Platform Engineer

at  Department for Energy Security Net Zero

JOB SUMMARY

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join ICS Digital, where innovation meets expertise to create digital solutions. We are a cohesive digital community who work in the open, solving problems together and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration. Our commitment to user-focused design and data-driven decision-making ensures that we deliver accessible services tailored to the needs of our customers.
Do you enjoy the challenge of building and maintaining secure, sophisticated IT systems? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Infrastructure is the backbone of any organisation’s IT systems. Having a strong, adaptable infrastructure is key to ensuring that any applications and services built upon it run efficiently, reliably, and in a secure way.
We are looking for a Platform Engineer who will join our team of Civil Servant IT professionals. You will will be responsible for the maintenance, development, and deployment of hosted and cloud IT infrastructure, networking, and services.
You will maintain and progress IT solutions and infrastructure to improve IT service capability and capacity to meet business needs.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work on impactful projects. We have a comprehensive learning program which means, if you love challenges and a dynamic environment, we will support you to improve your skills to ensure that you have the best opportunity to excel.

Your key role will be to maintain and develop Cloud Platforms on both AWS and Azure, whilst ensuring hosted IT and network infrastructure meet departmental policy. Most of your time will be spent:

• Working with colleagues across teams, including Cyber Security, Development and Architecture to translate architectural designs and proposed solutions into operational applications.
• Providing incident reporting and continuous support to achieve 100% uptime SLA (service level agreement).
• Researching and suggesting continuous improvements around IT infrastructure and security.
• Upgrading systems by conferring with vendors and service providers; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing new software and enhancements.
• Participating in projects to implement, test, and design various infrastructure components and application.

Visit our blog to learn more about us and our work: https://icsdigital.blog.gov.uk/

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

We would love to hear from you if you have experience in the following enterprise technologies.

• Basic technical understanding of all components of IT infrastructure, and networking systems.
• Basic knowledge of AWS and Azure.
• Independent worker who demonstrates initiative and can identify issues independently.
• Familiar and comfortable with using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployment methodology.
• In-depth knowledge of networking and cloud networking concepts, devices, and solutions such as Firewalls, Load balancers, and Network Security Groups.

Desirable Criteria:

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will support our growing cloud estate by:

• Supporting our cloud environments.
• Supporting consumers of these environment.
• Completing daily tasks to ensure services across our environment are stable.
• Developing innovative solutions using IAC.
• Managing DevOps pipelines.
• Investigating ways we can improve the service we provide with innovative technologies, such as AI.

Your key role will be to maintain and develop Cloud Platforms on both AWS and Azure, whilst ensuring hosted IT and network infrastructure meet departmental policy. Most of your time will be spent:

• Working with colleagues across teams, including Cyber Security, Development and Architecture to translate architectural designs and proposed solutions into operational applications.
• Providing incident reporting and continuous support to achieve 100% uptime SLA (service level agreement).
• Researching and suggesting continuous improvements around IT infrastructure and security.
• Upgrading systems by conferring with vendors and service providers; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing new software and enhancements.
• Participating in projects to implement, test, and design various infrastructure components and application