Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Hybrid Cloud


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£57,946 to £73,205 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	NE98 1YX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	18 Oct 2026

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Summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Engineering as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer and to create innovative digital solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users. We’re driving the adoption of Public Cloud services in line with Government Digital Service (GDS) and DWP’s own strategic hosting architectural principles.

The strategy for our engineers is to implement a ‘Digital by Default’ approach. We will do this by providing an end-to-end ‘multi-cloud’ hosted service for our Product Development Units. We’ll be providing a securely connected hosting service which removes DWP’s reliance on traditional hosting solutions and contracts.

To ensure our success, we are standardising, simplifying and automating, together with developing processes, training and tools to accelerate our delivery.

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will be capable of role modelling Infrastructure solutions which adhere to best practice, with a focus on operational stability, resilience, and availability.

This position will collaborate with Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Delivery Managers, and Product Managers, who all support the implementation and operation of Cloud hosted products and services.

The role will sit within one of our Engineering Tooling Services Teams which comprise of Automation & Orchestration and Manage & Deploy My Code services. This role will maintain and support project to exit Ansible Automation Platform and GitLab from the On Premise Hosting (OPH) estate.

Support the design and implementation of Public Cloud infrastructure services/solutions to meet strategic plans and roadmaps.
Responsible for operational management of Public Cloud hosted technologies, products, and services, with a focus on security, availability, resilience, and performance.
Provide specialist service/solution technical support and assistance to junior staff and users.
Development and implementation of service improvement plans to address identified issues for Public Cloud hosted technologies, products, and services.
Responsible for management and resolution of Incidents for Public Cloud hosted technologies, products, and services.
Working with Product Delivery Unit (PDU) teams to understand their current Ansible Automation Platform and GitLab instances.
Develop, execute and support the migration path for PDU instances to the strategic platforms.
Ensure minimal disruption to services by proactively identifying and resolving technical issues during and after migrations.
Supporting with the upskilling and developing of end users.
Identify, develop and implement automation solutions to reduce operational toil, improve system reliability, and enable teams to focus on higher value activities.

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