Job Description
Job title –AWS Cloud Architect
Profession- Cloud Architect
Directorate– Technology
Full Time equivalent- 37.5 hours
No of Roles– 1
Contract Type– Permanent
Location– Home Working / Office Hybrid
UKHSA offers hybrid working or home working for its employees – this means that whilst the role will be based in one of our UKHSA offices, there will be opportunities for an element of working from home. The balance between home and workplace working is to be agreed with the line manager, determined primarily by business need and in line with departmental policy. Some business travel will be required to other UKHSA offices. Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available
Working Pattern– Full Time / Hybrid Working
Grade & Salary –Grade 7. National banding - £49,592 - £58,769 per annum. Outer London -£51,494- £60,528 per annum. Inner London - £53,396 - £62,286 per annum.
New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.
The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.
For further details please refer to the Information Sheet- Starting Salaries & Benefits attachment
To be responsible for the design, deployment, configuration and administration of UKHSA AWS Public-Private Hybrid Cloud Computing infrastructure (IaaS and PaaS).
Provide technical leadership for designing UKHSA’s scalable infrastructure solutions ensuring high-availability of the systems and ensuring security policies are implemented at every layer.
Work closely with the Enterprise Architects and other HPC and Hosting team members to provide a holistic approach in implementing a full end-to-end infrastructure as a code capability to manage large, hybrid and geographically distributed systems.
Solid understanding of DevOps and related principles, and demonstrable experience with complex CI/CD implementations.
Hands-on experience with a range of AWS services in production environments - primarily the compute, networking, storage, database, security and IAM, and management tools service groups.
The post holder will report into the “Technology - Team Manager: Hosting Infrastructure .
- Be responsible for the design, installation, configuration and administration of AWS Cloud Computing infrastructures, based on the IaaS and PaaS ecosystem.
- Contribute to the planning, design, implementation and post implementation tasks for the organisation's cloud computing technologies.
- Expand and improve the current infrastructure code base using modern infra-ascode patterns and automate any maintenance routines to support day to day activities.
- Ability to develop code to manage infrastructure resources as code, using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible/Puppet, Python, Powershell and GitLab/GitHub.
- Design, plan, implement and manage infrastructure monitoring systems to support business continuity, performance and capacity planning.
- Lead the drive towards automation, reducing the management overhead and developing a more self-sufficient infrastructure (ie: high-availability and load balancing capabilities).
- Identify opportunities for technology improvements, provide supporting evidence, providing expert advice and actively supporting knowledge-sharing initiatives in areas of responsibility.
- Contribute to standards, policies, guidelines and procedures defining the usage of cloud resources and services.
- Help to develop policies and procedures for cloud infrastructure security. Provide technical leadership for cloud infrastructure security initiatives, working closely with security colleagues and ensuring that security remains a primary objective for UKHSA Technology.
Essential Criteria
- Appropriate AWS certifications
- Must have previous experience of managing systems for a large user base
- High level of organisational, time management and prioritisation skills to manage own workload and conflicting demands technical documentation authoring skills
- High level of expertise in the design and implementation of public cloud infrastructure . The ability to work across a range of technologies to form an understanding of an entire technology stack for applications and to carry out tasks including but not limited to:
o Understanding network topologies and network requirements.
o Designing for Inherent security
o Performing systems health monitoring and configuration, server scans, diagnostic tasks, event log correlation, performance monitoring and remediation.
o Ongoing performance analysis and reporting.
o Networking and Firewalls
- Strong technical background in Linux and Microsoft technologies:
- Experience with deploying services in Azure and/or AWS using templates and automation tools. • Knowledge of IaC, using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible/Puppet, Python, Powershell and GitLab/GitHub.
- Understanding of inclusion and diversity
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues at all levels or hierarchy
- Conflict resolution skills and collaborative working
Desirable Criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Experience of business procurement processes and rules
- Experience with cloud-based service platforms. i.e. Demonstrate knowledge of cloud PaaS SQL, DBaaS Services
- Database clustering: HA, and distributed active/active system
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Selection Process
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Strengths
This part of the selection process should outline how you consider your skills, experience and achievements, and provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria outlined.
You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in sifting process and will be scored.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 wordsproviding examples of how you meet the essential criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role. We suggest using the STAR (situation, task, action, result) method to demonstrate real-life examples for the specified essential criteria. Please note, only information provided within the stated word count will be considered.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
All candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be invited to a remote interview via teams. You will be required to complete a presentation for this role
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Changing & Improving
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
- Alongside your salary of £49,592, UK Health Security Agency contributes £13,390 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Range of health and wellbeing support
Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS -People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run aDisability Confident Scheme (DCS)for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
It’s important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details –Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
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