Job summary

Are you looking to further 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 forward-thinking people with a passion for Cloud technology, an eye for detail and stakeholder management skills to provide technical and procedural expertise working within our Cloud Division at ONS.

Job description

Our Cloud Division are looking for DevSecOps Engineers to join us, building our Google Cloud (GC) capability in an exciting role with progression, training, and development opportunities.

The Cloud Division invests in people and technology to drive the government�s Cloud first policy, delivering digital products and services using commodity Cloud. To achieve this, we embed and pioneer the use of Cloud technologies to drive statistics for the public good.

Responsibilities�

We build patterns and solutions for many projects across ONS and across Cloud vendors. As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will be focusing on developing robust infrastructure as code and evolving the ways we work in Cloud.

You will be :

Working on and become a subject matter expert in Cloud, especially Google Cloud. Designing and developing infrastructure as code, source code repositories and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines to execute change on Cloud environments. Working to �secure by design� principles and you�ll help form those designs as part of our multi-skilled teams including security specialists, technical architects, and delivery managers. Working closely with your colleagues in the Cloud Division and the wider technical and business teams and oversee our collaborative Agile ways of working, including setting up and leading on workshops, providing steering on Agile ceremonies, and promoting project management working practices such as Kanban. Coaching and support colleagues in all aspects of the work including non-functional requirements, ensuring availability, security, capacity, and performance for the platform.

Person specification

Essential criteria

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, the ideal candidate would be able to demonstrate:

Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with the support of their team. Communicate effectively and appropriately within your team and with stakeholders. Ability to work independently and as part of a team to delivering technical solutions escalating issues when required. Have experience of administering Google Cloud. Familiarity with using Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD and Python

Behaviours

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

Managing a Quality Service Delivering at Pace Working Together

Technical skills

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

Programming and Build (Practitioner) Information Security (Practitioner) Service Support (Expert) Availability and Capability Management (Working)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �40,964, Office for National Statistics contributes �11,867 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

The 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.

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.