Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud, CI/CD & Automation

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to shape and deliver the technical strategy for large-scale digital services. You will lead a code-first approach to infrastructure, drive cloud engineering standards, automation and platform delivery across teams, with AWS as the primary platform and Azure awareness.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and ensure secure, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions while championing

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS, Linux, Docker, GitHub Actions and CI/CD tooling experience.
• Ability to lead multiple teams and mentor engineers.
• Experience implementing IaC and secure, scalable cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and align work with cloud strategy.
• Lead standardisation and governance across CI/CD and IaC lifecycles.
• Mentor engineers to uplift capability and delivery.
• Architect secure, cost-effective cloud services on major platforms (AWS, with Azure awareness).
• Drive automation of infrastructure using Terraform, Puppet and Ansible.

Skills

AWS

Linux

Docker

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Puppet

AWS Landing Zone

Leadership

Mentoring

Cloud Strategy

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Job description

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to shape and deliver the technical strategy for large-scale digital services. You will lead a code-first approach to infrastructure, drive cloud engineering standards, automation and platform delivery across teams, with AWS as the primary platform and Azure awareness.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and ensure secure, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions while championing