Lead Infrastructure Engineer

UK Home Office; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to spearhead innovative infrastructure solutions. In this pivotal role, you will manage teams and oversee projects to ensure robust and efficient service delivery. Your expertise in Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code will be crucial as you design and implement scalable solutions. With a commitment to continuous improvement, you'll foster a culture of excellence while ensuring compliance with security standards. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a generous benefits package, making it an exciting opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in the field.

Benefits

Exceptional pension

Generous leave

Flexible working

Learning and development

Inclusion and recognition

Qualifications

• Strong experience in managing Azure environments and infrastructure solutions.
• Ability to design and implement efficient, multi-region Azure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure teams in managing and maintaining solutions.
• Oversee workforce planning, budgeting, and technology roadmaps.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform

Edge Computing

Policy and Financial Governance

Technical Escalations

Job description

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Strategic Capability Lead (Digital Data and Technology DDaT) - for Engineering, Quality Assurance and Test (QAT) and UCD Professions at UK Home Office

A Lead Infrastructure Engineer assumes responsibility for managing third party provision of infrastructure services and the provision of expertise to deliver architectural solutions for infrastructure services throughout the service lifecycle.

You will oversee programmes and projects and work with Technical Architects to translate the architectural designs into operations and support technical architects in operationalising the designs.

What will you be doing?

You will lead and direct infrastructure teams in building, managing, transitioning, supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy and ensure a feedback loop exists with service support to ensure continuous improvement. You are responsible for overall management activities such as workforce planning, budgeting, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.

Strong experience in the following technologies:

• Azure Local (Edge computing)
• Azure Policy and Governance
• Terraform

Your skills for this role

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Infrastructure Engineering, with the following skills or strong experience in:

• Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy and financial governance and security.
• Design, develop and implement efficient, highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure.
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments.
• Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernised.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations.
• Advising on future technology changes and innovations and define best practice for network improvements and information security.
• Key engineering principles and standards, and the ability to inspire others to follow these.
• Ensuring all solutions are robust, resilient and appropriately implemented, secured, tested and documented.
• Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.
• Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
• Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).
• Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).
• Inclusion and recognition: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.

Learn more about our benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers

Please note: This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Management
• Industries: Engineering Services, Data Infrastructure and Analytics, and IT System Design Services