Graduate / Junior DevOps Engineer

Explore the limits of technology and discover the unexpected

We create and maintain bespoke software products that help our customers protect national security – both at home and overseas.

From start to finish, you’ll be involved in the whole process. You’ll work with Developers, Support Engineers and Infrastructure Engineers. And you’ll be responsible for the development and operation of software through tools, writing software that underpins many of our key products and unique solutions.

Using your technical knowledge and ideas, you’ll create, maintain, deploy and manage bespoke software products that help our customers protect the UK and its people. You’ll come up with innovative new features, increase reliability, collaborating on module design to assess and fix problems. Whether in the Secure Communications team, or the Android Security team, your work will deliver impact here unlike anywhere else.

Technical skills

We use the DDaT DevOps Engineer Role. That means we need you to already be able to:

• Design, develop and test software in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, or Python.
• Develop for at least one of: Windows, Linux, macOS or Android.

These are desirable – they’d strengthen your application

• A relevant 2:2 degree or relevant equivalent work experience.
• Scripting skills using PowerShell, Perl, or Bash.
• The ability to understand and debug others’ software.
• Experience of Unit Testing and Static Analysis.
• Experience of automation tools (Ansible, Puppet).

Your Personal skills

• You love learning. You’re always improving both your technical and non-technical skills.
• You work well with other skilled engineers, combining your collective knowledge to produce better results.
• You see things through to the end. You’ve got the drive to finish projects to a high standard without getting stuck on adding extra features.
• You enjoy coming up with innovative solutions to hard problems. And you know when to step away from best practice.
• You’re always on top of your workload. So you can adapt to changing demands on your time.
• You can put a plan in place to make improvements.

Putting your skills to use

Using your skills and knowledge, you’ll:

• Design, develop and document software.
• Test modules through functional tests and code reviews.
• Support products and investigate reported issues.
• Contribute to project meetings.

What we offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you’ll be doing, here’s what we can offer you:

• 25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
• 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
• 2½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
• 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
• Paid overtime or Time Off in Lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, and sometimes it’s needed, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
• Training. Lots of training. This can be anything from a half day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
• Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s generous and easy to set up.
• Sports & Social Society. Classic cars or baking. Golf or crafting. Or something in between, we have a society for you.
• On-site nursery (subject to availability).
• Free parking.
• Free on-site gym, open 24 hours a day.
• Relocation Package.*
• Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LBGTQ and/or BAME. We foster an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

About HMGCC

We’re HMGCC, His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre. You may not have heard of us before – that’s because our only customers are other UK Government Departments. Using our collective expertise, we develop communication systems for our customers that are innovative, reliable and totally secure to protect national security at home and overseas.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; so you can reach your full potential at work, and enjoy your work/life balance.

Find out more about us here.

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion & Diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

HMGCC is proud to hold the status of Disability Confident Employer. In line with this, we offer the Disability Confident - Offer of Interview. Find out more and how you can apply under this scheme on our website here.

The Process

You’ll complete a short application form and complete an online programming test. This will assess your problem solving, debugging and diagnostics skills. If successful, you will be invited to interview.

Your technical and HR interviews will be held virtually; if you are successful at that stage, you will be invited to a final interview face to face.

Apply now

Please be advised you may only apply to one role at a time with our organisation.

Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed. They respond to everyone.

Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.

• If you are moving to the area then we can discuss the possibility of a relocation package.