Azure Cloud Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Skills & experience Be responsible for the deployment, configuration and administration of Azure Cloud Computing infrastructures, based on the IaaS and PaaS technologies. Contribute to the planning, design, implementation, post implementation tasks and support for the organisation's cloud computing technologies. Expand and improve the current infrastructure code base using modern infra-as-code patterns and automate any maintenance routines to support day to day activities. Ability to develop code to manage infrastructure resources as code, using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible/Puppet, Python, Powershell and GitLab/GitHub. Plan, implement and manage infrastructure monitoring systems to support business continuity, performance and capacity planning. Lead the drive towards automation, reducing the management overhead and developing a more self-sufficient infrastructure (ie: high-availability and load balancing capabilities). Identify opportunities for technology improvements, provide supporting evidence, providing expert advice and actively supporting knowledge-sharing initiatives in areas of responsibility. Contribute to standards, policies, guidelines and procedures defining the usage of cloud resources and services. Help to develop policies and procedures for cloud infrastructure security. Provide technical leadership for cloud infrastructure security initiatives, working closely with security colleagues and ensuring that security remains a primary objective for UKHSA Technology. Monitoring of cloud platforms from a performance (autoscaling), reliability and security perspective Other We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all. Compliance DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance. This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK Nationals of the Republic of Ireland Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. Application Process This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Strengths Stage 1: Application & Sift As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 words providing examples of how you meet the essential criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role. This part of the selection process should outline how you consider your skills, experience and achievements, and provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria outlined. You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in sifting process and will be scored If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview Stage 2: Panel Interview All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on behaviours / experience / technical / ability through Success Profiles. When assessing strengths, we want to find out whether you and the job role are a good fit. We will look at what you enjoy doing and what you do well and often. By ensuring that the role is the right fit for you, you are more likely to enjoy it and perform well. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be: Leadership Managing a Quality Service Developing Self and Others Changing and Improving You will be required to prepare a presentation for the interview Benefits Alongside your salary of £51,824, UK Health Security Agency contributes £13,992 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity Range of health and wellbeing support Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Reserve List: Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available. If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Essential:
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Appropriate Azure certifications
• Must have previous experience of managing systems for a large user base
• High level of organisational, time management and prioritisation skills to manage own workload and conflicting demands technical documentation authoring skills
• Extensive knowledge of public cloud and on-prem administration. The ability to work across a range of technologies to form an understanding of an entire technology stack for applications and to carry out tasks including but not limited to:
• Understanding network topologies and network requirements.
• Understanding the importance of solid security principles
• Performing systems health monitoring and configuration, server scans, diagnostic tasks, event log correlation, performance monitoring and remediation.
• Ongoing performance analysis and reporting.
• Networking and firewall knowledge
• Strong technical background in Linux and Microsoft technologies
• Experience with deploying services in Azure and/or AWS using templates and automation tools. Knowledge of IaC, using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible/Puppet, Python, Powershell and GitLab/GitHub.
• Understanding of inclusion and diversity
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues at all levels or hierarchy
• Conflict resolution skills and collaborative working
• Desirable:
• Experience of business procurement processes and rules
• Experience with cloud-based service platforms. i.e. Demonstrate knowledge of cloud PaaS SQL, DBaaS Services
• Database clustering: HA, and distributed active/active system

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Colindale Avenue 61

London

NW9 5EQ

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)