Senior Infrastructure Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Great work-life balance

Job summary

DWP Digital in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to protect identities across one of the UK's largest IT environments. You will work with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory and cloud platforms, driving Zero Trust and privileged access improvements at scale.

Join a team delivering critical digital services for the public sector, with hybrid working, flexible hours and a generous civil service pension including employer contributions.

Qualifications

• Expertise in enterprise IAM services, including design, implementation and compliance controls.
• Experience with hybrid identity solutions using Microsoft Entra Connect.
• Proven ability to lead IAM programs across large, complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Protect identities and access for millions of users in a large IT environment.
• Collaborate with Security, DevOps and Architecture teams to strengthen Zero Trust.
• Design, implement and operate IAM with SSO, MFA and conditional access; govern PAM/PIM.

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Hybrid identity

IAM governance

PAM/PIM

Zero Trust

RBAC

Entra Connect

Tools

Entra Connect

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.

Details. Wages. Perks.

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.