About the job

Job summary

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Cloud Engineering team. 

You will be tasked with owning, supporting and developing our infrastructure and application platforms; you will also provide administration, monitoring, development and user support.

You will work closely with Live Services Cyber Ops, Information Assurance, Architecture, and suppliers to develop and maintain our core infrastructure and services, ensuring they meet all Departmental and Government security standards.

Job description

Working in a team of specialist cloud engineers, you will build, administer, support and maintain solutions as directed and according to departmental policy. 

In this role you will:

• Interact with stakeholders across departments and will reach and influence a wide range of people across larger teams and communities, presenting highly technical information in a confident, clear, concise direct manner to a less technical audience.
• Provide expert knowledge on area(s) of specialism such as (GCP, M365, Microsoft Azure or AWS) leading by example with your technical expertise.
• Take ownership of problems and proactively resolve technical problems.
• Research and apply innovative infrastructure solutions to new or existing problems.
• Working with DIS Architectural team, provide strategic advice on use of cloud services across agreed platforms.
• Define best practices for implementing, supporting and maintaining services within area of specialism, ensuring that these best practices are adopted and followed by Cloud Engineers and other teams within Digital Information and Security.
• Provide technical support on incidents and implement changes for infrastructure and cloud technologies.

In return, we can offer you:

• Access to new and emerging technologies.
• Excellent personal development.
• Training and certification in Cloud Technologies and ITIL.
• Flexible and hybrid working supporting a healthy work-life balance.
• Industry-leading pension and employee benefits package.

For a complete list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached Role Profile.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will have experience working in an infrastructure engineering capacity. You will have existing experience of using programming languages and have an understanding of cloud-based software solutions.

You will be a proactive worker and will be comfortable communicating with a wide range of stakeholders. The ability to be open minded and think creatively is welcome as well as the ability to work well within a team.

Please note: the role is flexible in terms of your technology stack experience (so any experience in virtualisation technologies like Hyper-V or Cloud Platforms such as M365, Google Cloud Platform, Azure or AWS). Knowledge of the current stack used at DfT is not mandatory, but you will be expected to transfer your knowledge to technologies used at DfT.

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Additional Information

A minimum of 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.  

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits.

This includes:

• A generous annual leave entitlement
• attractive pension options with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Flexible working
• Good career development opportunities
• A variety of career paths
• Inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance

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DDaT Allowance

This role is part of the DDaT profession and attracts an enhanced pay scale which is mapped to capability levels. The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined by performance at interview and assessed capability level. There are two components to DDaT pay - base pay and DDaT allowance. 

The role may also attract a DDaT allowance of up to £10,000. The amount, if afforded is determined by several factors one of which is assessed capability level. 

The successful candidate will be required to undergo yearly capability assessments which may result in pay increases or decreases. A drop in capability in any given assessment period results in 12 month pay protection to allow candidates to retain prior capability level. 

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply 

When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement (1250) please provide detailed evidence of the following: 

• Working in an infrastructure engineering capacity.
• Significant and demonstrable experience working within a cloud environment.
• Experience of designing Cloud environments including IaaS, PaaS and Security requirements.
• Demonstration of design of processes and automation around Cloud Environment Operations.
• Ability to communicate with business stakeholders around options within the Cloud Platform.
• Demonstration of problem management capabilities.

 Sift & Interview Dates 

The sift is due to take place w/c 22nd January 2024.

Interviews are due to take place w/c 5th February 2024.

This interview could be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview. 

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. 

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include: 

• An interview

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within. 

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. 

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

 Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.