Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure) - Department for Work and Pensions - G6

Location

These roles may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

About the job

Job summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

We’re hiring Lead DevOps Engineers (Azure) at DWP Digital!

We’re looking for outstanding candidates who want to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. The products we build are the changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people. 

We’re looking for driven and passionate people to be part of delivering digital services to people that need help during the difficult times of their lives.

You will act as a DevOps leader, building a DevOps culture along with line management responsibility of Senior DevOps Engineers. You will lead existing DevOps Engineers while increasing capability, standards and practices across the organisation.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer you will contribute to our community ensuring that DWP and our DevOps practices evolve in line with technology advances.

There are two teams that successful candidates might join:

• You may join DWP’s Digital’s Debt Services Department working in agile multidisciplinary teams to deliver modern, Azure cloud-based Debt Management and Compensation Recovery systems. Our systems recover approximately £3bn per annum while protecting the most vulnerable in our society.
• Alternatively, you may join The Architecture & Engineering team in Data & Analytics, (D&A). This team is responsible for the oversight and governance of Data Products, Services, platforms and solutions across D&A.  Working with fellow Lead Technical Specialists you will provide support and guidance to the Technical Teams across Data and Analytics and it’s Spoke Domain Teams to ensure solutions are designed, built and managed to DWP standards.  As the Lead Dev Ops, you will be accountable to the Deputy Director to continue to drive the design and implementation of services.

Ready to take the lead? Apply now and be part of something meaningful!  

Job description

As Lead DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Work across multiple teams as an engineering specialist defining and refining organisation engineering standards.
• Push a mindset and culture change within the organisation to foster engineering ownership of infrastructure development alongside software engineering activities.
• Create capability, through definition of training opportunities, pastoral care and practice alignment.
• Be responsible for ensuring our digital services are adhering to standards and best practice.
• Be responsible for recruitment within the DevOps community and working with senior leaders to ensure strategically the teams are setup to succeed.
• Responsible for mentoring and support of engineers and trainee DevOps engineers.

Please note: As part of the role, you may be required to travel regularly to the other digital hubs. The frequency of this will be discussed further should you be successful. 

Person specification

See selection process for further details.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact richard.hanley@dwp.gov.uk.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical Breadth