Lead DevOps Engineer - Insolvency Service - G7

Onyx-Conseil; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the United Kingdom is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to oversee the team responsible for application deployment and infrastructure. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, enhance standards for DevOps operations, and ensure applications are deployed securely and efficiently. The position requires prior experience in DevOps leadership and the ability to manage security clearance processes. Join us in shaping the digital services for a user-centric future.

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership roles within a DevOps environment.
• Strong understanding of deployment pipelines.
• Ability to work with security clearance processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications run smoothly in production and non-production environments.
• Oversee timely and secure application deployments.
• Define standards for DevOps operations.
• Participate in incident management and root cause analysis.
• Support development and operations teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

DevOps best practices

Incident management

Job description

Digital Services is a an in-house team, which has recently moved from using a 3rd party DevOps function to bringing it in-house. We are also consolidating our technology stack and moving away from legacy services, so this is a fantastic opportunity to help shape our digital services and the way we work for a sustainable, user-centric future. We would love for you to be part of that team.

Digital services is part of Change and Technology Services (CTS) who support and improve applications and systems across the agencies IT landscape. CTS provide key services including digital services, cyber security and information governance, service architecture and governance and digital programme delivery.

DevOps look after the deployment and infrastructure of the applications and products we deliver. They keep the lights on and are first to identify and resolve any issues with the live services. They work closely with developers and QAT to ensure the products meet the demands of the users, whilst also ensuring it meets cyber-security demands.

As a lead DevOps engineer you will lead the DevOps team and contribute to the development of the strategic direction of Digital Services.

At this role level, you will:

• act as a subject matter for all DevOps responsibilities
• provide technical leadership and guidance through coaching and mentoring
• work with Principal Technical Architect to develop technical strategy, define standards and help shape Digital Services knowledge and good practice

Responsibilities

As a Lead DevOps Engineer you will be responsible:

• for keeping the applications running in production and non-production environments
• for ensuring that applications are deployed in a timely and secure manner
• for defining standards for the successful operation of a DevOps function within the Insolvency Service
• for contributing to priority incident bridge calls and root cause analysis
• for providing estimates to upcoming DevOps activities that are related to the delivery roadmap
• for working with and providing support to development and operations teams
• for updating and building deployment pipelines in line with the build and deployment model
• for raising changes to go through and attending CAB to represent those changes
• for contributing to the overall improvement of the application technology stack
• for ensuring that documentation conforms to documentation standards and is up-to-date and reflective of any changes

Additional Information

If you do not currently hold Security Check (SC) clearance, we will support you through the vetting process following a conditional offer of employment. As SC clearance is essential for this role, appointment is dependent on successfully obtaining and maintaining it. We will provide guidance and support throughout the process.