Senior Infrastructure Engineer Enterprise Monitoring & Performance BPDTS Ltd
Reference
BPDTS 54.19
Number of vacancies
3
Location
Blackpool, Manchester & Newcastle
Salary
Up to £72,312
Work hours
37.5
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
Our flexible benefits package includes employer pension contributions of up to 10%, a performance related annual bonus of up to 10%, and lots more…
Closing date
14 May 2019
Job description
Want to be part of something really big?
If you’re creative and curious to learn, want to be empowered to make decisions and challenge the norm, and want to bring BIG ideas to a MASSIVE digital challenge then you’ll love it here. And we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for 3 talented and driven individuals to work as Senior Infrastructure Engineers in the enterprise tooling team. This team is responsible for the provision of a technical capability to allow monitoring and performance of Applications, Networks, Storage and other critical infrastructure across the estate, working closely with a wide variety of technical teams and business stakeholders
You and your role
Whilst all the roles are technical in nature, for one of the roles we are seeking someone to take on a more product ownership role, which will require the individual to look at vendor product roadmaps, and work with DWP colleagues to understand the strategic demand for products and services.
This role will still require a good range of technical knowledge to allow an informed decision using knowledge of the wider infrastructure building blocks allowing DWP to intercept and implement improved value to DWP.
The remaining two roles will be more hands on, and require individuals experienced in assessing, designing, implementing and supporting a broad range of products and services used in enterprise environments.
You will work with us on one of the largest transformation programmes in Europe, providing services that have far-reaching and pivotal roles in citizens’ lives. We know that better digital services in government will mean better public services, with the power to make a difference to lives of 22 million UK citizens. Our fast-growing digital community is driving that change.
Our model of assignment means that over time and subject to business needs there will be opportunities to undertake varied roles across different delivery areas, where you will be fully supported in developing your skills.
What are we looking for?
Essential Skills
• Demonstrate Significant Experience in product management, developing standard/repeatable services, with substantiation of successful track record;
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of IT Infrastructure services or applications within a large scale organisation in a third line engineering context, including;
• Infrastructure Monitoring and Management
• Application Performance Monitoring
• Network Performance Monitoring
• Data Centre Infra Monitoring and Management
• Software Asset Management
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of leading the troubleshooting and resolution of complex issue across multiple enterprise tooling domains;
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of effectively communicating at different levels, across support and engineering, business users, architecture and suppliers;
• Industry recognised certification in an enterprise tooling product or equivalent skills
• ITIL qualifications or equivalent experience / skill
Desirable Skills:
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of design, engineering and consultancy of enterprise tooling, including elements such as event management, service management, discovery, application performance management, business intelligence, network and system configuration, service automation or CMDB;
• Technical Product knowledge
• BMC TrueSight
• DynaTrace Application Performance Management
• NetScout
• SNOW
• iQuate
• Nlyte DCIM
For the Product Owner role you will:
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of providing leadership, line management and thought leadership to assist in the development of an enterprise tooling strategy;
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of design and engineering including the application of industry recognised security techniques to handle sensitive data;
• Demonstrate Significant Experience of delivering solutions within an agile framework.
Where will you work?
BPDTS Ltd provides dedicated services to the Department for Work and Pensions. Our digital, data and technology specialists work closely with experts in DWP Digital’s community to make digital services quicker, simpler and more efficient for the millions of people that use them.
You’ll join us in one of our easy-to-reach digital hubs in either Manchester, Newcastle or Blackpool.
Each of our nationwide hubs has been designed for and by members of our digital community. We provide the latest tech and tooling and foster a collaborative culture to help our agile, multi-disciplinary teams think big and try new things.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.
What is our offer?
• We’ll reward you with a very competitive salary of up to £ 72,312
• You will be eligible for a pension with employer contributions of up to 10%
• We can offer you a performance related annual bonus of up to 10%
• We’ll help you balance your life and work
• We’ll give you a generous leave allowance, with the option to buy and sell extra days
We also offer much more as part of a flexible benefits package – including a cycle to work scheme and lots of family friendly perks – which can be tailored to your lifestyle.
Building our future
We believe the work we do really matters, so we’re serious about investing in you.
You’ll have access to a huge suite of training and learning opportunities to complement the new skills you’ll acquire on the job. You’ll get the chance to share knowledge with colleagues from across our digital communities, and to grow your skills through our coaching and mentoring programmes.
Hit APPLY for more information and to continue your application on our careers page. There you will also find candidate pack with more information, which you can download by clicking the ‘Candidate Information Pack’ button.
You’ll need to register (you can use your LinkedIn profile) and then complete a short application form where you’ll upload a CV. For further info click apply or contact viv.vayapooree@dwp.gov.uk