Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Job summary

Are you passionate about cloud infrastructure and innovation?

Can you deliver scalable, secure digital solutions?

Would you like to shape the future of government technology?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability.

Build the future, not just maintain it. This is a unique opportunity to drive innovation, develop advanced cloud capabilities, and create solutions that make a real impact across government.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday

• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers and within the Government Digital and Data Profession.

Job description

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a key role in developing the cloud platforms, infrastructure services and technical capabilities that underpin innovative digital solutions across the organisation.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll design, build, support and continuously improve modern cloud environments, accelerating service delivery through automation, experimentation and emerging technologies. You'll work closely with architects, engineers and suppliers to translate technical designs into secure, scalable and reliable solutions that meet business and user needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future direction of digital services, work with innovative technologies, and help build a sustainable, highly skilled in-house capability that supports critical public services.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Ensuring services are integrated, delivered and operated as required.

• Working with and supporting third parties in providing infrastructure services.

• Working with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operations.

• Providing input into overall management - workforce, budget, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Additional Information

The role is part of the Government Digital and Data Profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance.

The base pay is £44,241. In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £14,756.

The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process. Here are more details on the pay framework.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Deep technical knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including compute, networking, identity, security, storage, monitoring, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience of designing Cloud environments including IaaS, PaaS, and Security requirements.

• Proficient in scripting and coding.

• Ability to interact with a wide variety of stakeholders and partners.

• Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritising them correctly.

• Experience of design of processes and automation around Cloud Environment Operations.

• Experience of Problem Management capabilities.

• Hold or willing to work towards Google Cloud Associate Engineer certification.

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 29.6 hours per week.

Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

Visa Sponsorship

DfTc does not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Senior Infrastructure Engineer: Troubleshooting and problem resolution (Skill level: Practitioner)
• Senior Infrastructure Engineer: IT Infrastructure (Skill level: Practitioner)
• Senior Infrastructure Engineer: Technical Understanding (Skill level: Practitioner)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,241, Department for Transport contributes £12,816 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.