EOI - Infrastructure Engineer

Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to act as a technical leader, balancing strategic oversight with hands-on guidance. You will work with Technical Architects to translate complex designs into live operations and ensure infrastructure supports critical services.

You will direct a team of specialists, manage third-party providers, and drive infrastructure programmes across the service life cycle to deliver robust, scalable solutions for the department's

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Manage third-party infrastructure services and provide expert technical guidance to develop architectural solutions across the product life cycle.
• Collaborate with technical architects and specialists to translate high-level designs into live, stable operational environments.
• Drive the successful execution of infrastructure programmes and projects to meet core organisational objectives.
• Direct and lead infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, and maintaining solutions in strict accordance with departmental policies.
• Ensure internal user services and public-facing services are underpinned by infrastructure designed, built, and supported to exceptionally high standards.
• Act as a senior technical leader within IT Operations, champion engineering standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide regular updates to the Head of Technology Operations & Strategy regarding project progress and infrastructure stability.

Job description

As Infrastructure Engineer, you will act as a technical leader balancing strategic oversight with hands-on guidance. You will collaborate with Technical Architects to turn complex designs into live operations, manage third-party services, and direct a team of specialists to deliver critical infrastructure programmes across the service life cycle.,

• Manage third-party infrastructure services and provide expert technical guidance to develop architectural solutions across the product life cycle.
• Collaborate with technical architects and specialists to translate high-level designs into live, stable operational environments.
• Drive the successful execution of infrastructure programmes and projects to meet core organisational objectives.
• Direct and lead infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, and maintaining solutions in strict accordance with departmental policies.
• Ensure internal user services and public-facing services are underpinned by infrastructure designed, built, and supported to exceptionally high standards.
• Act as a senior technical leader within IT Operations, champion engineering standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide regular updates to the Head of Technology Operations & Strategy regarding project progress and infrastructure stability.

We are transforming DCMS to meet the needs of a modern, delivery-focused department working on some of government's highest-priority agendas to drive growth, enrich lives and level-up society. Our modernisation plans include investing in systems that are fit for purpose, reduce manual work and improve how colleagues across DCMS use technology, data and digital services. This includes developing a strong central digital capability for the department. We also want to improve how we solve policy challenges by using user-centred design and working in multidisciplinary teams. This is an exciting time to join, as the team is shaping how digital, data and technology support delivery across DCMS. Our mission is to digitally enable how DCMS delivers its priority outcomes and respond to the changing needs of the sectors and partners we work with. If you want to help shape that journey, this is a great time to join us. This is a short-term role for a maximum of 1 year, which is available on both level transfer and temporary promotion.