Senior Development Operations (devops) Engineer

Description:

The Resources Directorate provides corporate support to the Mayor and the Assembly and is responsible for the following functions: finance, legal, procurement, internal audit, technology group (TG) and facilities management (FM). The Directorate’s Executive Director also acts as the Authority’s chief finance officer and manages the Authority’s shared services arrangement with TfL to provide legal and procurement advice.

About the team

The GLA’s Digital Experience Unit is responsible for the delivery of all internal and external digital products and services at the GLA.

The unit is responsible for the design, delivery, and management of dozens digital, data and technology services that support the delivery of the functions of the Mayor and the Assembly; and, in doing so, directly serve Londoners.

The GLA’s largest and most visible digital products – London.gov.uk, the London Datastore and Talk London – are used by millions of Londoners every year and provide the GLA with platforms for communications, convening, public engagement, data and information-sharing, and transparency. These services support delivery, scrutiny, and democratic engagement at scale and at a low cost per user compared to non-digital channels and services.

This role will sit within the Delivery team, and report into Head of Delivery. The post will work very closely with inhouse and third-party development and testing suppliers.

About the role

The GLA has been at the forefront of digital and data innovation in London since its inception – will you join us as we make an exciting step change in our digital capability?

Digital and data services play a critical role in enabling the delivery of the functions of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly – and it’s critical to ensure these are reliable and of high quality.

As the Development/Operations (Dev Ops) Engineer in our Delivery team you will be responsible for all development and test environments, assist with transition of systems to Production and ensuring that our most complex and business-critical products can be relied upon by users.

You will have extensive experience of developing and continuously providing technical support for testing and QA, deployment automation/Continuous Integration, and release management.