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Lead DevOps Engineer

Job details
Posting date: 11 February 2025
Salary: £72,664 to £77,740 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 24 February 2025
Location: M2 3LR
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 389100/2

Summary

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

Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer with a passion for automation excellence?

If so, come join us as a Lead DevOps Engineer.

Payments are core to DWP. We are the biggest payer in the UK, serving 22m citizens which is 34% of the total UK population and make circa £277bn in payments annually generating 1/3 of the UK’s BACS traffic.  

We are delivering an ambitious transformation programme to reimagine and make best use of emerging future technologies in the banking industry to continue to ensure that people who get paid by DWP receive the right amount of money, at the right time into the right bank account.  This role will sit within the AME Payments Platform Team.

We’re looking for an outstanding Lead DevOps Engineer, 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 a driven and passionate Lead DevOps Engineer who would like to be part of teams delivering real value to people that need help during the difficult times of their lives.

The candidate 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.

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 in payments to ensure strategically the teams are setup to succeed.
  • Responsible for mentoring and support of engineers and trainee DevOps engineers.

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