HMPO
Senior DevOps engineer: Linux, WEB, AWS, automation, scripting, security, networking
13 Incomplete applications
11 SME, 2 large
7 Completed applications
6 SME, 1 large
Important dates
- Published
- Friday 10 February 2017
- Deadline for asking questions
- Tuesday 14 February 2017 at 11:59pm GMT
- Closing date for applications
- Friday 17 February 2017 at 11:59pm GMT
Overview
- Specialist role
- Web operations engineer
- Summary of the work
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Build and expand PAAS AWS platform
Apply changes using configuration management tools(Puppet, Ansible).
Implement containerisation approach for service management
Define tools and establish practices for DevOps and Developers
Onboard new Projects for in-house development - Latest start date
- 20/03/2017
- Expected contract length
- 12 months
- Location
- London
- Organisation the work is for
- HMPO
- Maximum day rate
About the work
- Early market engagement
- Who the specialist will work with
- Work in the team of DevOps engineers and interface with Project teams, Developers and Security architects
- What the specialist will work on
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Improve and expand AWS platform
Apply changes using configuration management tools(Puppet, Ansible). Rotate between agile
Development projects providing DevOps expertise and establishing best practices (working with applications written in java/nodejs/scala)
Support and troubleshoot complex microservice based environment(Haproxy/Nginx loadbalancing)
Improve monitoring and performance measurement tools(Sensu/Grafana/Logstash/ELK)
Provide oncall support service
Work on containerisation of the services(Docker, Kubernetes)
Perform DBA tasks on variety of Databases(Postgres, Mongo, Mysql)
Implement and improve security stack/tools
Configure continues integration pipelines for deployment
Automating various tasks using puppet, ansible and scripting (Shell + Ruby/Python)
Work setup
- Address where the work will take place
- London, HomeOffice, 2 Marsham Street
- Working arrangements
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working onsite with a flexibility of 1 day working from home after first few month of onboarding will be assigned
to one of the Project teams and will have to participate in their daily standup will be part of the Core Platform DevOps team working on
continuously improving the PAAS Toolset - Security clearance
- SC is required to start
Additional information
- Additional terms and conditions
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
- Essential skills and experience
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- Puppet
- AWS
- Scripting(Shell + 1 of Ruby/Python/perl)
- Networking
- Databases
- Docker
- Nice-to-have skills and experience
How suppliers will be evaluated
- How many specialists to evaluate
- 10
- Cultural fit criteria
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- Take responsibility for their work
- Share knowledge and experience with other team members
- Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers
- Assessment methods
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- Work history
- Interview
- Evaluation weighting
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Technical competence
75%Cultural fit
5%Price
20%
Questions asked by suppliers
- 1. Can you please confirm if there is an expense policy for this role as its London based? Also, please can you confirm the day rate ranges that you are willing to pay for such a Senior role so we can determine if our Senior Analysts are a financial match? Regards
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We expect all expenses to be paid by the contractor's company.
We will evaluate suppliers based on candidate's skills/experience and current market rates for this kind of roles.