Lead DevOps Engineer – IBCA Data Platform (Infected Blood Compensation Authority)

Government Recruitment Service; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A Public Sector Organization in Glasgow is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to oversee the entire application lifecycle and infrastructure, implementing DevOps best practices and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates should be familiar with CI/CD, IaC, and cloud services like AWS, Azure, or GCP. This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of the new Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) and support its mission while ensuring operational excellence and a positive team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing CI/CD pipelines and implementing DevOps best practices.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud technologies and infrastructure management.
• Proven leadership abilities in mentoring and guiding teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance for automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure tools and deployment techniques are scalable and secure.
• Lead a team of DevOps engineers, fostering professional growth.

Skills

CI/CD best practices

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

DevSecOps

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Technical leadership

Job description

Overview

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will join a multidisciplinary team to manage the entire application lifecycle and infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps best practices, while also driving data quality, mentoring junior colleagues, and fostering a strong devOps engineering community.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance for the development of robust, automated CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC) for our software platforms, encompassing DevSecOps best practices from security to monitoring.
• Ensure our tools and deployment techniques are scalable, secure, and efficient.
• Be responsible for ensuring the right DevOps practices are embedded consistently and to industry standards across our digital service delivery teams.
• Develop the DevOps capability by creating learning and development (L&D) pathways, shaping career paths, and recruiting new talent to the organization.
• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of DevOps and platform engineers, further developing your own leadership and technical skills.
• Design, build, and deliver automated, scalable, and secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code within cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, automating software delivery from code commit to production deployment and ensuring seamless integration between platforms.
• Drive high build quality and operational excellence by ensuring the stability, security, and resilience of products, embedding modern CI/CD, monitoring, and observability practices.
• Drive quality and operational excellence by embedding Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps practices to ensure stability, robustness, and resilience of products.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, foster professional development, review solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, and promote innovation and adoption of new technologies.
• Communicate complex data solutions and champion innovative approaches to diverse stakeholders, anticipating and resolving intricate data engineering challenges and aligning data designs with organizational goals.
• Foster a positive and inclusive team environment that promotes wellbeing, collaboration, and a supportive culture aligned with departmental values.

Opportunities

Opportunities to move to the new Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA).

At the moment all IBCA roles are hosted by Cabinet Office within the Civil Service. Once IBCA becomes an independent employer, it is anticipated that most of these roles will transfer to IBCA. The post-holder will leave the Civil Service to become a public servant. Roles that transfer to IBCA will maintain the same or substantially the same terms and conditions of employment that are overall no less favourable. Employees who move from Cabinet Office to IBCA will be able to continue to participate in the Civil Service Pension arrangements with no break in their pensionable service. Roles commencing after IBCA has become an employer may be with IBCA itself on similar terms and conditions. All successful candidates will receive full details of the terms and conditions of employment for their role with their formal job offer.

Please note that the mission of IBCA means that it is likely to be operational for a period of approximately 5 to 7 years. When IBCA’s work begins to wind down, IBCA employees will receive support and practical guidance to find a new role, whether in the Civil Service, another Arms Length Body (ALB), or an external employer.