The Home Office’s DevOps technical teams build the tools, methodology and processes underpinning our digital products, and so their work touches the lives of millions of UK citizens every day.
我们采访了高级开发者Steve, to learn about his journey into a DevOps career at the Home Office. 往下读,听听史蒂夫的故事.
Why did you join the Home Office and what's the best thing about working here?
我以前当过警察志愿者, and the Home Office produces applications that the police use to tackle 犯罪, 所以这一直是吸引我的地方.
在这里工作最好的是培训和发展机会,以及来自我的经理和同事的鼓励,让我在职业生涯中不断进步.
你现在在做什么?
我目前正在制作管道来自动监控和提醒实时应用程序. 这意味着问题将在影响任何用户和他们的体验之前立即被发现.
Monitoring and alerting is an important aspect of the DevOps work. 我也从事自动化服务的工作,以帮助提高部门的效率,这也有利于纳税人.
What brought you to a career in Software Development and DevOps?
在担任中学数学和物理教师之后,我想要一个新的挑战. I’ve always enjoyed problem solving and did a bit of this during my maths degree at university, 它也有计算的元素. So, I decided to retrain by doing a master’s degree in computing.
I originally joined as a Senior Developer in May 2022. 然而, we needed someone to lead and support automation DevOps, 所以我有机会尝试这个角色6个月,然后再申请永久担任这个角色.
DevOps的好处是什么?
DevOps teams enable our developers to deliver high quality work. We analyse the code produced and make sure it's secure, scalable and tested before it reaches the production environment, 帮助预防问题.
What would you say to someone considering a tech role at the Home Office?
我总是鼓励我的朋友来申请这里,因为我真的很喜欢这份工作,我想他们也会的. Working here means working on projects that can make a real difference to people’s lives.
如果你想学点新东西, there's always scope for a sideways move or new opportunities to keep your career growing.
There are numerous benefits, not just in tech but across the Home Office.
工资和养老金都很有竞争力, and the holiday entitlement and flexible working opportunities are great.
在我工作过的所有地方中,我要说的是, 这是我经历过的最好的工作与生活平衡, 这是我以前的老师说的!
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