Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Platform) - £40,808 - £57,400 - Newcastle upon Tyne

apartmentGovernment Recruitment Service placeNewcastle upon Tyne calendar_month 
DVSA plays a crucial role in maintaining safety standards on the roads, conducting tests, and overseeing vehicle-related matters in the UK. The Cloud Infrastructure Platform team designs, builds, and supports the infrastructure that provides the services used by colleagues across the country, with a strong focus on user experience, appropriate security, continuous improvement, and sustainability.

To achieve this we maintain and develop modern, cloud hosted IaaS and leverage Cloud solutions such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics and other technologies to continually modernise our estate.

If you work in the Platform space, and value an exciting, friendly, and healthy working environment; would like an opportunity to deliver a modern, high-quality digital experience; and want to make a real impact on road safety and sustainability, we’d love to hear from you.

There’s never been a better time to join the DVSA.

Our Digital-first vision is supported by a clear strategy which allows our staff to develop and grow.

Click to find out more the award-winning services we work on and what’s on offer for you, helping drive your career forward.

If you want to find out more about this role, get tips on the application or ask the hiring manager any questions, join us for a virtual information session on 12th September at 17:30. Click here to register.

You will
  • Drive improvements to deliver new and updated core infrastructure services, according to business and user needs, based on clear evidence, to ensure maximum value is achieved from services.
  • Drive automation throughout the core infrastructure estate, adopting modern approaches, such as, Infrastructure as Code, where relevant.
  • Maintenance of core infrastructure services through identifying problems through analysis and proactively supporting resolution including documenting causes and remedies.
  • Identifying and implementing functional, performance and quality improvements to the core infrastructure estate.

For further information please see the attached Role Profile.

Additional Information

This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham or Birmingham or Leeds your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.

Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.

Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework

This 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 £40,808. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £16,592.

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.

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