Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud & CI/CD Leader (Hybrid)

DWP Digital

Newcastle upon Tyne

Hybrid

GBP 48,000 - 81,000

Full time

44 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Civil service pension

Hybrid work model

Career progression

Job summary

DWP Digital in the United Kingdom is seeking a DevOps leader to shape the future of our cloud platforms by delivering secure, scalable AWS solutions across government services. You will drive automation, improve CI/CD pipelines, and mentor engineers to raise the bar in DevOps practices while aligning with government digital transformation and public service goals.

Hybrid working, flexible hours, and a strong civil service pension are part of the package that supports work life balance while

Qualifications

Demonstrable experience of developing and supporting AWS cloud-based applications.
Demonstrable knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure, and Configuration as Code.
Demonstrable experience of using Unix/Linux in a support and/or development environment including scripting languages.
Demonstrable experience of working in a DevOps environment - Continuous Integration & Deployment, Delivery methods and techniques, including agile scrum experience.
Demonstrable knowledge of implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Experience of supporting, guiding, and developing Engineers across multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

In this role, you and your teams will help shape and support modern cloud platforms by designing, building and improving secure, scalable and resilient AWS solutions.
Working closely with engineering teams, you'll drive automation, enhance CI/CD pipelines and use Infrastructure as Code to enable the delivery of reliable digital services.
You’ll tackle complex technical challenges, champion engineering best practices and support a culture of ownership, continuous improvement and operational excellence, while mentoring other engineers and helping evolve our DevOps capabilities.