Details
Reference number
381346
Salary
£30,958
This role attracts a non-pensionable IT allowance of up to £4,609 and an on-call allowance of up to £4,000 which are payable upon meeting qualifying criteria.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Job grade
Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
HMLR - Transformation and Technology
Type of role
Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of jobs available
1
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About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location
Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ
About the job
Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the IT Operations Practice at HM Land Registry (HMLR) for a Cloud Engineer. If you want to be instrumental in providing technical support for maintenance of IT infrastructure and platforms, we would love to hear from you.

It's an exciting time to join us as we continue on a major digital transformation programme. Our software systems form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at £7 trillion, enabling over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.

Job description

The IT Operations Practice are responsible for the performance and delivery of all technical infrastructure which underpins and supports the organisation. It consists of a number of technical teams which provide support, monitor, and operate technical solutions.

In this key role, you will contribute to the planning and management of technical changes and pro-actively support live services. You will take ownership of resolving live incidents or escalating them when necessary. Additionally, you will support continuous enhancements to live services and systems to prevent service outage. Your responsibilities will include building, maintaining, and supporting Linux servers hosted on AWS and VMware virtualised environments, adhering to DevOps methodologies.

Person specification

To meet the requirements of this role, you will have a working knowledge in at least three of the following:

Working in a Devops environment
Windows or Azure environments
Deploying to Cloud Hosting providers
Infrastructure as code and automation/orchestration technologies, such as pipelines, Terraform.
Experience of programming (e.g., Python / PHP / Ruby / Java
Linux operating systems
Knowledge of supporting production IT Services.

We are seeking candidates with experience of high-level planning and managing technical changes, as well as the ability to gather and analyse technical information and solve problems. Effective communication skills, including the ability to interact and build working relationships with engineers and other stakeholders is essential.

HMLR believe that a blended approach to where you work that enables some time working from home, as well as in the office may give you an improved experience and has clear business benefits. We expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office. Beyond this expectation, there is no one size fits all approach (and we can spend up to 100% working in the office if we prefer).

For more information about the role, please see the attached candidate pack.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Holds a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (degree level or equivalent) or experience in an IT field.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £30,958, HM Land Registry contributes £8,968 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

We have integrity - we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
We drive innovation - we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
We are professional - we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
We give assurance - we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.

Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Please cut and paste an anonymous CV into the online application form when prompted and include your qualifications and career history.

Please complete the technical question (in no more than 250 words) as requested:

Holds a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (degree level or equivalent) or experience in an IT field.

The personal statement section (in no more than 750 words) must be used to provide details of how you meet the essential experience criteria listed below:

1. You will have a working knowledge in at least three of the following:

Working in a Devops environment
Windows or Azure environments
Deploying to Cloud Hosting providers
Infrastructure as code and automation/orchestration technologies, such as pipelines, Terraform.
Experience of programming (e.g., Python / PHP / Ruby / Java
Linux operating systems
Knowledge of supporting production IT Services.

In the event of a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to assess against the technical criteria listed above.

Please review your application form before clicking 'submit' - once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications - this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview which will take place week commencing Monday 6 January 2025 (subject to change).

The blended interview will assess the experience and behaviours listed in the job description, as well as the strengths associated with the role. We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don't advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

The post will require a Security Check and will therefore be subject to further background checks, including meeting the UK minimum residency requirement of 5 years. Further details of the process and checks can be found here.

Please note, the Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the entire recruitment process are of your own experience. HM Land Registry take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Any detected instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating, including the use of artificial intelligence, will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK . click apply for full job details