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Lead Infrastructure Engineer

DWP Digital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

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DWP Digital, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Part time
  • Temporary
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 10 Dec | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: cd7777448f1742fab6a26388175a1f67

Full Job Description

  • Responsible for ensuring services/solutions being delivered are aligned to departmental and user needs, deliver value for money, are of high quality and are technically stable.
  • Lead on delivering architectural and roadmap developments in own accountable area
  • Drive innovation in ways of working throughout the team and encourage experimentation where opportunities arise.
  • Promote a mindset of continuous improvement across the team and peers across the organisation.
  • Act as an escalation point for service - related incidents.
  • Monitor and take part in on-call rotations, ensuring applicable services and products are supported out of hours.
  • Responsible for the leadership of engineering employees, providing expert advice or dealing with complex problems.
  • Set the strategic direction to maintain pace with the wider industry, by defining criteria for personal development in the context of cloud engineering
  • Department representative acting as a liaison with external bodies and third parties, promoting good practice and process, and encouraging adoption across the engineering community.
  • Make complex decisions, involving a wide range of solutions, possibly affecting a number of work areas within the organisation.
  • Work closely with other senior leaders, sharing information, providing advice and support around technical choices and implementation approach., You must meet the security requirements before you can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
    • For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers.
  • For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.

    When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line withessential criteriabelow:
  • (Lead Criteria) Experience of providing technical leadership and support within a team of Infrastructure Engineers.
  • Substantial experience of Azure
  • Significant experience of working with networking including DNS, NSGs, VNETS etc.
  • Significant experience of scripting languages for example Terraform and Python.
  • Substantial experience of version control systems such as Git, Gitlab CI, Gitlab Dedicated.
  • Significant experience of working in an agile environment building, deploying, supporting and operating cloud applications (in particular Azure)., (Lead Criteria) Experience of providing technical leadership and support within a team of Infrastructure Engineers., Experience of providing technical leadership and support within a team of Infrastructure Engineers., You will be asked to do a (10 minutes) presentation on a specific topic. Further details will be provided to candidates invited to interview.

    Alongside your salary of 72,664, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 21,050 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
    • We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
  • Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
  • Generous annual leave at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
  • Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
  • Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
  • Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 years continuous service.
  • Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
  • An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Womens Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
    • This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Salary Information Pay for this role is from 72,664 to 77,740. n The maximum salary for the grade is 77,740 however a Digital Allowance of up to 12,255 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed. Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary. Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater., If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via DigitalRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional. For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How We Recruit, page . Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) . See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups:
  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
    • Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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