Senior NetOps Engineer

DWP Digital; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government digital service provider is seeking a Senior NetOps Engineer to design and deliver high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments. The role offers a competitive salary of up to £73,205, flexible working, and a generous pension plan. You will partner with various stakeholders to improve network reliability, lead automation initiatives, and mentor junior engineers. An inclusive culture that values diversity is central to the organization.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Civil service pension contributions

Generous leave package

Professional development opportunities

Interest-free loans for bike or season ticket

Qualifications

• Experience in leading automation initiatives and implementing complex network solutions.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and partner effectively with stakeholders.
• Understanding of security posture and network design.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver secure, high-availability network solutions.
• Manage and optimize network services for operational stability.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and stakeholders.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Continuous delivery pipelines

Automation design

Object-oriented programming (Python)

Core networking infrastructure knowledge

Job description

Senior NetOps Engineer

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 Network Operations 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 experience will you need?

• Lead Criteria - Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object-oriented programming language (such as Python) and shared Git repositories.
• Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services.
• Taking accountability of issues that occur, is proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensures effective prevention and remediation.
• Core networking infrastructure knowledge, and in-depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above.

You and your role

You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high-availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments - AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day-to-day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure.

You'll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You'll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture.

Collaboration is key, you will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, 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 worth 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
• 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 is just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.