We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for the application of the cloud well-architected framework and opt.....
We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for the application of the cloud well-architected framework and optimisation of cloud infrastructure. They will provide professional guidance as line manager for other DevOps engineers across Trainee Information System (TIS) teams.
The TIS teams develop and maintain several systems, with most of our users interacting with web applications. Our systems are used to support more that 60,000 doctors, dentists and other health professionals through significant training programmes. We connect information from the Electronic Staff Record, the General Medical Council and other recruitment and training systems to simplify the management of those trainees.
As the leader for DevOps across TIS, you will:
• be hands on with the development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• ensure reliable system operations, using implementation of telemetry, monitoring and response for live services,
• maintain and work against medium to long-term plans to improve automated Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines,
• support and develop the capability of engineers and developers across TIS to create positive outcomes for end users,
• improve quality, feedback loops and boost productivity across teams in TIS,
• contribute to embedding an agile mindset and approach focused on improving outcomes.
You will have an excellent understand the following technology:
• Terraform & Ansible,
• GitHub & GitHub Actions,
• AWS cloud native services
• Docker,
• Management of applications written in languages such as Java,
• TypeScript, Python
You will also have experience in a number of the technologies we use (see below).
On 1 April 2023 Health Education England became part of the new NHS England. Our people are our most important asset; recruiting and retaining the best talent remains crucial to our success. We continue to recruit externally where we cannot fill vacancies internally. We hope you choose to join us but please be aware that some roles may be subject to change in the future. We want to attract and retain highly skilled people to enable us to work with our partners to plan, recruit, educate and train the health workforce. Please note, some supporting documentation attached to this vacancy refers to the legacy organisation, previously known as Health Education England, now NHS England. Work is continuing to harmonise the new NHS England recruitment service and any reference to Health Education England will be updated in due course. More information about the transition to the new NHS Englandis available here.
Main duties of the job continued:
You understand and will coach DevOps engineers and development teams in DevOps practices and principals such as the 3 ways. DevOps engineers are embedded in other teams and you will be responsible for setting standards and ensuring the quality of their work is maintained at a high standard.
You’ll be hands on with the development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), improvement of automated Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to improve quality, feedback loops and boost productivity across teams in TIS.
You will be responsible for the management of system operations, using implementation of telemetry, monitoring and response services. You will involve and empower development teams. You will help them ensure the entire suite of TIS products are served by an efficient and reliable infrastructure that is responsive to changing demands and needs. You select and work with the right technology sets for the context. Currently we use:
Technology we use include:
Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Jenkins, Linux (Ubuntu), Apache, MySQL, GitHub, MongoDB, Gradle, Maven, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Neo4J, RabbitMQ, SonarCloud, Java, TypeScript, Python.
We are making greater use of AWS Services:
ECS, EC2, S3, ECR, SES, SQS, SNS, IAM, Lambda, Elasticache (Redis), RDS, DocumentDB, DMS, VPC, Route53, Cloudfront, API-Gateway, Certificate Manager, Cognito, EBS, X-Ray, Cloudwatch, Cloudformation, Systems manager, Trusted Advisor, CloudTrail, Kinesis, Opensearch, Secrets Manager, WAF, Cost Explorer, Amplify, Amazon MQ, AWS Transfer (SFTP)
You are key to maintaining a good relationship with the rest of the technology organisation and help to resolve issues with I.T. colleagues. You will be confident working with users and using a variety of tools and techniques to understand and address their problems and challenges within their context.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Dec 2023
