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Lead DevOps Engineer Pay up to £89,995, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. You'll need to be a experienced DevOps leader who champions collaborative working. You will guide, coach and support a talented in-house team of Azure engineering specialists. You'll set and direct a development strategy that will change public services for millions of users. Our DWP Digital teams use 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 - Significant experience of developing and supporting Azure cloud-based applications. Significant knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure, and Configuration as Code Significant experience of using Unix/Linux/Windows in a support and/or development environment including scripting languages Significant experience of working in a DevOps environment - Continuous Integration & Deployment, Delivery methods and techniques, including agile scrum experience Significant knowledge of implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines Experience of supporting, guiding, and developing Engineers across multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environment. You and your role As a Lead DevOps Engineer you will lead our team of talented Azure specialist DevOps engineers. We're hiring you because we need your skills, and experience. You'll be a respected expert voice in DWP on DevOps and Azure. You enable our teams to develop, deliver and support innovative automation solutions that allow us to offer efficient, stable and consistent services to our users You will be setting and driving the strategy and direction of development, and actively collaborating with other digital teams in DWP and across government. You'll work with senior stakeholders and share best practices with the wider DWP Digital community, as well as utilising your own skills & experience to coach and guide the team to deliver the most effective solutions. 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 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 £72,664 to £89,995, based on your skills and capability. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £22,521 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 Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is 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.