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  • Technical
    DevOps Engineer

    We are looking for an experienced Dev Ops Engineer who can contribute to Government services for the UK. You will be working with microservices across multiple delivery teams. Day-to-day you will be using your experience and technical skills to support the programme to design, implement, operate and evolve new and existing services and infrastructure.Range of desired skills:Experience in DevOps using open-source technologies and cloud platforms Recent experience in designing and building CI/CD solutions using both open-source tools (e.g. GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins, Drone and Nexus) and native capability (e.g. Commit, Code Pipeline, Code Deploy and Code Build).  Experience of working with Cloud technologies, (AWS, Azure, Private Cloud). Experience with Kong API gateway and service mesh Scripting abilities (Python, PowerShell, Bash) and proven ability to use APIs to automate tooling, delivery pipelines and operational support. Experience with Automation and associated tooling. Experience of implementing, supporting and using configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef. Experience in test automation, frameworks and tooling, (Junit, Cucumber, Selenium, JMeter, Maven). Experience in using SQL and NOSQL databases. Experience with templating tools (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation) to deploy infrastructure and images. Experience of service monitoring tools including Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK – Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana), Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana and Prometheus. Deployment of Docker containers (micro services) with Helm and Kubernetes (or Red Hat OpenShift). Experience with Infrastructure as Code and tooling (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM). Experience working in complex, Agile delivery environments. 

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  • Technical
    Senior Digital Java Developer

    We're looking for a Senior Java Developer for a large Central Government Department. Skills and Experience:Experience with Java 11 (or later). Excellent understanding of TDD and BDD. Experience with large microservice architectures. Experience of working in an Agile environment. Be willing to work in a pair programming environment. Have experience in implementing APIs for internal and external use. Have the skills to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment. Be involved in the wider web development community, identifying good practices we can adopt and sharing our experiences. Be knowledgeable of tools and techniques used within the wider team. Take part in 2nd-line support of applications and platforms, including occasional support outside of office hours. Have an ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience. Have working knowledge of Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and/or Mac OS X. Have the ability to quickly research and learn new programming tools and techniques. Understand of the use of Responsive Web Design. It would also be desirable to have:Knowledge of Jackson, JAX-RS, mocking frameworks such as Mockito, and messaging platforms such as ActiveMQ or Kafka. Experience of MongoDB or other document databases. Experience of building and scaling high-traffic websites. Experience of handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage.

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  • Technical
    Lead Technical Architect

    Are you a skilled Lead Technical Architect with experience of working in a large and complex IT environment? Join an exciting project with a large Central Government department transforming public services. Skills and Experience Needed:Cloud Architect experience Experience of MDM (Mobile device Management IOS and Android Previous experience in a Lead Technical Architect role in a large and complex  Experience in infrastructure architect with good knowledge of windows server, networking, firewalls, VPN and load balancers Experience as application architecture including API driven architecture, NodeJS and CI/CD deployment strategy Experience with security architecture including Zero trust architecture, data ingress and egress controls, utilising risk management, cyber resiliency and threat intelligence Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards. Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice 4Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Agile / DevOps delivery methodologies and best practice. Technical authoring skills, particularly for the production of technical design and specification documents

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  • Incident Response Engineer

    Our E-Commerce client is seeking a Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Engineer. You will have the opportunity to build innovative solutions to identify and mitigate information-security threats and work collaboratively to creatively solve complex security problems in a heterogeneous environment.   Your skills, vision, tenacity, and passion will help defend and respond daily to keep ecritical information assets away from threats and hackers. This specific position requires the ability to work Swing and/or Graveyard shifts with rotations into Day shift. Core Job Functions include: Investigating computer and information security incidents to determine extent of compromise to information and automated information systems Responding to escalated events from security tooling to develop/execute security controls, Defense/countermeasures to prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate company email, data, e-commerce and web-based systems. Researching attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and designs countermeasures. Education - maintaining proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer network vulnerabilities, data hiding and network security and encryption. Communications – Provides information and updates to shift leads & leadership, creates pass-downs for next shift, work closely with supporting teams, provide feedback for new security policy and standards, engage with other teams and adjacencies through email and conference calls. Digital Forensics – As it relates to information systems, performs HR investigations and legal holds in a forensically sound manner. Consults with HR and legal subject matter experts to adhere to local country law Coverage – Must be willing to perform shift work, weekends, and holidays as well as participate in a rotating shift consisting of four (4) 10 hour shifts with four days on, three (3) days off and possible rotations across Day, Swing, and Graveyard shifts as needed. You'll need: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field. Experience in incident detection and response, malware analysis, or digital forensics. At least one (1) of the following certifications: SANS GIAC: GCED, GCIA, GPEN, GWAPT, GSNA, GPPA, GAWN, GWEB, GNFA, GREM, GXPN, GMON, GCIH ISC2: CCFP, CCSP, CISSP Cisco: CCNA, CCNP CERT: CSIH EC Council: CEH, ENSA, CNDA, ECSS, ECSP, ECES, CHFI, LPT, ECSA, or ECIH Offensive Security: OSCP, OSCE, OSWP and OSEE Digital Forensics: EnCE, CB, MiCFE, ACE, GCFA, GCFE As well as experience with: Incident Response – Getting people to do the right thing in the middle of an investigation. Offensive Techniques – Penetration testing, IOCs, and exploits at all layers of the stack. Logs - you should be comfortable with a SEIM to be able to gather and analyze logs to recreate incidents and hunt for threats. System Forensics – Basic understanding of image acquisition techniques, memory forensics, and the like. Networking Fundamentals - TCP/IP Protocols (HTTP, DNS, FTP, DHCP, ARP, etc.), and Wireshark/TCPDump. Scripting – Should be familiar with scripting in at least one of the following: python, perl or a similar language. Risk Analysis – Taking a vulnerability in a particular environment and understanding the practical associated risk.

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  • Product & Delivery
    MS Dynamics 365 Business Analyst

    We are looking for a Business Analyst with extensive MS Dynamics 365 experience to work with on a service at a Central Government agency. This role includes supporting D365 CRM, specification, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), change requests, and driving platform adoption. You will collaborate with internal teams to gather clear requirements, develop prototypes, and propose operational solutions. This role demands adaptability to evolving priorities and close collaboration with internal teams.

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  • Technical
    Physical Data Model (PDM) Developer

    Join a fast-paced PDM team at a Central Governmnet department, responsible for the development and maintenance of the physical data model. This includes management of all the databases that the model resides within and some of the Azure data services that exist in the ecosystem. Key Responsibilities: Perform updates and changes to the physical data modelCreating and updating Postgres functions (stored procedures)Be an SME on the Physical Data Model to become a trusted advisor to other teams that have data requirements and translate these into database function(s)Collaborate with the Data Architect to improve the PDM and surrounding processesSupport and mentor members of the Physical Data Model teamWork with the team to develop issues in Jira that are ready for developmentWorking closely with the Logical Data Model (LDM) team on collaborative tasks and helping keep both teams alignedContribution to Data workshops with key stakeholders across business, data and system areas helping to formalise and document requirements. (Multi-Vendor Environment).Development of data architecture and design artefacts aligned to VOA standards.Refining of SQL queries and functions to be more performantAssisting teams in data migrations activitiesPerforming impact analysis on releases to pre-empt any issues these may cause and performing deploymentsYou'll need:Experience of working with generic/abstract data modelsExperience with data modelling toolsExperience creating and maintaining data and design artefactsStrong problem-solving abilities in the context of complex data modelsStrong experience with SQL (we use PostgreSQL but SQL Server or PL-SQL should be cross-trainable)Experience creating and tuning complex SQL queries (e.g. self-referencing hierarchies, KVP structures)

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  • Product & Delivery
    Senior Business Analyst

    We're looking for a Senior Business Analyst with business and technical change experience to join a Public Sector organisation.  Skills and experience:  Experience of managing and mentoring a team of Business Analysts with mix of experience levels Design experience in large complex projects/programmes Strong Communication Skills  Standard MS Office Desirable:  Project Management qualifications Experience of digital transformation within a public sector environment Experience of implementing a records management system MS Project online

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  • User-Centred Design
    Content Designer

    We're hiring a Content Designer for a large Central Government department project. You need to have previous Central Government experience and be comfortable working to GDS Service Standards. Skills:  Agile working (content design). You are aware of and understand agile methodology and can apply an agile mindset to your work. You can work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and use an iterative and flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. You are unafraid to take risks, willing to learn from mistakes and appreciate the importance of agile project delivery to digital projects in government.  Content concepts and prototyping. You understand different prototyping techniques, from paper sketches to coded prototypes and can use them to visualise content in context. You can choose the best option to make content understandable to different audiences and to demonstrate a proposed approach to content changes or improvements. You can show the value of prototyping to the team.  User focus. You can identify tasks that will provide insights into a problem. You can formulate hypotheses, gain insights from data and user research and make decisions on findings. You understand the range of different users who might access content and services and can identify their needs based on evidence. You can translate user stories into content that meets users’ needs and propose suitable design approaches. You can use quantitative and qualitative data about users to turn user insights into outcomes.  User-centred content design. You design content to meet user needs and make complex language and processes easy to understand. You can present the right information in the right format for what users need. You have robust experience of writing, editing and publishing digital content with experience of using content management systems and content production processes to publish content. You write in plain language in a way that users understand, making information accessible to all. You understand government accessibility requirements and can design content that works with common assistive technologies. You use data, research and evidence to review and evaluate content to make improvements. You consistently and effectively apply content standards and style guidelines to your work. You work to continuously improve content and understand why content lifecycle management is important. You can work autonomously.

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  • SC Cleared Oracle SQL Developer

    Join a UK Government agency offering an exciting opportunity for dynamic professionals to contribute to their evolving DevOps landscape.  As an SC Cleared Oracle SQL Developer, you will be responsible for: Helping maintain and evolve the DevOps process for Metis customers. Being actively involved in the DevOps transformation journey from L3 to DevOps. Providing on-call support as required. Key skills: •  CI/CD  •  DevOps  •  Helm  •  Oracle  •  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure  •  SQL  •  Terraform

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