.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
Successful candidates must pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before they can be appointed. BPSS is an entry level security check. It uses the Police National Computer (PNC) to make sure a candidate has no convictions. The check returns evidence of any current criminal record and un-spent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Check (SC) before they can be appointed.
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
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Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. If you're applying for a role requiring security clearance, please be aware that foreign or dual nationality is not an automatic bar. However certain posts may have restrictions which could affect those who do not have sole British nationality or who have personal connections with certain countries outside the UK.
As part of our recruitment process, it is essential for all candidates to independently verify their eligibility to work in the UK before applying. This includes a thorough check of your right to work to ensure compliance with UK employment laws, being mindful of the recent changes to going rates detailed on GOV.UK. Please ensure you have the necessary documentation and permissions in place. Our team is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. However, it is the candidate's responsibility to ensure they meet the UK's legal requirements to work.
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Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Katie Jones
- Email : kjones6@companieshouse.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitmentch@companieshouse.gov.uk
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