Job summary The Trainee Information Systems (TIS) Programme supports and develops a range of products and services that help users manage the administration of NHS trainees and learners who are supported by NHS England.
The team develops and maintain several systems, with most of our users interacting with web applications.
Our systems are used to support more that 60,000 doctors, dentists and other health professionals through significant training programmes.
We connect information from the Electronic Staff Record, the General Medical Council and other recruitment and training systems to simplify the management of those trainees.
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for the application of the cloud well-architected framework and optimisation of cloud infrastructure.
They will provide professional guidance as line manager for other DevOps engineers across in the team.
We are expanding our multi-disciplinary product teams and embracing user-centred design within the context of the Government Digital Service Standard.
TIS is a national team and although we have two "hubs" in London and Manchester, you can base yourself from any NHS England office across the country subject to approval.
Main duties of the job As the leader for DevOps across TIS, you will: be hands on with the development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) ensure reliable system operations, using implementation of telemetry, monitoring and response for live services, maintain and work against medium to long-term plans to improve automated Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, support and develop the capability of engineers and developers across TIS to create positive outcomes for end users, improve quality, feedback loops and boost productivity across teams in TIS, contribute to embedding an agile mindset and approach focused on improving outcomes.
You will have an excellent understanding of the following technology: Terraform & Ansible, GitHub & GitHub Actions, AWS cloud native services Docker, Management of applications written in languages such as Java, TypeScript, Python You will also have experience in a number of the technologies we use (see below).
About us The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by: Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met.
To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher.
You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description Job responsibilities You understand and will coach DevOps engineers and development teams in DevOps practices and principals such as the 3 ways.
DevOps engineers are embedded in other teams and you will be responsible for setting standards and ensuring the quality of their work is maintained at a high standard.
Youll be hands on with the development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), improvement of automated Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to improve quality, feedback loops and boost productivity across teams in TIS.
You will be responsible for the management of system operations, using implementation of telemetry, monitoring and response services.
You will involve and empower development teams.
You will help them ensure the entire suite of TIS products are served by an efficient and reliable infrastructure that is responsive to changing demands and needs.
You select and work with the right technology sets for the context.
Currently we use: Technology we use include:Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Jenkins, Linux (Ubuntu), Apache, MySQL, GitHub, MongoDB, Gradle, Maven, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Neo4J, RabbitMQ, SonarCloud, Java, TypeScript, Python.
We are making greater use of AWS Services:ECS, EC2, S3, ECR, SES, SQS, SNS, IAM, Lambda, Elasticache (Redis), RDS, DocumentDB, DMS, VPC, Route53, Cloudfront, API-Gateway, Certificate Manager, Cognito, EBS, X-Ray, Cloudwatch, Cloudformation, Systems manager, Trusted Advisor, CloudTrail, Kinesis, Opensearch, Secrets Manager, WAF, Cost Explorer, Amplify, Amazon MQ, AWS Transfer (SFTP) You are key to maintaining a good relationship with the rest of the technology organisation and help to resolve issues with colleagues.
You will be confident working with users and using a variety of tools and techniques to understand and address their problems and challenges within their context.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Higher degree in technical subject or equivalent experience Desirable Further evidence of professional development in cloud technology Knowledge & Skills Essential Major Cloud Providers and Services DevOps practices Desirable Communication, Presentation and Mentoring Experience Essential Significant experience of developing and maintaining cloud services and architecture Planning and end-to-end delivery of major infrastructure changes Desirable Line Management of DevOps engineers