Senior Development Operations Engineer - Planning Inspectorate - SEO

Location: Bristol, South West England, BS1 6PN

About the Job

Job summary: Are you ready to make a real impact in public service through technology? The Planning Inspectorate is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic Digital and Data Services team as we rise to meet increasing demands from colleagues, government, and the public. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you’ll play a key role in a multidisciplinary team, helping to shape and support the development and operation of our digital services. From casework management systems to public-facing websites and internal tools, your work will directly contribute to modernising and driving efficiency.

You’ll be working as part of a focused team supporting service delivery and continuous improvement. You’ll be part of the wider Developer Community of Practice where you’ll have peer support and opportunities to share knowledge and problems. The Planning Inspectorate has a long and proud history in ensuring a fair planning system for England. The work we do has a significant impact on people’s lives, the communities where they live and the economy. We’re undergoing a major transformation, refreshing the systems that support our core services and redesigning how we deliver them across all channels. Modern technology is at the heart of this change, improving service delivery for both internal and external users. It’s a great time to join the Planning Inspectorate as a DevOps Engineer. We’re investing heavily in our people, systems, and tools to ensure digital services are central to everything we do. Our commitment is reflected in our Civil Service People Survey results, which place us among the top performers. To meet growing demand from colleagues, government, and customers, our Digital Services team is expanding. We’re increasing capacity and capability to deliver outstanding digital, data, and technology services.

For further information on the Planning Inspectorate, please visit our careers page at Civil Service Careers.

Job Description

You will be responsible for working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, focused on delivering high quality code and infrastructure in line with project goals and delivery cycles. You will work with a team of Developers, DevOps engineers and Testers where team members are supported and developed to enable them to fulfil their potential and contribute to the success of the organisation. As a DevOps Engineer, you will provide technical recommendations and assurance within the team to identify the best technology and solutions to support integration and deployment of applications. You will also keep up to date with the latest technologies and trends, whilst delivering working software early and often, learning new languages and frameworks and picking the right solutions.

Tech Stack

• Azure for infrastructure
• Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• GitHub to host and manage code
• Docker and Web Apps for Containers
• NodeJS for back-end code
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript for web interfaces
• UK Design System for web interfaces
• Azure SQL for data storage

We’re happy to help you learn our tech stack once you are part of our team. Check out GitHub for a closer look at the technology we use.

Salary

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. Internal rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest. This role is being advertised at SEO Grade. Salary range for the Grade role is £45,219 - £49,462 plus a DDAT allowance of up to £12,181 based on Capability and base salary.

Working Hours

Standard working week is 37 hours, flexible working hours policy available.

Office Attendance

This role is contractually based at Temple Quay House, Bristol which is currently out of use due to undergoing refurbishment. In the interim, we have access to alternative office space near Bristol Temple Meads railway station. We recognise and value hybrid working and have a flexible approach to in person attendance, which can vary depending on business unit requirements and will be discussed with candidates invited to interview.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Experience applying a modern standards approach to improve the software development process.
• Experience with Azure and Azure DevOps.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including experience of supporting services.
• Experience with open-source technologies including Terraform and Git.
• A working knowledge of DevOps principles and processes.
• Experience identifying process optimisation opportunities and implementing them.
• Understanding of information security and ability to design with security controls embedded.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of JIRA or other management tooling.
• Knowledge of the Government’s Digital strategies and codes of practice.
• Awareness of security issues and ISO27001 understanding is a plus.

Experience

• See Essential Criteria

Application guidance

For guidance on how to structure your application please visit About the application process, Civil Service Careers.

Behaviours

• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

• Provisioning Infrastructure
• Build and Release Pipelines

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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