About the job

Job summary

This position is based nationally

Job description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Web Ops Engineer

Location: National*

Closing Date: 3rd April

Interviews: 23/24/25 April

Grade: Grade 7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £58,847 - £66,670 (which may include an allowance of up to £4,253)

             National: £54,358 - £61,585 (which may include an allowance of up to £4,042)

Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 85278

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Web Ops Engineer here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative OPG team.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.

What you’ll be doing

As a WebOps engineer at MOJ Digital & Technology you’ll be supporting the development and operation of services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. You’ll be keeping up to date with the latest technologies and trends, whilst delivering working software early and often.

Web Operations supports the development and operation of software through tools, environments and practices. Web operations engineers are constantly learning new tools and techniques, then use them within teams to deliver user-focused products. Web operations engineers can act as a technical product owner, developing medium-long term strategies for product lines – identifying, testing and championing the adoption of emerging technologies.

At MOJ you’ll be working on our acclaimed open-source public services, with user needs at the heart of everything, helping us transform Government for the future. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you’ll be helping define how we do what we do, and making sure that our systems are built to be changed rapidly.

You’ll be working within a multi-disciplinary team that builds and supports services for The Office Of The Public Guardian, its partners and the general public.

To help picture your life at MoJ D&T please take a look at our blog and our Digital & Technology strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Help build and run user-centred, open-source, web systems to serve a variety of citizen and government needs

• Be responsible for automating the deployment of systems that follow standard patterns, or components of systems that are more complex

• Manage infrastructure for multiple environments through code

• Build tools to automate infrastructure management tasks

• Share knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team and community, both developers and non-developers, and maintain DevOps culture.

• Help build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance

• Occasionally participate in 2nd line support during office hours, and sometimes out of hours (for which you’ll be paid an allowance and further hourly payment when on-call)

• Help with hiring, taking part in recruitment of other web operations engineers and technical staff

• Participate in the professional development of themselves

Technologies

The kind of person we are looking for is someone who can show an awareness of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and Docker. We work with AWS services, but encourage applicants with exposure to other cloud services.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

You will have:

• A systematic approach to solving problems

• Experience of modern development and deployment techniques

• Experience managing infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform

• Experience of version control technologies such as Git

• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with a programming language such as PHP, Go, Python or Javascript

• Experience working in a mixed skillset team

• Awareness of the use of containerisation

• Awareness of continuous delivery methods and deployment processes

• Awareness of network protocols – TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, etc.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate on the basis of culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity, Openness and Togetherness. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for BPSS clearance.

Person specification

Please refer to attached Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes £15,165 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

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a full CV and covering letter which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Communicating and influencing

• Working together

• Developing self and others

• Making effective decisions

Your application will be reviewed and sifted against the Person Specification above by a diverse panel.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. A brief technical exercise will be presented and discussed during the interview.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on “Experience of version control technologies such as Git” will be conducted before the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.