About the job

Summary

The Cabinet Office’s Chief Digital Information Office (CDIO) and Government Digital Service (GDS) directorates lead the digital transformation of the UK government so that it works better for everyone.

Following our Government Design Principles, we deliver platforms, standards and digital services to help departments transform how they work and meet the needs of their users.

Our work is user-focused, touching the lives of millions of UK citizens on a daily basis and our culture is dynamic and forward-looking, making our organisation an exciting, rewarding and innovative place to work.

Find out more at the GDS Blog or the Design in Government blog.

Job description

We’re looking for people with good interpersonal skills who enjoy working in a delivery focused, agile environment to work on one of our delivery teams.

As a Site Reliability Engineer in the Cabinet Office, you will:

• automate tasks, deployments, and tests by creating infrastructure as code, taking responsibility for the quality of code you produce

• act as a digital ambassador, supporting recruitment, identifying good practices to adopt and sharing experiences, eg through blog posts, tech talks at conferences etc

• take responsibility for solving complex issues

• share knowledge among teams, ensuring that your team is understood by others and understanding the working of the wider organisation

***For more information on what you'll do as a Site Reliability Engineer, click the apply button***

Responsibilities

We’re interested in people who want to use their skills and experience to make a genuine difference and:

• are experienced with UNIX-like operating systems and technologies used for web applications, e.g Linux, databases, backups, CDNs

• can demonstrate a working familiarity with at least one programming language such as Ruby, Java, Python, Javascript, Go

• are experienced with AWS and the use of orchestration tools such as Terraform, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes

• have familiarity with working practices such as test driven development, continuous integration and continuous delivery

***For further information on this role and the application process please click the apply link***

Benefits

• civil service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

• 25 days annual leave + an extra day off for the Queen's birthday - increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service

• an environment with flexible working options including hybrid working

• learning and development tailored to your role

• a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

• interest free season ticket, tenancy deposits and holiday advances

• bike loans

• eye care vouchers

Any move to our department 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. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk