DevOps Engineer
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,614 to £58,347 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 7UF |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | DWP Digital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 402651_1747220765 |
Summary
Pay up to £58,347, plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid working with 60% home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
Are you passionate about continuous improvement, automation and cloud technologies?
Do you enjoy introducing new digital tools and methodologies through the software lifecycle?
We're looking for outstanding DevOps Engineers to develop, build and maintain our digital services, steering our strategy and championing data-driven innovation.
Our Data and Analytics teams are working to reduce fraud, errors and debt through innovative data-driven solutions, developing MI reporting and visualisations that support payment and data accuracy and insights.
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.
You'll join DWP Digital community that is driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of public services, using fresh ideas and leading-edge technologies to create innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions.
The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
Delivery. Work. Projects.
Our DevOps Engineers build our products and applications - with researchers, testers, architects, analysts and designers - as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams.
What really excites us is problem-solving. We have a unique opportunity to deliver innovative technology that carries real value for millions of users.
Our teams draw value from collaboration, actively seek input from colleagues and value ideas - from across disciplines, grades and job titles -over hierarchy.
You'll also be part of a supportive Engineering community of practice, with hundreds of engineering experts from across the UK united by passion and purpose. We'll give you the tools and time to build your capability, with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
- Experience of administering and supporting Unix/Linux systems in a development or operational environment, including writing and maintaining automation scripts using shell scripting or languages such as Python.
- Experience of operating within a DevOps environment, applying Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices, with hands-on involvement in Agile Scrum teams to support iterative software delivery.
- Experience of writing, implementing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar, with a focus on building consistent, automated infrastructure deployments.
- Experience of designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines, ensuring code is built, tested, and deployed reliably across environments using modern DevOps toolchains.
- Experience of working effectively within multidisciplinary Agile teams, collaborating with developers, testers, and operations staff to deliver solutions, influence engineering decisions, and continuously improve delivery practices.
Details. Wages. Perks.
You will join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Manchester, Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you.
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.
We offer competitive pay of up to £58,347.
You will be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contribution of 28.9%.
You will get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
- Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
- 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: Pre Interview Exercise
- Stage 3: Interview
We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only THREE STAGES.
Click apply now and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.
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