DevOps Engineer - 6 month contract (Inside IR35)

at  Benefact Group

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: Initial 6 months
Location: Gloucester (2 days per week onsite)
Job Ref: 202187

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Alignment of solutions to design, documentation, development and infrastructure standards and practices
• In-depth knowledge and expertise in Azure cloud services
• Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with technical staff, with operational business staff and management, external suppliers and customers
• Adherence to ‘Infrastructure as Code’ guidelines and standards
• Delivers quality to standards as required in annual objectives and SLAs
• Demonstrate instrumental involvement in projects/solutions being delivered efficiently and on-time to Business Solutions standards in line with agreed objectives
• 360º feedback from internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrable improvements in speed, efficiency and environmental alignment for IAC deployed solutions

ABOUT US

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK’s 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.
We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
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ABOUT THE ROLE

Benefact Group, are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Gloucester based team on a hybrid basis. Initial 6 month contract, inside IR35.
The role holder will design, build and automate scalable infrastructure and monitoring solutions using ‘Infrastructure as Code’, acting as subject matter expert within Group Technology, complying with standards and best practices throughout the lifecycle, ensuring solutions are fit-for-purpose and aligned to guiding principles.
Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engage on Infrastructure Automation work, either independently or with delivery partners (internal and external)
• Design and implement secure automation solutions for development, testing, and production environments
• Provide instruction (as required) to others with a view to improving the overall skillset within the team
• Contribute to automation initiatives across all areas of the lifecycle requirements | build | deploy | test | monitoring
• Documented promotion of configuration, code, and other artefacts between environments following the change control and release management processes
• Be a guiding advocate in Ecclesiastical’s pursuit of cloud excellence. Not only in terms of automation but helping to ensure projects have landing zones that are secure, performant, reliable and cost effective
• Provide handover documentation and skills transfer to other areas as required
• Drive use of industry standard tools and techniques based on a knowledge of best practice
• Keep abreast of industry best practices and make recommendations for adoption
• Positive influence on the team to establish and promote the right culture and behaviours