Description
The Government Legal Department is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join its Digital, Data and Cyber Directorate. As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for building and improving the technology that powers the department's digital services.
You will work alongside developers, architects, cyber security specialists, and delivery teams to design, automate, and support secure, scalable, and reliable cloud services. Your responsibilities will include:
- Building and automating cloud services using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bicep, ARM templates, and Terraform
- Managing secure Azure infrastructure, including provisioning, configuring, and supporting scalable cloud infrastructure and platform services
- Improving service performance and resilience through monitoring, logging, and observability
- Embedding security from the start by applying secure-by-design principles and supporting vulnerability remediation and patching
- Making software delivery better by working with developers and delivery teams to improve deployment and release processes
The successful candidate will have experience of delivering or supporting cloud solutions, building or supporting CI/CD pipelines, and automating technical tasks using PowerShell, Python, YAML, Bash, or similar. They will also have experience of using Git for branching, pull requests, and code reviews, and resolving technical incidents and implementing service improvements.
The role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, and the ability to obtain and maintain this clearance is a condition of employment.