Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Unix

at  Department for Work and Pensions

JOB SUMMARY

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see ‘Selection process details’.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Hybrid Cloud Services (HCS) as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a time of significant transformation, as we look to drive the adoption of Public Cloud services in line with Government Digital Service (GDS) and DWP’s own strategic hosting architectural principles.
The HCS team design, build and run all DWP hosting infrastructure including Public Cloud and On-Premises hosting, and help product and service owners to transition to the Cloud.

The vision for HCS is to support the wider DWP vision of ‘Digital by Default’ by:

• Providing an end-to-end ‘multi-cloud’ hosted service for DWP’s Product Development Units.
• Providing a securely connected hosting service, removing DWP’s reliance on traditional hosting solutions and contracts.
• Standardising, simplifying and automating with underpinning processes, training and tools to accelerate delivery.

This role in the HCS Unix Server Operations team is ideally suited to an Engineer with significant experience in the build, management, and administration of IBM AIX based systems. IBM iSeries experience desirable.
The team provides 24x7 support for critical services, including participating in a scheduled on-call rota for out-of-hours standby and working outside regular hours.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will build, administer, support and maintain solutions as directed and according to departmental policy. You’ll manage operational support of IT solutions and services including the workload, performance and development of a team. You will also support third party provision of IT Operations services and provide expertise to programmes and projects, as well as the development of architectural solutions for technology. You’ll also provide input into overall management - workforce, budget, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.
The department is committed to moving services into cloud hosted solutions and the successful candidate will be expected to develop skills in new technologies that align with business objectives.

The team support 24x7 critical services with a requirement to provide out-of-hours standby on call support as part of a scheduled rotation. The successful candidate will also be required to work out of hours where required to support scheduled change activities.

• Designs, builds, configures, administers, and supports infrastructure technologies and solutions such as: compute, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, and software relating to AIX server environments.
• Has a deep understanding of the technical concepts required for the role and understands how these fit into the wider technical landscape, specifically in relation to AIX servers and associated technologies.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and review systems and services to ensure delivery of professional excellence. Successfully deliver high quality outcomes, identify risks, and resolve issues efficiently, developing suggestions for improvements.
• Ensures that the right actions are taken to investigate, resolve and anticipate problems. Able to dissect a problem to its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes. Able to troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities.
• Communicate with others in a clear, honest, and enthusiastic way. Can explain complex issues in a way that is easy to understand, choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact.

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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