Senior Engineer (Full Time)

Environment Journal; North East; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (home and office)

27–32 days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job summary

Durham County Council is seeking a Senior Engineer in Durham, Durham. The role focuses on modern device management, endpoint security and automated deployment to ensure reliable, secure devices and applications for staff.

This temporary post (3 years) requires a Computing qualification and strong technical background. You will lead technical initiatives, advise ICT colleagues, and support security controls across the endpoint estate.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent qualification in computing or a related discipline.
• Experience with centralised device management systems and automated application/OS deployment tools.
• Strong technical background in endpoint security and modern endpoint environments.
• Ability to implement and maintain security controls alongside deployment, configuration and patching technologies.
• Clear communication with colleagues, customers, suppliers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support security and compliance of the Council's endpoint estate; implement and improve technical controls.
• Manage the endpoint estate using centralised device-management technologies.
• Develop and improve automated processes for packaging and deploying applications and OS provisioning.
• Contribute to change, release and service-transition activities with monitoring of performance and risks.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues and provide guidance to users and ICT teams.

Skills

Endpoint security

Device management

Automation

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in computing or related discipline

Tools

Device management systems

Automation/OS deployment tools

Job description

Jobs

Senior Engineer

More Information

Salary

£42,123 to £46,579 p.a. (Grade 11)

Expires

10/11/2026

Location

Durham, Durham

Job Type

Full Time

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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Company: Durham County Council

Salary: £42,123 to £46,579 p.a. (Grade 11)

Location: Durham, Durham

Sector: Highways

Sector: Highways Maintenance

Job Role: Engineer