Lead DevOps Engineer

On behalf of Crown Commercial Services, we are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month contract based 2 days per week in Liverpool (preferably), Birmingham, Newport or Norwich. Crown Commercial Services (CCS) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK. As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government. We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers. Our Tech Stack Technologies: We use a diverse range of technologies, and we’re seeking individuals who specialise in one or more and are eager to learn new languages and frameworks. Our tech stack includes: • Cloud infrastructure: AWS, Azure • Infrastructure as code: Terraform • Containerisation: Docker, Kubernetes (primarily AWS ECS and EKS) • CI/CD deployments: Jenkins, GitHub Actions • Application code: Go, Python, JavaScript Key Responsibilities As a Lead DevOps engineer, you will: Technical • Help build and run user-centred, product-led secure web services to serve a variety of customer, supplier and internal needs • Be responsible for automating the deployment of systems that follow standard patterns, or components of systems that are more complex • Manage and support infrastructure for multiple environments through code • Build tools to automate infrastructure management tasks People • Share knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team and Digital community, both developers and non-developers, and maintain the DevOps culture. • Help with hiring, taking part in recruitment of other operations engineers and technical staff • Participate in the professional development of themselves and guide others • Participate in 2nd line support during office hours, and sometimes out of hours (by mutual agreement) Person Specification You will have: • A systematic approach to solving problems • Experience managing infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform • Experience of version control technologies such as Git • Experience with cloud providers such as AWS and Azure • Experience with a programming language such as Go, Python, Ruby or Javascript • Experience working and leading tasks in a mixed skillset team • Experience of working with container orchestration • Experience of continuous delivery methods and deployment processes • Engaging people: Building capability for all Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas. At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance. Disability Confident As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, CCS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance. Armed Forces Covenant Crown Commercial Services guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".