(FCS-322) FTC 2yr - Infrastructure Engineer
| Posting date: | 29 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M1 3BG |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75804549 |
Summary
Are you a SME on the AWS Stack? Does working with complex and interesting systems that provide daily challenges appeal to you? Would you like the opportunity to play a role in the future Digital infrastructure at Transport for Greater Manchester?
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with a background in Digital Operations/Systems to help transform Transport for Greater Manchester’s infrastructure to a fully automated and optimised digital service to be proud of. This is a great opportunity to join a fast growing and exciting team who are providing services that have far-reaching and pivotal roles for the traveling public.
We know that better digital services in government will mean better public services, with the power to make a real difference to the lives of Greater Manchester citizens.
Who are we?
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is responsible for delivering Greater Manchester’s future transport strategy and commitments.This is a busy and exciting time for us: under the devolution agreement and with Greater Manchester at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse, transport will play a vital role in supporting growth and prosperity in the UK’s largest regional economy outside London.Our vision is for world class connections that support long-term, sustainable economic growth and access to opportunity for all. To achieve this, we have ambitious plans to establish a fully integrated, high capacity transport system across Greater Manchester becoming a digital transport operator keeping the city, region moving and growing, helping people in Greater Manchester make over 6 million journeys a day.
The scale of change, the size of the investment and the dedicated team we have in the business today make it an exciting place to work with a lot of scope to deliver first-class products and services and continue your own personal development journey. There is a dress-down culture, a dynamic working environment andwith a culture that collaborates, shares, continually learns, challenges and embraces better ways of doing things to continually meet user needs through technology and data.
Some of the tools, techniques and technologies we use and continue to develop and evolve include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Public / Private Cloud Services, UX and Modern Web Development with React, Micro Service integration architectures, Test Automation, Key Management and Security Tooling, Elastic Search, Insight and Analytics using Data Warehouse as a Service, CCTV, Internet of Things, Mobile Apps, Chatbots, Machine Learning, DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, Operational and Security Monitoring, Software Defined Networking, Data and Network Security and much, much, more.
The breadth of what we do is wide and varied, and we are innovating fast.
Your Role
As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) at TfGM you will be responsible for continuously improving the infrastructure, developing and deploying cloud environments, automate all that can be automated, help engineers work more efficiently and improve the tools that TfGM already deploys. In this role you will help resolve issues that occur and be proactive in supporting the teams to find innovative solutions. You will also be involved in contributing your ideas to platform architecture and design to drive continuous improvement.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
You will be able to demonstrate the skills and experience in the following key areas:
Good experience as a Cloud engineer, preferably from an infrastructure background (System Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer)
Demonstratable experience with public and private clouds
Good knowledge of containerisation and orchestration.
Advanced experience in security and service monitoring
Expertise with Linux and all surrounding flavours is a huge bonus
Experience and knowledge of - Terraform, CDK, AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Ansible,Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Docker, Jira, Networking, scripting (PowerShell, bash, Python), Microsoft and Linux operating systems.
What we can offer you
This is a 2 year fixed term role and comes with a salary of £61,532 - £67,195 inc MFS per annum depending on experience. This is comprised of base salary plus market supplement, (£50,532 - £56,195 + plus MFS £11,000, the market supplement is paid monthly and reviewed as required).
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.
Our benefits include:
- Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
- Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
- Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
- Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
- Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
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