Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Shared Engineering Tooling

ZipRecruiter; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government department seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions. This role offers hybrid working, competitive pay, and excellent benefits, including a generous pension and extensive holiday allowances. Join a community of tech experts committed to delivering digital solutions that impact millions across the UK.

Benefits

Civil service pension with employer contributions

26 to 31 holidays

Work-life balance initiatives

Professional development

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Cloud compute, storage, and configuration.
• Proven ability in CI/CD pipelines and source code management.

Responsibilities

• Model infrastructure solutions for operational stability and resilience.
• Collaborate with various teams to support cloud-hosted services.

Skills

Cloud compute

GitLab

Unix operating systems

Infrastructure-as-Code

Service and Delivery management

Agile methodologies

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Job Description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and a great work-life balance.

About DWP

Digital with Purpose. We are looking for talented and highly skilled Infrastructure Engineers with experience in designing and implementing public cloud infrastructure solutions to join our community of tech experts. We're using innovative ideas and cutting-edge technology to build and maintain digital solutions 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, helping people into work and making payments worth over £195bn annually to support and empower millions. The scale of our work is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique.

What skills, knowledge, and experience are required?

1. Significant demonstrable experience in Cloud compute, storage, and configuration, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available.
2. Proven ability in the use and administration of source code management systems such as GitLab, including writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
3. Strong knowledge and practical experience of working with Unix operating systems, container technologies, and container orchestration.
4. Proven ability to write Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and Config-as-Code (CaC) using Ansible. CloudFormation experience is desirable.
5. Experience in automating toil to improve efficiency, reliability, and reduce manual repetitive tasks.
6. Extensive experience within Service and Delivery management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change) and Agile methodologies.

Your role

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for Hybrid Cloud Services, you will model infrastructure solutions adhering to best practices, focusing on operational stability, resilience, and availability. You will collaborate with Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Delivery Managers, and Product Managers to support the implementation and operation of cloud-hosted products and services.

This is an exciting time to be part of an enterprise-scale tech organization within government.

Details & Perks

• Location: Digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, or Newcastle.
• Hybrid Working: Mix of remote and face-to-face work.
• Pay: Up to £68,517.
• Pension: Civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth over £16,000 annually.
• Holidays: Starting at 26 days, increasing to 31, plus up to 3 extra days off per month on flexi-time and public holidays.
• Benefits: Work-life balance initiatives, awards, flexible policies, volunteering days, discounts, interest-free loans, professional development, coaching, mentoring, and career progression opportunities.

Application Process

Apply via Civil Service Jobs with full instructions. The selection process involves a single online interview stage.

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