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Salary: £55,000 upwards (Depending on experience), Internal loan Ts &Cs apply for Civil Service applicants
Contract type: 2-year fixed term appointment
Grade: Cabinet Office Band A
Number of open roles: 6+

Hours: 37 hours/week (42 hours incl. lunch)
Working pattern: flexible working, full time, part time
CV sift date and Interviews: on-going
Interview location: Aviation House, Holborn, London, WC2B 6NH.

Closing date for applications: Rolling Campaign
CV sift and Interview dates: On going

Introduction:

GDS leads digital transformation in government, collaborating with teams from other departments to help them build better public services. Alongside those departmental teams, we’re transforming government together.

We work in small, agile teams of developers, designers, content people and others. We build a minimum viable product, then iterate – always asking how we can make things better for users, who are at the centre of everything we do.

We designed, built and run GOV.UK, the best place to find government information and services. We’re building GOV.UK Verify, a new way to prove who you are online. We run the Government Data Programme, helping to make data across government easier to find, access and put to good use.

We’re building platforms that make the work of transformation easier for departments - things like GOV.UK Pay, GOV.UK Notify, and Government Platform as a Service. They’re just the first of many more to come. This is just some of what we do.

Find out more at the GDS blog.

Skills and experience

We’re looking for people with good interpersonal skills, who enjoy working on a variety of projects within a delivery focused, agile environment.

• Collaborating closely with colleagues in order to meet users’ needs
• Debugging a complex, multi-server service in a high availability environment
• Using languages such as Ruby, Python, Go, and Java within an existing, production codebase
• Using configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, etc.
• Administering common open source databases like MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
• Familiarity with network protocols – TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, etc.
• Understanding of application deployment strategies, continuous integration and version control
• Comfortable with automated testing
• Building and configuring new server platforms and the automated tooling to do so
• Operational management of Linux servers, delivering a complex web application stack

In the Civil Service we use our Competency Framework to outline expected behaviours and we will use these as part of our wider assessment during the interview process.

For this role, the following competencies are the most relevant:

• Changing and Improving
• Collaborating and Partnering
• Making Effective Decisions

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

Things you need to know

Office Location:

Holborn, London until May 2017. We're moving to the Whitechapel Building, Aldgate in June 2017.

Security and Immigration checks

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules.

If you're applying for a role requiring security clearance please be aware that foreign or dual nationality is not an automatic bar. However certain posts may have restrictions which could affect those who do not have sole British nationality or who have personal connections with certain countries outside the UK.

Selection process details

During the selection process, we will make use of the civil service competency framework, as well as technical tests and interview questions to guide our selection of candidates.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Eligibility

Candidates in their probationary period are not eligible to apply for vacancies within this department.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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 equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Contact point for applicants

For further information regarding this role please contact GDS Recruitment.

Further information

For more information such as the detailed job description and a Cabinet Office Information Pack please visit the Civil Service jobs site.

All Civil Servants will adhere to the 'Civil Service code’, which outlines the Civil Service's core values, and the standards of behaviour expected of all civil servants in upholding these values.

Note for Civil Servants - Existing staff and Civil Servants should note that, if successful, their salary on appointment would normally be determined by applying the Cabinet Office usual salary progression rules. If the appointment is on level transfer your substantive salary (excluding any allowances) will remain unchanged (unless it exceeds the maximum stated within the Cabinet Office pay band) and unless the successful candidate's current salary is below the relevant Cabinet Office grade minimum. If the appointment is on temporary or substantive promotion the successful candidate's salary will be increased by the appropriate promotion percentage or moved to the minimum of the relevant Cabinet Office grade minimum, whichever is the greater.

Note for all Applicants - This post is open to UK Nationals, Commonwealth Citizens, EEA Nationals of other member states and certain non-EEA family members. There must be no employment restriction or time limit on your permitted stay in the UK. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least 3 years and in some cases 5 or even 10 years preceding your application due to the requirement to have a checkable history for security vetting purposes. If you answer 'No' to the questions regarding nationality then it is unlikely your application will be pursued. If you are unsure as to your eligibility on any of these points, please contact [email protected] for clarification or advice.