Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Azure)

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP); Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department in the UK is seeking a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to oversee a team and ensure high-quality services. This role involves strategic leadership, innovation in workflows, and collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in infrastructure services and a solid understanding of cloud engineering best practices. This is a key position in supporting digital solutions for millions of users.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the design, development, and support of infrastructure services.
• Solid experience of the full application development lifecycle.
• Ability to lead and mentor other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining strategies for product lines and engineering community adoption.
• Lead on delivering architectural and roadmap developments.
• Monitor on-call rotations and support services outside of hours.

Skills

Expertise in Infrastructure operations

Team leadership

Cloud engineering best practices

Service management

Job description

As a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be an expert in your field, skilled in multiple disciplines, a role model in Infrastructure operations and have proven experience in the design, development and support of infrastructure services. You will lead a team of senior infrastructure engineers and provide guidance and support for cloud engineers in your area, ensuring they build products and services using industry standards and following DWP good practice. You will be responsible for defining medium to long term strategies for product lines, defining guidelines for the engineering community and leading their adoption across teams to deliver quality infrastructure solutions. You will have solid experience of the full application development lifecycle, including supporting live service. As a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will

• Be responsible for ensuring services/solutions being delivered are aligned to departmental and user needs, deliver value for money, are of high quality and are technically stable.
• Lead on delivering architectural and roadmap developments in own accountable area.
• Drive innovation in ways of working throughout the team and encourage experimentation where opportunities arise.
• Promote a mindset of continuous improvement across the team and peers across the organisation.
• Act as an escalation point for service-related incidents.
• Monitor and take part in on-call rotations, ensuring applicable services and products are supported out of hours.
• Be responsible for the leadership of engineering employees, providing expert advice or dealing with complex problems.
• Set the strategic direction to maintain pace with the wider industry, by defining criteria for personal development in the context of cloud engineering.
• Act as a Department representative acting as a liaison with external bodies and third parties, promoting good practice and process, and encouraging adoption across the engineering community.
• Make complex decisions, involving a wide range of solutions, possibly affecting a number of work areas within the organisation.
• Work closely with other senior leaders, sharing information, providing advice and support around technical choices and implementation approach.

Disability Confident

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This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Hybrid Cloud Services as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and to create innovative digital solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users.