Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

DWP Digital; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government digital service provider in the UK is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join their Hybrid Cloud Services team. This role involves developing and maintaining digital solutions, automation with Python and Bash, and managing cloud infrastructure using tools like Terraform and GitLab. The position offers competitive pay, flexible working hours, and a generous benefits package including a pension and ample holidays.

Benefits

Civil service pension contributions

Generous leave package

Flexible working policies

Volunteering time off

Professional development opportunities

Interest-free loans for commuting

Qualifications

• Experience in modern cloud environments.
• Ability to design with resilience and security.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement best practices for systems and services.
• Work with stakeholders to set priorities.
• Respond to incidents and improve infrastructure.

Skills

Automation using scripts (Python, Bash)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

CI/CD pipelines management

Cloud infrastructure services management

Troubleshooting alerts

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

GitLab

Job description

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Pay up to £52,442 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, within our Hybrid Cloud Services team.

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?

• Develop, implement, maintain, and review systems and services to ensure delivery of best practices whilst working with stakeholders at all levels to set priorities, objectives, and timescales.
• Identifying and automating toil where appropriate, to improve efficiency, and experience automating tasks with scripts, using Python and Bash.
• Writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or equivalent.
• Managing and maintaining cloud infrastructure services and cloud networking.
• Experience responding to alerts and performing troubleshooting using runbooks.

You and your role

We're looking for Cloud Infrastructure Engineers who thrive in modern cloud environments and enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges. You'll be hands‑on with AWS, Azure or GCP using infrastructure‑as‑code, CI/CD pipelines and cloud‑native networking to build and maintain secure, scalable platforms. You'll design with resilience and security in mind, embedding controls to mitigate threats and ensure our services stay reliable and performant. Expect to work closely with other engineering teams, with the autonomy to shape solutions that meet real user needs.

You’ll be part of the team that keeps DWP's cloud services running smoothly, supporting live products, responding to incidents and continuously improving our infrastructure. We're big on automation and self‑service, so you'll help create repeatable solutions that accelerate development and reduce manual effort. If you enjoy monitoring cloud environments, solving problems before they escape and making a real impact through tech, this is the place to do it.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location:

You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is more convenient for you.

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 £52,442.

Pension:

You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £12,000 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 is 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.