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Lead Infrastructure Engineer Pay up to £89,995 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Hybrid Cloud Services as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and to create innovative digital solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer who is an expert in your field, skilled in multiple disciplines, a role model in Infrastructure operations and has proven experience in the design, development and support of infrastructure services. 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) Experience of providing technical leadership and support within a team of Infrastructure Engineers. Substantial experience of Azure Significant experience of working with networking including DNS, NSGs, VNETS etc. Significant experience of scripting languages for example Terraform and Python. Substantial experience of version control systems such as Git, Gitlab CI, Gitlab Dedicated. Significant experience of working in an agile environment building, deploying, supporting and operating cloud applications (in particular Azure). You and your role Our Lead Infrastructure Engineers lead a team of senior infrastructure engineers and provide guidance and support for cloud engineers in your area, ensuring they build products and services using industry standards and following DWP good practice. You will be responsible for defining medium to long term strategies for product lines, defining guidelines for the engineering community and leading their adoption across teams in order to deliver quality infrastructure solutions. As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer you will have solid experience of the full application development lifecycle, including supporting live service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in 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 £89,995 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: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) 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. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are 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.

Lead Technical Architect: up to £89,995, plus 28.97% pension, hybrid working, flexible hours and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We want a Lead technical Architect to join a flourishing, supportive tech community delivering one of the largest digital transformations in Europe. We're building on recent successes like bringing our IT in-house, introducing elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerating the adoption of public cloud. DWP is the UK's largest government department, responsible for helping people into work and making payments worth over £195 billion a year to support some of the most vulnerable members of our society. You'll play a crucial role in transforming public services used by nearly every person in the UK at key moments in their lives. The scale of our work is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We would love for you to join us. Delivery. Work. Projects. In this role you'll work with our Specialist Devices team, who deliver the right specialist devices and services used by DWP colleagues. In Specialist Devices, we have responsibility for macOS and the physical and virtual environments and solutions for our 3,000 Engineering users. You will also have a remit to look at emerging alternative device solutions for particular use cases which provides the team with a varied and interesting workload, often at the forefront of new technology and adoption in DWP. You will lead on the design, build, and running of products, developing and testing solutions, as we re-engineer our entire engineering environment. We want to put the right devices in the right hands, so that our people can deliver great service to DWP customers. You'll be the architectural lead for the replacement of approximately 8,500 customer-facing devices used in Jobcentres, ensuring accessibility, ease of use, and data security. We've got ambitious plans for changing and improving the basic technology underpinning customer computers. We want to radically change the platform and improve the experience of our internal user base. And we will be creating a data-centred capability to support Digital Workspaces service improvement. It's big, complex stuff, which will transform how DWP works, for us and for our customers. We need you to help us get it right. Your essential skills, knowledge and experience Lead criterion - Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards. Experience in End User devices, including back-end management and support infrastructure e.g. AD, ADFS, ADCS, DNS, DHCP, CMS5, PKI and SSO. Experience of operating systems in Windows, macOS, and Linux desktop. Experience of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions such as VMware Horizon, Citrix, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS), and Azure Virtual Desktop. Technical authoring skills, particularly for the production of technical design and specification documents. Experience with presenting to senior stakeholders. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Blackpool or Manchester whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Work: We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team. Pay: We offer competitive pay from £72,664 to £89,995 Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £21,059 a year. Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 , plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-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 Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process. Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES . Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital .

Senior IT Service Manager DWP. Digital with Purpose. In recent years in DWP we have brought our IT in-house, introduce elements such as automation and self-service to our digital services, and accelerate the adoption of public cloud. We want to build on this success with your help. In this role, as an Senior IT Service Manager you will drive analysis and resolution of complex issues, enlisting support and escalating where appropriate to relevant IT service functions as part of one of the biggest IT estates in the UK. You own stakeholder relationships and make sure that Products and Services are delivering the best value for money in meeting business and user requirements and are able to offer guidance and respond effectively to queries about (for example) Product/Service design and policy. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Senior IT Service Manager , you will be responsible for delivering high-quality and value-driven support for digital products and services that are used by millions of people and around 100,000 DWP colleagues. Your role is all about making that service levels meet agreed targets, managing end to end service performance, and overseeing contracts with third party suppliers. You'll monitor third-party supplier compliance with SLAs through regular reporting and analysis, ensuring services meet user requirements and deliver value for money. We're hiring you because you are good at what you do, and you can make us better. You will share your data domain knowledge and experience to drive IT strategy, including defining the tools and techniques most appropriate for the environment. You will also: Set objectives, oversee junior team members, and delegate service management tasks, acting as a point of escalation. Implement ongoing service improvements aligned with quality, risk, and security standards. Ensure that new or updated products are smoothly integrated into live service with adequate support and meet customer expectations. Additional Duties: On-Call Support: Provide out of hours major incident support on a 24/7 rota basis (on-call payments apply) The skills and experience you need: Proven IT service management experience, preferably within a framework such as ITIL. Strong stakeholder management, with a history of successful collaboration and negotiation. Independent capability in managing digital products/services and reporting. High accuracy and attention to detail in service delivery and customer support. Experience in budgeting and financial forecasting. Knowledge of Notification and Document Repository services is beneficial Preferred Qualification: ITIL 4 certification is encouraged for applicants. If you don't have it, don't worry, you can work towards it here as part of our commitment to learning and development. Details. Wages. Perks. 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 Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team. Pay: We offer competitive pay from £42,614 to £45,081 Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £13,000 a year. Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 , plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-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 Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process. Stage 1: Application Stage 2: Interview We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES . Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital .