Senior DevOps Engineer - UK Export Finance - G7

Location

Westminster, London/Leeds

About the job

Job summary

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDAT) directorate has recently been established in UKEF, drawing together the expertise in digital currently within the organisation to provide representation of digital services, user centred design, analytics and technology at the highest levels. The areas with the directorate work closely with all areas of the business such as the Business Group, Operations and Strategy and Policy.

Job description

UKEF is committed to be a more customer-centric organisation, making it easier for customers to deal with us, offering improved response times, quicker decision-making and improved case-processing. To enable this, UKEF is committed to using digital as a primary means for managing relationships with a wider range of stakeholders. Focusing on developing end-to-end services that meet user need and enable business outcomes, this is an exciting new role showing the growth and drive of UKEFs digital ambition.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing modern DevOps practices across Azure cloud environments. You will develop CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains, placing automation at the heart of everything you do. Your work will ensure solutions are highly available, resilient, scalable, extensible, and maintainable.

You will collaborate across product-focused teams to gather requirements, evaluate tools, and implement solutions. You will also provision environments using both imperative and declarative approaches and assist with operational issues. A key part of your role will be to foster engineering ownership and promote the integrity and maintenance of the services we deliver.

Person specification

Main Activities

• Be a visible leader and role model in your area, championing diversity and inclusion in how we work. 
• Build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the engineering department, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance.
• Act as a hands-on expert across multiple technical areas, or as a specialist with deep knowledge in a particular domain.
• Work effectively with multiple teams, developing, testing, and championing the adoption of industry best practices.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines to support continuous integration and delivery across multiple environments.
  Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using BICEP, ARM templates, and Terraform to provision and manage Azure resources in a repeatable and scalable manner.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, evaluate tooling options, and implement DevOps solutions that align with business and technical objectives.
• Champion automation-first practices, embedding automation into build, test, deployment, and monitoring processes to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.
• Support and enhance cloud-based applications using Azure services such as Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Key Vault, and Azure App Services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues across Unix/Linux/Windows environments, leveraging scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and PowerShell.
• Promote a DevOps culture by fostering engineering ownership, encouraging best practices in service reliability, and advocating for continuous improvement.
• Mentor and guide engineers across multidisciplinary teams, supporting agile delivery using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Contribute to the development of internal standards and practices for DevOps, infrastructure, and cloud operations, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and compliance requirements.
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis, helping to improve system resilience and reduce future risk.

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership

Technical skills

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

• Technical Questions
• Presentation

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

• Technical Questions