Job Vacancy Junior WebOps/DevOps Engineer

We are looking for an enthusiastic Junior WebOps/DevOps Engineer with good technical skills who can support and develop Companies House systems. You will be customer and service focused with particular attention on service availability.

We are growing our teams as we continue to grow our technical capabilities, utilising cloud technologies and embracing a DevOps transformation. The team support and develop Companies House customer facing services. These include systems that allow customers to search, incorporate and file statutory information. You will have the opportunity and willingness to learn new skills including DevOps (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery methods and techniques, including agile methodologies) and develop your career working on large and small projects alongside developers, analysts and testers delivering change to our existing and new services. You will be part of the IT Services Digital team in a time of great change and play an integral part in the way that Companies House systems are developed in the future.

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Job description

You will work as part of an application support team of DevOps/WebOps teams responsible for maintaining and supporting the organisations internal and public facing systems.

On a day to day basis you will be resolving incidents, problems and data issues, using SQL, Linux/Unix, AWS tools and other technologies. You will also perform adhoc reporting and data management and support the release team in deploying code to test and live systems.

** You will also be expected to participate in the on-call rota for your section in line with the current on call agreement to ensure our services remain operational at all times. This on-call element covers 24/7/365 and is an essential requirement of the role.

Half a day each week is dedicated to Innovation Time where you can build new applications, try new technologies or work towards certifications. We also offer lots of training opportunities to hep you grow and develop. Reporting to the Web Services Senior Support Engineer, you will be comfortable learning new skills.

Person specification

We are looking for the following, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the top 4 bullet points (in bold) when writing your personal statement.

• Working as part of a team.
• Incident/Problem resolution.
• Problem resolution via coding and scripting.
• Adhoc reporting and data management.
• Some experience of Unix/Linux and any knowledge of the following would be advantageous; - AWS, Terraform, Java, GoLang, MongoDB, JSON, JavaScript, SQL.

About the team

Front End Systems Support (FESS). The FESS team look after all the live (and test) web services, for example CHS (and sub services like Apply to be Secure and Emergency Auth code services), Webfiling, Software filing (XMLgateway), Webcheck, CHD and CHCC. We are a 24x7 team that keep the services running (and aim for 99.5% availability) while we deploy all the new code, improvements and bug fixes that development produce to these live services and much more. We also provide daily, monthly, weekly data used for statistical purposes (trend analysis and corporate insight).

Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade. We drive confidence in the economy by creating a transparent and accountable business environment. Use of our data informs business and consumer decisions, supports growth and helps disrupt economic crime.

Companies House is an award-winning employer, building brilliant services on cutting edge technology. You'll join our teams at a time of transformation and you will be a part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Our aim is to be the best registry in the world achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services. We are currently delivering an organisation wide transformation programme focussing on a complete redesign of our digital services, target operating model and culture. This change will need different skills, capabilities and mindset where adaptable, bold and curious behaviours are the norm and empowerment is encouraged and utilised.

Companies House values its people, their contributions and has created a real sense of community where people seek to create strong connections. Our commitment to learning and development is exceptional, and we believe passionately in the employee experience with is prevalent through the engagement, wellbeing and development strategies which have resulted in Platinum Investors in People and MIND index awards.

Where will you be working?

You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.

Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

• a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day
• enrolment into the  with a contribution rate of averaging 28%
• a range of recognition schemes including instant awards to thank and recognise each other's efforts and contributions
• strong ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion
• great work life balance with flexible and mobile working available for many roles
• a pro-active approach to employee wellbeing that allows our employees to flourish and be their best at work and has enabled us to become an  platinum accredited employer
• online financial support and advice
• seasonal flu jabs
• generous maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave allowances
• a focus on career development and progression
• a number of inclusive network groups to support our colleagues and a great sports and social society
• cycle to work scheme
• staff discount scheme
• holiday play scheme for children
• 3 days paid volunteering leave

In your application form we'd like you to:

1. Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.
2. We'd like you to write a personal statement of 1000 words where you tell us about why you'd be great for this role - we'd like you to particularly include your experience and technical skills that match what we've asked for in the person specification. Your personal statement should refer to the bullet points in bold in the person specification:

• Working as part of a team.
• Incident/Problem resolution.
• Problem resolution via coding and scripting.
• Adhoc reporting and data management.

What will the process look like?

• We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a virtual interview.
• At sift candidates will be assessed against experience listed in the advert and are asked to supply work history and personal statement, referencing any transferable skills using the job description. The personal statement will be scored against the bullet points in bold in the person specification.
• At interview candidates will be assessed against the Behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles: Behaviours and Strengths.
• We plan to sift from 14 January and interview w/c 20 January. This might need to change - we will keep you informed as you move through the process.
• We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Next Steps

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If you have any questions about the role or process, please reach out to .

This role closes on 13 January 2025.