Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Pay up to £68,517, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will work in an agile multidisciplinary team building and operating products and services that are consumed by the rest of DWP Digital. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab or equivalent. Writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code. Azure Networking. Developing and supporting Azure cloud-based or containerised applications. Writing and maintaining Python, or a similar programming language. You and your role You will build centralised, shared cloud infrastructure services that allow application teams to build, deploy and scale applications quickly to serve our citizens. Our infrastructure hosts applications that serve 22 million people each year. You will design, implement, administer and support cloud infrastructure technologies, solutions and services such as: Networking and Cloud connectivity. Continuous integration. Infrastructure as Code. PaaS and SaaS services. You will be working across one or more of these services, liaising with other technical teams, with the autonomy to identify and build the right solution to meet user needs. This role does have line-management responsibilities, and you would provide technical support and assistance to junior team-members. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,517. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £15,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application