Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Government Recruitment Service; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking a proactive team lead to oversee infrastructure implementation and support. You will lead teams, troubleshoot technologies, and mentor junior engineers, ensuring efficient service management. This full-time role demands UK residency for the past five years and offers a blend of on-site and flexible working arrangements, with at least 60% time in the office.

Qualifications

• Experience in implementing and supporting infrastructure solutions.
• Ability to troubleshoot and identify issues in technology.
• Proven leadership skills in managing and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in infrastructure implementation and support.
• Establish standards and procedures for service lifecycles.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Leadership and teamwork

Troubleshooting

Coaching and mentoring

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

Shared Application Services (SAS) is a dynamic and rapidly expanding area within the Home Office, focused on strengthening capabilities in application development and support. SAS embraces cutting-edge technologies and continuously evolves to stay ahead of emerging trends.

As part of the DDaT’s innovative SAS Level 2 (L2) Support Team, you will contribute to real-time monitoring of the Home Office’s core technology, infrastructure, applications, and services. The team provides a unified operational view of the technical estate and ensures robust 24/7/365 support and recovery.

You will help deliver a forward-thinking approach to technical estate management, leveraging the latest technologies, methodologies, and service management best practices. The team is committed to developing intelligent solutions for real-time monitoring, automation, and service industrialisation.

Each area of responsibility presents unique challenges and opportunities where AI and automation can drive significant efficiency gains and enhance outcomes for both the public and colleagues.

Tools and Technologies

Tools and Technologies we use:

We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:

• Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Zabbix, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Kibana, Grafana, Confluence, Jira, Slack, Nagios, Gov Notify, VPNs, ServiceNow

What you will do

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Leading teams and departments in the implementation, administration and support of infrastructure solutions and services.
• Troubleshooting and identifying problems across different technology capabilities including compute, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, cloud, commercial off the shelf (COTS) and open source.
• Establishing standards and procedures across a service lifecycle including the development lifecycle and ensure that practitioners adhere to this. You will manage resources to ensure that the systems integration function works effectively.
• Managing, coaching and mentoring more junior infrastructure engineers.

Due to business requirements this post is available on a full time/flexible working basis. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office.

This role is not suitable for part-time working due to the nature of the role.

UK residency and security requirements - You need to have lived in the UK for the past 5 years.