Junior DevOps/WebOps Engineer

Job summary

Join Companies House at a pivotal time as we transform our digital services to better support millions of users across the UK. As a Junior DevOps/WebOps Engineer within our Digital and Technology directorate, you’ll play a key role in delivering secure, resilient, and high-performing services that underpin the UK company register.

You’ll be part of a large, diverse, and collaborative engineering community, working in an agile environment alongside software engineers, analysts, and product teams. Together, we support and enhance a wide range of critical internal and customer-facing services, maintaining high levels of service availability and continuously improving how we deliver.

This role offers the opportunity to develop your technical skills, contribute to WebOps practices, and support service reliability through monitoring, incident management, and problem-solving. If you are customer-focused, enjoy working as part of a team, and are motivated to learn and grow while contributing to meaningful public services, we encourage you to apply.

Watch this video to find out more about working in Digital at Companies House

Why choose Companies House?

At Companies house we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work life balance and supporting colleagues to be their best in work because we know people are the key to our success.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working with no core hours (6am – 8pm flexible options)
• 30 days annual leave
• 8 bank holidays & 1 privilege day
• Enrolment into Civil Service Pension scheme average 28.97%
• On-site working available for peer led-learning enhancing professional experience and career progression

Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work

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Join our Outreach team for an informal 'Find out more' session on Tuesday 16th June between 12:30 - 13:15.

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Please note:

• Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
• Security Clearance is an essential requirement for this campaign. You'll need to have been in the UK for at least 3 out of the last 5 years to be eligible to apply for SC.
• The team for this role is based in Cardiff, and a hybrid contract will be the standard offering for this role.

Job description

As a Junior DevOps/WebOps Engineer, you will play your part in the IT Services Digital team during a period of significant transformation, supporting the delivery of secure, resilient and high-performing IT services across Companies House systems:

• Supporting maintenance, upgrades, and continuous service improvements to help ensure systems remain reliable and perform effectively
• Assisting the team in aligning services with evolving organisational and legislative priorities, including changes introduced through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act
• Supporting live services through proactive monitoring and incident resolution to maintain availability and performance
• Contributing to system upgrades, enhancements, and automation activities as your skills develop
• Supporting reporting and data management activities to help inform service performance and improvements
• Assisting with incident management through ServiceNow, contributing to issue resolution and supporting root cause analysis
• Working as part of a wider team to support the development and improvement of digital services, contributing to transformation and more efficient ways of working
• Collaborating with colleagues across IT Services, learning from experienced engineers and contributing positively to team development and wellbeing
• Participating in an on-call rota (where required) to support critical services, with appropriate support and development

You can read more about a career in Digital and Data within the Civil Service in the Government Digital and Data Candidate Information Pack.

Person specification

We are looking for someone who:

• Is keen to learn and develop, actively building their technical capability
• Takes proactive steps to get to know the working teams around them, valuing the input from other colleagues and being a positive influence to bring change and improvement in everyday tasks
• Works collaboratively to support continuous improvement initiatives, values teamwork and knowledge sharing
• Takes a proactive approach to problem-solving and service improvement
• Shows an interest in non-functional requirements, such as availability, security, and performance
• Is adaptable and able to work effectively in a changing technical environment
• Understands continuous development and delivery to support the ongoing work of the team and delivery of services to customers
• Is willing to support more experienced team members with ongoing tasks including developing fixes or enhancements

Technical skills

• Has cloud based Unix/Linus environments and database querying (SQL)
• Awareness or experience of automation and monitoring within a support environment
• Exposure to cloud-based infrastructure (e.g. AWS or similar), with an understanding of core concepts
• Knowledge of database querying and investigation (e.g. SQL or similar)
• Experience or exposure to coding or scripting (e.g. shell, Python, Java, or similar)
• An awareness of DevOps principles, tools, and ways of working
• Experience in similar or equivalent technologies will be considered

Experience

• Working collaboratively to support continuous improvement initiatives, values teamwork and knowledge sharing
• An understanding or practical experience of cloud-based (e.g AWS) Unix/Linux environments, database querying (e.g SQL) with some confidence scripting, automating and monitoring
• Experience or awareness of supporting systems in a live service environment (e.g ServiceNow), including responding to incidents or alerts
• An understanding of monitoring and maintaining system performance
• Experience assisting with data management, reporting and incident resolution
• Able to make a contribution to system builds, deployments and releases
• The ability to troubleshoot technical issues and apply logical, methodical problem-solving, including an interest in supporting root cause analysis
• Good communication skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
• A customer-focused mindset, with an awareness of the importance of reliable and accessible digital services

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

• Unix/Linux and SQL
• Automation and monitoring
• Cloud-based infrastructure

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,952, Companies House contributes £10,415 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Join Companies House and discover a role that offers more than just a job, with flexibility, career development and a genuinely supportive culture where you can thrive:

• Flexible working from day one – hybrid working, flexible hours and flexitime
• A generous, competitive package – including 30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 1 privilege day, plus family leave and sickness provision
• We invest in your future – funded training, professional qualifications and clear career progression pathways
• A modern and welcoming workplace – collaboration spaces, on-site facilities and an office you’ll enjoy
• Stand-out location benefits – including free parking in Cardiff and on-site amenities across all location
• Wellbeing at the heart of what we do – occupational health support, mental health advocates and wellbeing initiatives
• Real savings and lifestyle perks – myLifestyle discounts, gym discounts and childcare support
• A friendly, social and inclusive culture – staff networks, sports and social groups and volunteering opportunities
• Security you can count on – Civil Service Pension Scheme with employer contributions of around 28%

Find out more about our full range of benefits: Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk)

We celebrate diversity...

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at application stage, or if you'd like to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk.

Read our 'Applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS)' guide to find out how to successfully complete an application under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS).

Where will you be working?

This role is based in our Cardiff office, aligned with the key duties for this role.

We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you, however you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

What will the process look like?

Stage 1 – Sift

An initial sift of applications will be carried out to create a shortlist. This will be based on the evidence provided for the following Success Profile elements: Experience

In your application form we'd like you to:

Write a CV: tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.

Write a Personal Statement of 750 words: tell us, using examples, how you meet the following criteria:

• Working collaboratively to support continuous improvement initiatives, values teamwork and knowledge sharing
• An understanding or practical experience of cloud-based (e.g AWS) Unix/Linux environments, database querying (e.g SQL) with some confidence scripting, automating and monitoring
• Experience or awareness of supporting systems in a live service environment (e.g ServiceNow), including responding to incidents or alerts

Important information

• The content of your presentation must be your own work, please refer to our AI guidance under 'Things you need to know' section.
• Please do not include any sensitive or confidential information.
• We have provided prompts to support you in writing your personal statement.
• We'd encourage you to use the full word count, and to give us clear examples and evidence of the different elements of the essential minimum criteria.

Once the advert has closed, we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time.

We may raise the pass score required if we receive a high number of applications.

At sift we may choose to take through the highest performing candidates to the next stage. If, after the final stage is completed and roles are unfilled, we will proceed to invite lower scoring candidates to interview.

Stage 2 - Interview

Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours, Experience and Technical Skills listed in the advert, along with the Strengths.

Successful candidates from the sift stage will be invited to a virtual interview, which will be conducted using Microsoft Teams.

The lead criteria to distinguish between tied candidates will be: Working Together.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.

Dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)

• Webinar: Tuesday 16th June 2026 12:30 – 13:15
• Closing date: 28th June 23:55
• Sifting: w/c 30th June
• Interview: w/c 13th July

Sponsorship

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles, and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.

Security Clearance

Successful candidates must pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before they can be appointed.

BPSS is an entry level security check. It uses the Police National Computer (PNC) to make sure a candidate has no convictions. The check returns evidence of any current criminal record and un-spent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Check (SC) before they can be appointed.

The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

Further information on National Security Vetting

Pre-Employment Checking

In line with Government guidance, successfully appointed candidates will need to provide documents for our Right to Work checks.

From June 2026, applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). Your personal details (name, National Insurance number, and date of birth) will be checked against the Civil Service Resourcing Extract IFD.

This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued.

If your details appear on this database, you will not be offered employment unless you can demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Companies House, acting on behalf of the vacancy holder, will inform you if your application is refused for this reason.

Please note: You are not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Saskia Aubrey
• Email : saubrey@companieshouse.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitmentch@companieshouse.gov.uk

Further information

We welcome applications in Welsh / Rydym yn croesawi ceisiadau yn y Gymraeg. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact infopoint@companieshouse.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission .

info@csc.gov.uk

Civil Service Commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road SW1A 2HQ