Principal Engineer

UK Home Office; Salford; Hybride; GBP 17 000 - 21 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Civil Service Pension

25 days annual leave

8 public holidays + 1 privilege day

Hybrid working with 60% office time

Résumé du poste

UK Home Office is seeking engineers to join the Automation and Innovation portfolio, delivering AI-enabled public service improvements across border security, immigration processing, asylum case management and counter-terrorism capabilities.

The role involves designing scalable, secure solutions in collaboration with architects, with a strong emphasis on privacy, GDPR compliance and OWASP standards, while coaching teams and enabling training for engineers.

Qualifications

• Ensuring projects adhere to agreed standards, methods, architecture and tools, with a focus on security and privacy.
• Producing complex technical designs in collaboration with architects, ensuring scalability, security and fit for purpose.
• Monitoring team performance; coaching colleagues to develop skills and capabilities.
• Defining training plans for engineers to meet strategic goals of the organisation.
• Updating and distributing organisational standards including GDPR and OWASP.

Description du poste

Skills allowance of up to £18,721 (pending assessment)

Location: Salford | Sheffield - hybrid with 60% office attendance

Close Date: 11:55pm Monday 9th November

Job summary

The Home Office Automation and Innovation portfolio delivers the government's commitment to "set the standard for excellence in the AI age" - harnessing cutting-edge technology to revolutionise public service delivery. As outlined in the Government's Generative AI Framework, we're in "a period of rapid and exciting technological changes, which offers huge potential", and we're turning that potential into reality.

Our work spans Home Office mission-critical operations, such as transforming Border Security and immigration processes, to revolutionising asylum case management and enhancing Counter-Terrorism capabilities. Imagine developing technology that helps reunite families, creates safer communities, protects vulnerable people, and ensures smoother journeys for the millions travelling to and from the UK.

Each area presents unique challenges where AI and automation can deliver substantial efficiency savings and improve outcomes for the public and colleagues.

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:

Essential skills

• Ensuring projects adhere to agreed standards, methods, architecture and tools, with a focus on security and privacy. (DLMG) (Lead essential criteria)
• Producing complex technical designs in collaboration with architects, whilst ensuring that these are scalable, secure and fit for purpose, and reviewing others’ designs. (SWDN)
• Monitoring team performance. Coaching colleagues and teams to develop skills and capabilities in line with their goals. (PEMT)
• Formally defining the need for and/or implementing training plans for engineers to meet the strategic goals of the organisation. (PDSV)
• Controlling, updating and distributing organisational standards including national and international, such as GDPR or OWASP. (QUMG)

Why work for us...

Find out more information at: Benefits - Home Office Careers, but some of the primary ones are:

• A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
• 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.
• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.