Lead Site Reliability Engineer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Mawrth 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £72,664 i £89,995 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Ebrill 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, m2 3lr |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | DWP Digital |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 395389_1742462986 |
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Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Pay up to £89,995 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and a truly great work life balance.
- Are you someone who has excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving skills?
- Do you like finding the root cause of a problem and building automated solutions to make sure it doesn't happen again?
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our community of tech experts at DWP Digital as a Lead Site Reliability Engineer.
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: Proven track record of leading a team, mentoring junior engineers, and improving working practices.
- Proven experience in scripting to automate processes, eliminating manual tasks, and implementing infrastructure and configuration as code.
- In-depth knowledge of application and network protocols, including port management and certificate management.
- Demonstrated ability to build and enhance CI/CD pipelines for efficient and reliable software delivery.
- Strong experience in resolving complex technical incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and swift recovery.
- Expertise in reliability engineering, including capacity and performance management through effective monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Ability to engage with stakeholders at various levels, providing valuable feedback and support.
You and your role
As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you will be using modern tooling to oversee production systems to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our production systems. You will have a passion for operational excellence and expertise in cloud platforms, monitoring tools, and automation frameworks.
You will lead by example, providing technical direction and supporting the development and progression of SREs within your team, making digital accessible, reliable, cost effective and sustainable.
We look to achieve this by creating scalable and highly reliable software systems and leading initiatives to develop the automation of low-value tasks balanced against project delivery demands.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Manchester, or Newcastle, 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.
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