Senior Engineer Infrastructure Operations - Data Engineering
FCDO Services
About the job
Job summary
Looking to make a bigger impact in your career? Join our dynamic Infrastructure team, and you will have a fantastic opportunity to work with the latest and key secure technologies, develop specialist knowledge and skills, and enjoy some fantastic Civil Service benefits – all while helping to safeguard people, assets and information around the world.Job description
Fix complex infrastructure issues as quickly as possibleAs a subject matter expert within our 3rd line Infrastructure team, you’ll be responsible for developing, configuring and resolving complex technical issues in your specialist area. You’ll take full ownership and provide specialist knowledge and guidance to your customers and colleagues. In addition, you’ll identify and escalate repeatable issues to help ensure they don’t happen again.
Use your expertise to benefit colleagues and customers alike
You’ll be expected to mentor junior staff members and to provide authoritative technical advice to a wide range of customers and stakeholders, including members of our change management team. It is therefore essential that you combine excellent communication skills with a solid understanding of how systems work. Specific areas of knowledge we’re looking for include:
• Hadoop / Kafka/ Spark
• SQL/MongoDB/
• Go / Python / C++
• Redshift
It goes without saying that you’ll be a subject matter expert, you’ll also hold one or more the following qualifications:
• AWS Certified Data Analytics
• Data Engineering Certification
• Azure Data Analytics
• GC Professional Data Engineer
Enjoy great career opportunities – and great rewards
Our government partners look to us to respond with agility and innovation to their ever-changing security challenges. So there will be plenty of opportunities for you to grapple with complex issues and find ever-more effective solutions to the issues our clients face. You will also enjoy excellent support for career progression, including training on all the latest technologies to help you keep up to speed. Then there’s all the benefits we offer. Excellent work-life balance. Flexible working opportunities. On-site OFSTED-registered nursery. Civil Service pension. And lots more. In short, it’s your job bigger.
All our employees have to be security cleared before joining us, so you will need to undergo a vetting process if you’re successful in your application. This role would require you to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. You can find out more about vetting on our website. You can find out more about vetting on our website - https://www.fcdoservicescareers.co.uk/how-to-apply/
Candidates who are judged to be close to meeting the criteria may be considered for other positions in FCDO Services which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match
It takes a diverse team to protect a diverse world.
The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why we’re recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’ workplace. And it’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation.
Hanslope Park based posts attract a Location Allowance of £1,750 per annum.
FCDO Services are regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
Person specification
Skills:
- Programming and build;
- Systems operations;
- Problem-solving;
- Analyse, interrogate and evaluate data;
- Draft/author professional/technical documents;
- Interpret professional/technical documents;
- Problem management;
- Incident management;
- Change and release management;
- DDaT Role: Engineer – Infrastructure
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential:
- Agile & ITIL Foundation level / relevant experience;
- Microsoft role-based certification - Expert and relevant product certifications;
- Practitioner level knowledge of hardware, software and systems being supported;
- Substantial experience in relevant roles, including technologies in an enterprise environment, and of working within a secure environment, e.g. MOD;
- Experience in a high-pressured, fast-paced team
Desirable:
- Experience of working within a variety of ITIL3 environments;
- Strong numerical and analytical skills;
- Key performance reporting and documentation;
- Stakeholder Management;
- Leadership skills;
- Experience of working in Government Sector
Additional Requirements
Certifications:
- AWS Certified Data Analytics
- Data Engineering Certification
- Azure Data Analytics
- GC Professional Data Engineer
Technologies Required Experience:
- Hadoop / Kafka/ Spark
- SQL/MongoDB/
- Go / Python / C++
- Redshift
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £43,026, FCDO Services contributes £11,617 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Shortlisting will be conducted against the Job Specific Skills, Knowledge & Experience outlined in the Role Profile.
Interviews will be conducted using a mixture of Behaviours and Job Specific questions and a Job specific exercise.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (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
Open to UK nationals only.
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.