Lead Engineer (Specialist) in DATA COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION (DCP)

Bank of England; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bank of England is seeking a Lead Engineer (Specialist) in Data Collection And Publication Technology Directorate. Based in London or Leeds, you will shape and support the bank's technology stack, from cloud-native platforms to on-premise systems, mentor juniors, and drive automation with IaC and CI/CD practices.

You will work across teams, document solutions clearly, and maintain a security-focused mindset, delivering reliable infrastructure and continuous improvement in our engineering

Qualifications

• Strong practical knowledge and experience of: GitHub Actions, Terraform, Azure, PowerShell, Using git for source control
• Demonstrable experience writing clear and concise documentation

Responsibilities

• Document work clearly and share with team members
• Deploy and automate infrastructure using IaC and CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with engineers across teams and mentor juniors

Skills

Terraform

Azure

PowerShell

Git

GitHub Actions

Tools

Terraform

Azure

PowerShell

Git

GitHub Actions

Job description

Lead Engineer (Specialist) in Data Collection And Publication (DCP) Technology Directorate

Permanent

Full time

Location: Leeds or London

Job Description

As a Lead Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and supporting the Bank's technology stack - from cloud-native platforms to traditional on-premise systems. You'll collaborate across teams, lead by example, and help drive innovation and resilience in our infrastructure.

Flexible Working Options:

This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:

• Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
• A 50% in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks
• Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

A Day in the Role:

You will be contributing your expertise towards the continual improvement of our technology stack, ranging from complex cloud-hosted applications applying IaC and full CI/CD automation, to more traditional VM-based on-premise systems. You'll then dive into hands-on work-automating infrastructure deployments using Terraform and GitHub Actions, scripting in PowerShell, or improving CI/CD pipelines. You'll collaborate with engineers across teams, mentor junior colleagues, and contribute to a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement.

You will also document your work clearly, showcasing it to team members and ensuring others can understand and support your work. Whether you're deploying a new Azure environment, solving a build, or reviewing a pull request, you'll bring a security-first mentality and a drive for quality and innovation.

Role Requirements:

Whilst we are looking for someone with relevant experience, we do not expect new joiners to have skills across our entire technology stack and will support you to fill technical gaps.

Minimum Criteria

• Strong practical knowledge and experience of:
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • Azure
  • PowerShell
  • Using git for source control
• Demonstrable experience writing clear and concise documentation

Essential Criteria

• Strong written and verbal communication and organisational skills
• Comfortable experimenting and learning from failure
• Ability to plan, schedule, and manage a demanding workload
• Professionalism, self-motivation, and a desire for continuous improvement