Lead Cloud Engineer

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA); Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension 28.97% employer

25 days annual leave, 30 with service

On-site gym, nursery, restaurants &amp

Free parking

Employee Assistance Programme

On-call allowance up to £4,500

Job summary

DVLA is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer to guide cloud engineering at national scale from Swansea. You will lead Agile teams, shape cloud platforms across AWS/Azure, and own services through their lifecycle with a focus on secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure.

The role offers hybrid working, Civil Service benefits, and an on-call rotation with allowances up to £4,500 per year. Join a mission-driven digital team delivering essential UK public services.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Agile Cloud Engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience in enterprise-scale environments.
• Proven Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Experience building and automating cloud infrastructure with modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead Agile Cloud Engineering teams following DevOps principles.
• Design, build and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure environments.
• Own cloud services throughout their full lifecycle, from design and implementation through to support and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Technical Architects to translate architectural designs into operational solutions.
• Mentor and develop Cloud Engineers, driving engineering excellence and capability growth.

Skills

Cloud engineering leadership

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

DevOps tooling

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build secure, resilient services used by millions across the UK.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer with proven experience leading cloud engineering teams and expertise across AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps tooling. Permanent role with flexible, hybrid working in Swansea. Salary up to £82,430 (based on skills assessed at interview) + potential £4,500 on-call allowance, 29% employer pension contribution and full Civil Service benefits.

Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually ‘meet the team’ on Friday 23rd October at 12pm.

Shape the Future of Digital Services at DVLA

DVLA delivers critical national services that support more than 53 million drivers and vehicles across the UK. As digital transformation continues at scale, Cloud Engineering plays a pivotal role in ensuring services remain secure, resilient, scalable and available to millions of citizens. As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you'll help shape the platforms, infrastructure and engineering practices that underpin some of the UK's most heavily used public services.

As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you will:

• Technically lead Agile Cloud Engineering teams following DevOps principles
• Design, build and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure environments
• Own cloud services throughout their full lifecycle, from design and implementation through to support and continuous improvement
• Work closely with Technical Architects to translate architectural designs into operational solutions
• Mentor and develop Cloud Engineers, driving engineering excellence and capability growth

Essential skills for the Lead Cloud Engineer include:

• Experience technically leading engineering teams delivering cloud platform services
• Strong hands-on AWS experience within enterprise-scale environments
• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, including Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Experience building and automating cloud infrastructure using modern DevOps practices

Desirable skills for the Lead Cloud Engineer include:

• Experience working with Azure cloud technologies
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS
• Experience with GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms such as Elastic and Instana

In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:

• Hybrid working with a minimum of 60% office-based attendance
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance
• Civil Service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days with service, plus bank holidays and an additional King's Birthday privilege day
• Access to industry certifications, qualifications and continuous professional development
• Clear career progression within DVLA's Digital & Data profession
• On-site gym, nursery, restaurants and coffee bar
• Free parking
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support
• Opportunity to participate in an on-call rota with an additional allowance of up to £4,500 per annum

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to lead cloud engineering at national scale. You'll work on platforms supporting millions of transactions, influence the future direction of DVLA's cloud strategy, and help build secure, resilient digital services relied upon by citizens and businesses across the UK.

Working with modern technologies including AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation and GitOps tooling, you'll combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering while contributing to one of the UK's largest digital transformation programmes.