15007 - Deputy Director - Digital Infrastructure & Security Operations (DISO)
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £81,000 to £117,800 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The salary for this role is set within the MoJ SCS PB1 range (£81,000 - £117,800). Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 March 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 15007 |
Summary
The Role
This is a senior role at Deputy Director level, reporting directly to the MoJ’s Director of Technology within the CDIO team.
The Deputy Director of Digital Infrastructure & Security Operations will be responsible for the delivery of networking, Hybrid Cloud and voice & video services that meet the changing needs of all MoJ business areas.
Services include:
• Core networking services
• WAN, LAN, Voice and Video services across more than 1200 sites
• Wi-Fi in courts, office buildings, prisons and probation service buildings
• Hosting services in legacy datacentre and Cloud environments
• Secure video services connecting police stations, courts and prisons
• Corporate telephony, video and mobile services
• Prisoner facing LAN, Wi-Fi and telephony and video services
• Security Operations Centre services for Justice Digital.
You will:
• Build, lead and motivate a team of Service Owners, Technical Architects, Engineers, Operations Managers, Budget Managers and Delivery Managers
• Work with the technology operations, live service operations and customer services teams to ensure a customer-focused support function
• Set the strategy and roadmap for transformation to ensure services meet the needs of our users both now and into the future
• Work as part of the leadership team to create a progressive and inclusive culture and drive performance
• Lead a team of over 270+ staff across multiple locations
• Manage a budget of c.£110m, including responsibility for identifying efficiencies in outsourced technology and reducing the level of legacy IT systems
For more information on key responsibilities please access the candidate information pack attached to this advert below.
Essential Skills and Experience:
• Running complex technology services at scale.
• Developing a vision, strategy and service roadmaps for Digital Infrastructure services.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build consensus where there are multiple and conflicting priorities.
• Strong commercial acumen, constantly seeking to enhance understanding to deliver business benefit.
• In depth knowledge of infrastructure technologies, preferably supported by an engineering background.
• Managing large budgets, suppliers and contracts.
• Experience of building and leading a diverse, collaborative and high-performance working culture.
This is a senior role at Deputy Director level, reporting directly to the MoJ’s Director of Technology within the CDIO team.
The Deputy Director of Digital Infrastructure & Security Operations will be responsible for the delivery of networking, Hybrid Cloud and voice & video services that meet the changing needs of all MoJ business areas.
Services include:
• Core networking services
• WAN, LAN, Voice and Video services across more than 1200 sites
• Wi-Fi in courts, office buildings, prisons and probation service buildings
• Hosting services in legacy datacentre and Cloud environments
• Secure video services connecting police stations, courts and prisons
• Corporate telephony, video and mobile services
• Prisoner facing LAN, Wi-Fi and telephony and video services
• Security Operations Centre services for Justice Digital.
You will:
• Build, lead and motivate a team of Service Owners, Technical Architects, Engineers, Operations Managers, Budget Managers and Delivery Managers
• Work with the technology operations, live service operations and customer services teams to ensure a customer-focused support function
• Set the strategy and roadmap for transformation to ensure services meet the needs of our users both now and into the future
• Work as part of the leadership team to create a progressive and inclusive culture and drive performance
• Lead a team of over 270+ staff across multiple locations
• Manage a budget of c.£110m, including responsibility for identifying efficiencies in outsourced technology and reducing the level of legacy IT systems
For more information on key responsibilities please access the candidate information pack attached to this advert below.
Essential Skills and Experience:
• Running complex technology services at scale.
• Developing a vision, strategy and service roadmaps for Digital Infrastructure services.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build consensus where there are multiple and conflicting priorities.
• Strong commercial acumen, constantly seeking to enhance understanding to deliver business benefit.
• In depth knowledge of infrastructure technologies, preferably supported by an engineering background.
• Managing large budgets, suppliers and contracts.
• Experience of building and leading a diverse, collaborative and high-performance working culture.