Description
We are leading the digital transformation of government, making public services digital by default, and simpler, clearer and faster to use.
We work in small, agile teams of developers, designers, content designers and others. We build a minimum viable product, and then iterate - always asking how we can make things better for users, who are at the centre of everything we do. We designed, built and run GOV.UK, the starting point for 60 million citizens to experience government.
But we're not just about websites. We're finding ways to help those without digital skills share the benefits of digital government. We're building platforms like Verify, which confirms users are who they say they are, and the Performance Platform, which gives citizens statistics on how government services are doing right now. We're also setting standards for digital platforms that are shared across agencies and departments, ensuring technology is consistent and spending is controlled.
Skills and experience
Essential:
-collaborating closely with colleagues in order to meet users' needs
-debugging a complex, multi-server service in a high availability environment
-using languages such as Ruby, Python, Go, and Java within an existing, production codebase
-using configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, etc
-administering common open source databases like MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, etc
-familiarity with network protocols - TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, etc
-understanding of application deployment strategies, continuous integration and version control
-comfortable with automated testing
-Building and configuring new server platforms and the automated tooling to do so
-Operational management of Linux Servers, delivering a complex web application stack
We're looking for people with good interpersonal skills who enjoy working in a delivery focused, agile environment.
Civil Service Competencies
In the Civil Service we use our Competency Framework to outline expected behaviours and we will use these as part of our wider assessment during the interview process.
For this role, the following competencies are the most relevant:
-changing and improving
-managing a quality service
-collaborating and partnering