Senior Tech Lead

DWP Digital; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Flex-time

Volunteer time off

I Can Be Me in DWP

Discounts & savings

Interest-free travel loans

Professional development

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Tech Lead to drive digital services for the UK Government. You will guide cloud, on-premises and third‑party platforms, set engineering standards and influence the technology strategy across several delivery teams.

You will combine hands-on technical leadership with mentoring, reviewing solution designs, and delivering robust, scalable services that underpin essential public services used daily.

Qualifications

• Experience across full lifecycle of cloud platforms (design to patching) on AWS.
• Proven ability to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and multi-cloud configurations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple delivery teams, set engineering standards and shape technology strategy.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and turn ideas into scalable services.

Skills

AWS

Git CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

SDLC tooling

Collaboration

Security & Compliance

Job description

Pay up to £92,522 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We're looking for an outstanding Tech Lead, who wants to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government.

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 £280bn 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?

• Significant experience of the full life cycle of a cloud-based platforms and applications from designing, through deployment to supporting and patching (AWS).
• Significant experience of version control systems as well as building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines e.g. git with GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Significant experience of Infrastructure-as-code and configuration of code for one or more cloud providers.
• Significant experience of collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Significant experience of ensuring adherence to industry standards for data security, disaster recovery and compliance.
• Significant experience of creating engineering tooling and solutions to optimise and align the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of our engineering teams.

You and your role

As a Senior Tech Lead, you'll work across multiple delivery teams, setting engineering standards, influencing technology strategy and helping shape the future of critical digital services.

You'll combine hands-on technical expertise with leadership, guiding engineers through complex challenges across cloud, on-premises and third-party platforms. From reviewing solution designs and driving technical improvements to mentoring engineers and advising senior stakeholders, you'll play a key role in turning ideas into robust, scalable services.

Location:

You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in 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 £92,522.

Pension:

You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 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 are just two stages:

Interview:

a single stage interview online.