This opportunity is closed for applications

The deadline was Friday 17 February 2017

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

• 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: 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

About the work

• 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: 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: 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

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:
  • Puppet
  • AWS
  • Scripting(Shell + 1 of Ruby/Python/perl)
  • Networking
  • Databases
  • Docker

How suppliers will be evaluated

• How many specialists to evaluate: 10
• Cultural fit criteria:
  • 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:
  • Work history
  • Interview
• Evaluation weighting:

  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: 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.