Senior Cloud Infra Engineer: Terraform, Ansible, GitLab

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Pension 28.97% employer contributions

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help build and operate cloud platforms that keep essential services running across the UK government. You will migrate and modernise Ansible and GitLab environments, automate repetitive tasks, and drive reliability and performance improvements.

You will lead and coach engineers, shape engineering standards and best practices, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality outcomes in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience enabling engineering teams to apply standards and practices across disciplines.
• Experience developing IaC using Terraform and CaC using Ansible; CloudFormation desirable.
• Experience administering Linux (RHEL/Debian) in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with ITIL practices and Agile delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Help build and support cloud platforms that keep critical services running.
• Migrate and modernise Ansible and GitLab environments; automate repetitive tasks.
• Improve reliability and performance; solve complex technical challenges.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

Linux (RHEL/Debian)

ITIL / IT Service Management

Agile delivery

Leadership / coaching

Cloud platforms

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

Job description

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help build and operate cloud platforms that keep essential services running across the UK government. You will migrate and modernise Ansible and GitLab environments, automate repetitive tasks, and drive reliability and performance improvements.

You will lead and coach engineers, shape engineering standards and best practices, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality outcomes in a hybrid work model.