Senior Engineer

Durham County Council; North East; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Durham County Council is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer within Digital Services, Infrastructure and Support. The role focuses on modern device management, endpoint security, and automated deployment to ensure reliable, secure devices and applications for colleagues.

The post is temporary for 3 years. You will lead on security, deployment, and continuous service improvement, communicating effectively with ICT colleagues and external partners.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent qualification in computing or related discipline, and/or extensive experience with centralised device management systems and automated deployment tools.
• Strong background in endpoint security and managing modern endpoint environments, with experience implementing security controls and deployment technologies.
• Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, customers, suppliers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support security and compliance of the endpoint estate and implement technical controls.
• Manage and secure the endpoint estate using centralised device-management technologies.
• Develop and improve automated processes for packaging applications and deploying OS updates.
• Contribute to change, release and service-transition activities and monitor risk and compliance.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues end-to-end and provide guidance to customers and ICT colleagues.

Skills

Endpoint management

Device security

Automation deployment

Technical troubleshooting

Education

Degree in computing

Job description

A vacancy has arisen within Digital Services, Infrastructure and Support for an experienced, enthusiastic and flexible Senior Engineer. This is an exciting opportunity to help manage, secure and modernise the Council’s endpoint estate, ensuring that colleagues have access to reliable, secure and effectively managed devices and applications.

This post is temporary for a period of 3 years.

WHAT IS INVOLVED?

The Senior Engineer role is a technical, varied and hands‑on position, with a strong focus on modern device management, endpoint security and automated application and operating-system deployment. You will help manage and secure the Council’s endpoint environment, provide specialist technical guidance, resolve complex issues and contribute to projects and continuous service improvement.

• Support the security and compliance of the Council’s endpoint estate, helping to implement, maintain and improve technical controls that protect Council devices and data.
• Support and manage the Council’s endpoint estate using modern, centralised device-management technologies.
• Develop, maintain and improve automated processes for application packaging and deployment, operating-system provisioning, configuration, patching and updating.
• Contribute to change, release and service-transition activities, monitoring performance, compliance and risks to ensure changes are introduced securely and effectively.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues, taking ownership through to resolution and providing clear advice and guidance to customers and ICT colleagues.

We encourage you to contact Paul Musgrove via email at [e-mail] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

WHAT WILL I NEED?

You will need a degree or equivalent qualification in computing or a related discipline and/or in-depth experience of working with centralised device management systems and automated application and operating system deployment tools.

You will have a strong technical background in endpoint security and the management of modern endpoint environments, with experience of implementing and maintaining security controls alongside application and operating system deployment, configuration, patching and updating technologies. You will be confident investigating and resolving complex technical issues and able to communicate clearly with colleagues, customers, suppliers and stakeholders.

Please refer to the attached Person Specification for the full criteria.

If successful, you will be required to apply for a Basic Disclosure.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews will be held week commencing 30th November 2026.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.

OUR OFFER TO YOU

We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years’ continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable. Explore the full range of rewards and benefits on our website.

Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent people and offer support throughout the recruitment process.

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