Senior Infrastructure Engineer

DWP Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Time off volunteering

Bring your authentic self to work

Discounts and savings

Interest-free travel loans

Sports and social activities

Professional development

Job summary

DWP Digital in the UK is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help protect identities and access across one of the government's largest IT environments.

You’ll work with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, and cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS, collaborating with Security, DevOps and Architecture teams to improve Zero Trust and privileged access management.

Location: Blackpool or Manchester with hybrid working; pay up to £73,205 plus a generous pension contribution and other benefits.

Qualifications

• Must have demonstrable expertise in identity and access management for enterprise-scale environments.
• Experience delivering IAM services with hybrid identity solutions.
• Strong governance, auditing and compliance controls for access management.
• Experience designing modern authentication, SSO, MFA and application integration.

Responsibilities

• Protect identities and access across a large IT environment.
• Collaborate with Security, DevOps and Architecture teams to strengthen Zero Trust.
• Lead design and implementation of PAM/PIM and RBAC controls.
• Provide technical leadership and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

IAM

IGA

JML lifecycle

SSO

MFA

Conditional Access

federation

RBAC

JIT access

Zero Trust

PIM

PAM

CyberArk

Tools

Microsoft Entra Connect

Microsoft Entra PIM

Azure

AWS

CyberArk

Job description

Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and significant experience will you need?

• Lead Criteria: Demonstrable expertise in Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including the design, implementation, support and optimisation of enterprise-scale identity and access management services with strong experience of hybrid identity solutions using Microsoft Entra Connect
• Significant experience delivering Identity and Access Management (IAM) services within a large, complex enterprise environment, working effectively across internal teams, multiple suppliers and third‑party service providers.
• Strong experience of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) and Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) lifecycle management, including access provisioning, role management, automation, auditing and compliance controls.
• Practical experience designing and implementing modern authentication and authorisation solutions, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access, federation, and application integration with Microsoft Entra ID.
• Proven experience implementing and operating Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) solutions, including privileged account governance, Role‑Based Access Control (RBAC), Just‑in‑Time (JIT) access, and technologies such as Microsoft Entra PIM or CyberArk.
• Experience applying Zero Trust principles to identity architectures, including least‑privilege access, identity protection, privileged access controls and threat mitigation, with the ability to provide technical leadership and influence stakeholders at all levels.

You and your role

You'll start your day helping protect the identities and access of millions of users across one of the UK's largest IT environments. One moment you're working with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory and cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, the next you're collaborating with Security, DevOps and Architecture teams to strengthen Zero Trust security, automate identity processes and improve privileged access management.

This is a role where you'll solve complex technical challenges, influence the future direction of identity services and play a key part in delivering secure, resilient systems that people rely on every day. If you enjoy working at scale, driving innovation and making a real impact, you'll feel right at home here.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Manchester, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi‑time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work‑life balance which includes:

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And we have an award‑winning environment and culture:

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:

Interview: a single stage interview online.