Lead Infrastructure Engineer

This role is for a Technical Lead in the Cloud Infrastructure and Tooling team, part of the Data Services and Analytics portfolio within DDaT. You will oversee and manage a complex, public cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring resources are managed via Infrastructure as Code. The role involves leading a multi-disciplinary team, aligning their work with business needs, supporting career development, and enabling the broader portfolio to function effectively.

Key responsibilities include managing third-party infrastructure services, delivering architectural solutions throughout the service lifecycle, and collaborating with Technical Architects to operationalise designs. You will guide infrastructure teams in building, supporting, and maintaining solutions, ensuring continuous improvement through feedback loops.

Additionally, you will handle workforce planning, budgeting, technology roadmaps, and project management, driving the delivery of robust and scalable infrastructure services.

What you will do

• Lead teams and departments in the implementation, administration and support of infrastructure solutions and services.
• Review systems designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, integration of multiple systems and technology and that ‘Secure by Design’ principles have been followed.
• Manage planning of system and/or acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications and provide authoritative advice and guidance on test planning.
• Troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities including compute, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, cloud, commercial off the shelf (COTS) and open source.
• Establish standards and procedures across a service lifecycle including the development lifecycle and ensure that practitioners adhere to this. You will manage resources to ensure that the systems integration function works effectively.
• After a solution has been integrated, you will evaluate the success of the project, identifying best practices and lessons learned. You will provide feedback to teams and incorporate this information into future plans.
• Manage, coach and mentor more junior infrastructure engineers.

What you will bring:

• Managing and delivering complex technologies within time, cost and quality targets (Lead essential criteria).
• Leading the technology team to adhere to good engineering principles from architecture through to development.
• Providing leadership to the teams responsible for delivery of the service through effective direction and coaching.
• Different methodologies including Agile, waterfall and continuous integration principles.
• Building strong partnerships with diverse teams across multiple locations and technologies.
• Advising on future technology changes and innovations and defining best practice for network improvements and information security.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:

• Backend: Java, Node.js, C#, Python
• Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular
• Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra
• DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Git, Bash

Why Join Us?

Exceptional pension: Employer contribution of 28.97%.

Generous leave: 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service), 8 public holidays, and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.

Flexible working: Options include full-time, part-time, compressed hours, job sharing, and a hybrid model (minimum 60% on-site).

Learning and development: Access to training, technical accreditations, and funded qualifications (subject to approval).

Recognition and inclusion: A culture that champions diversity, enhanced parental leave schemes, annual bonuses, and recognition awards.

Learn more about our benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers

Additional Information

This role requires SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you must typically have been resident in the UK for at least five years.

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