Senior Infrastructure Engineer
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Senior Infrastructure Engineer
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Pay up to £68,517 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
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DWP. Digital with Purpose.
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Are you a talented and highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer who can deliver, manage the Cloud Infrastructure in a safe, secure and reliable manner using Infrastructure as a code?
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We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.
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DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.
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The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
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What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
strong>- (Lead Criteria) Strong experience in Azure Cloud technologies, Building scalable and resilient infrastructures using Azure Virtual Machines, Kubernetes & Functions. Proficient in managing different storage type, volumes, snapshots
- Expert experience in Azure Resource Manager/ Terraform Infrastructure as a Code - Advanced level template scripting, knowledge of parameters, functions, references, mappings, resource groups, user data/ bootstrap script execution
- Knowledge of GIT, branching strategies, merging, push, pull requests/ Create and manage CI/ CD pipelines
- Advanced knowledge of Azure VNET, managing private networks, Subnets, Network security groups, Peering, Private Link Endpoint, VPNs, NAT/ Transit Gateways, Express Route
- Operating System
- Knowledge of Amazon Linux/ Red Hat/ CentOS, Bash scripting and fundamentals, Installing packages, grep.
- including creating advanced reusable modules, event managements and installation of tooling and other software in a non-interactive manner
- Live Services
- Understanding of running a business-critical production environment
- ability to carefully follow change management process, understanding of SRE principles, standards.
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You and your role
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As an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for creating Infrastructure solutions using Architecture and Engineering principles with a focus on Operational stability, robustness, resilience, and availability of the services.
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You will be part of Live Services Infrastructure team who will be collaborating with multiple fast-paced delivery teams, test engineers, build engineers and Live Services support teams.
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Our Senior Infrastructure Engineers have a deep technical knowledge of the platform and understanding of various technologies and tools to be able to create solutions using 'Infrastructure as a code'.
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You will also have strong experience in troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure issues promptly, ensuring minimal disruption to critical services and pursue perfection to eliminate the root cause where possible.
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Details. Wages. Perks.
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Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.
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Hybrid Working:We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
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Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £68,517
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Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.
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Holidays:A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.
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You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.
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We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
p>- An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
- Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. ul>
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Process:
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We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:
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Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
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Interview: a single stage interview online.
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CLICK APPLYfor more information and to start your application.
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