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HM Land Registry (HMLR) are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the Security Cluster to help protect the critical infrastructure and digital services that support land and property ownership across England and Wales. Permanent role, salary £48,400 - £59,300 (based on interview assessment), 29% employer pension contribution plus full Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Croydon, Plymouth, Gloucester or Swansea. About the role This is a specialist role within HMLR's IT Operations Practice, working as part of an established Security function responsible for protecting systems, platforms and services across a varied technology estate. You will help design, implement and improve technical security controls across cloud, on-premise and legacy environments. The role will involve resolving complex technical issues, managing security risks, improving vulnerability tooling and providing security advice to operational and project teams. You will work across technologies including Windows, Linux, mainframe, AWS and Azure, while collaborating with infrastructure teams, security colleagues, suppliers and wider stakeholders. Responsibilities Design, implement and improve technical security systems and controls across HMLR's infrastructure. Investigate and resolve complex security issues arising from incidents, operational activity and service development. Identify and manage technical security risks, vulnerabilities and appropriate mitigations. Develop and maintain security monitoring, vulnerability and threat-detection tooling. Provide technical guidance, assurance and mentoring to operational teams, projects and colleagues. Essential skills Strong experience designing and implementing technical security systems and controls. Advanced knowledge of at least three security technologies, such as SIEM, Defender, Sentinel, EDR/XDR, Active Directory, Nessus, PAM, AWS IAM or Entra. Extensive knowledge of security controls across Windows, Linux, mainframe, AWS or Azure environments. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including threat analysis and security incident response. Ability to manage priorities, communicate technical risks clearly and demonstrate leadership through coaching or mentoring. Desirable criteria Experience working across both cloud and on-premise environments. Knowledge of identity and access management, privileged access, cryptography or network security. Experience using automation, scripting or coding to improve operational security. Experience supporting customer-facing digital services within a large or complex organisation. Previous experience working within government, a regulated environment or another organisation operating critical services. Benefits Alongside your salary of £48,400 plus any allowance up to £59,300 HM Land Registry contributes £14,021 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme along with the following: Annual leave of 28.5 days' paid holiday during each holiday year plus 8 days public holidays A clear progression pathway inc. personalised training and development plans including expensed accreditations with training days set aside Over 29% employer pension contribution Flexi-time scheme (You decide what working hours work best for you) Opportunity to work condensed hours Social and sports club Access to our employee assistance programme for counselling and support on a wide range of issues Interest-free loan for season tickets Cycle to work scheme (salary sacrifice). HMLR have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development and flexible ways of working. Additional information Locations - Plymouth, Croydon, Gloucester, Swansea Expectation is to be working from one of the locations 60% of your time across the month (typically 3 days/week), hours are flexible and condensed hours are an option. HMLR are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. For SC eligibility, you must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years continuously Why join HMLR? This is an opportunity to help protect critical national infrastructure and digital services relied upon across England and Wales. You will work at significant scale, strengthening the security and resilience of a complex technology estate that supports millions of property transactions and users. You will also have substantial scope to develop your career. The breadth of HMLR's environment will give you exposure to cloud, on-premise, legacy and modern security technologies, alongside opportunities to deepen your expertise, broaden into new areas and learn from experienced specialists across the wider security function. Apply now or contact Inspire People in complete confidence.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People. JBRP1_UKTJ

We are looking for mid-senior Software Engineers with experience in Golang, Java or Python to join a rapidly growing engineering team in Farnborough. You will help design and deliver secure digital solutions that support Defence and National Security missions, working on complex technical challenges where reliability, security and operational impact matter. Permanent role, salary up to £75,000 plus benefits with flexible, hybrid working from Farnborough. About the role You will join a multidisciplinary team of software engineers, architects, platform specialists, infrastructure engineers and delivery professionals. The role covers the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and development through to testing, deployment and continuous improvement. Golang is of particular interest, although strong engineers with experience in Java, C#, C++, Rust or Python will also be considered where they can confidently discuss the differences between technologies and how systems written in different languages integrate. This is a customer-facing position, so you should be comfortable working directly with stakeholders as well as contributing technically. Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain secure, scalable software solutions Build backend services using Go, Java, Python or other relevant languages Develop responsive user interfaces using JavaScript, TypeScript and React Implement cloud services across AWS or Azure Use Git to support effective version control and collaborative development Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated testing processes Use Docker to create consistent and reliable deployment environments Write clean, efficient and well-documented code whilst participating in code reviews Mentor and support other engineers where appropriate, providing constructive technical feedback Keep up to date with emerging software engineering tools and practices Essential criteria Strong professional software engineering experience (5 years+) Proficiency in Go, Java, C#, C++, Rust, Python or a comparable language Good understanding of the full software development lifecycle Experience with Docker for containerisation and deployment. Experience with Git, CI/CD and modern software delivery practices Strong understanding of software engineering principles, algorithms and data structures Desirable criteria Commercial Golang experience Experience building or deploying solutions in AWS or Azure JavaScript, TypeScript and React Automated testing frameworks Agile and DevSecOps delivery Web security principles and secure coding practices Experience in Defence, National Security or another secure environment Benefits Salary range £60,000 - £75,000 dependent upon experience 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays Private medical cover Life assurance 10% employer pension contribution with 5% employee contribution Company-performance bonus Professional development and training support Secure onsite parking, gym, café and restaurant Additional information Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must: Be able to commute to Farnborough 3 days / week Have a sole UK nationality Have or be eligible to undergo Security Clearance. Why join? This is an opportunity to work on technology that directly supports Defence and National Security, where the solutions you build have genuine operational importance. You will tackle complex engineering challenges, work alongside experienced technical specialists and contribute across the full development lifecycle. With strong investment in training, modern technologies and clear opportunities to progress into technical leadership, this is a role where you can make a meaningful impact while continuing to grow your career. Apply now or contact Inspire People in complete confidence.

Would you like the opportunity to work with the latest technologies, delivering digital services that reach over 50 million users? Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are looking for Software Engineers to join their friendly and supportive engineering community. You will work with the latest cloud technologies and in agile delivery teams building clean, secure and accessible services that make a real difference to the UK public. Flexible, hybrid working from Swansea with a salary of £39,163 plus excellent Civil Service benefits and over 28% employer pension contribution. OPEN SESSION To find out more about the role, the digital team and what it's like to work at DVLA, we are hosting a Teams familiarisation session on Wednesday 22 of July at 12PM. This will be an opportunity to meet the team and ask any questions you may have. Continue with the application link for bookng instructions. About Role DVLA delivers some of the UK's most widely used digital services, supporting millions of people who apply for driving licences, tax vehicles or make vehicle enquiries each year. As a Software Engineer, you will join an agile delivery team working alongside senior and lead engineers to build, improve and operate secure, accessible and reliable services at national scale. Current deliveries include: Two major programmes of work, modernising our drivers and vehicles services and systems. Entirely new services including a new customer portal, mobile digital driving licence and identity platform. The DVLA digital payment service that helps us collect around 6 billion pounds a year. New versions of key driving licence services that will help us to reduce paper forms, reduce waiting times and to enable all of our customers to transact digitally. You will also be a part of the new electronic Vehicle Excise Duty programme, a legislative digital service being delivered by DVLA to modernise how Vehicle Excise Duty is administered and delivered digitally. It's an exciting time to join and contribute to a high-impact digital programme. Technology stack No specific technology experience is essential, DVLA are open to transferable skills and a willingness to learn: Core services: Java, Spring Boot and OpenAPI Front-end: Ruby on Rails, React and reusable UI components Serverless: Node.js, TypeScript, AWS Lambda, Step Functions and DynamoDB Architecture: Event-driven architecture patterns AI tooling: AI coding assistants used responsibly to support software delivery Responsibilities Developing Software to meet user needs. Following Best Practice Guidelines and help to improve those Guidelines. Writing clean, secure and well-tested code. Coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues. Operating the services they build and identify issues in production. Essential skills Experience working as a software engineer across multiple projects, developing software using a variety of technologies and tools. Experience coding in one or more languages (i.e Java, Ruby, C#, Python, TypeScript or similar) Ability to work in a team to build, test and deliver features or services. Awareness of CI/CD and good software delivery practices. Passion for clean, secure, well-tested code and continuous learning. Experience delivering services using a public cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud or a motivation to develop these skills. Benefits: Alongside your salary of £39,163 (£35,663 plus a Recruitment Retention Allowance of £3,500) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes 28.9% of the base salary towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Best in class learning and development tailored to your role (desired certifications expensed plus training days) An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme Digital communities with clear career frameworks On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies) On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 1 extra day for the King's birthday Free parking A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual needs Further Information: This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years. DVLA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. 60% Swansea office attendance (typically 3 days / week) Why join? Joining DVLA gives you the opportunity to work on digital services used by millions of people across the UK, as part of a friendly and supportive engineering community. The team values collaboration, good engineering practice and creating an environment where people can keep learning and develop their skills. You'll have the chance to work with the latest cloud-based, serverless and AI-enabled technologies, with support to gain certifications in areas such as AWS and Java. Apply now or contact Inspire People in complete confidence.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support businesses across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with strong software engineering capability (either experience of Python development or a desire to develop Python expertise), experience building applications hosted on cloud platforms, expertise within a modern cloud engineering environment. and a passion for automation and continuous improvement. Based from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a National salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (£67,547 to £83,778 for London) plus 29% Pension and Civil Service Benefits. Salary awarded based on technical skills assessed at interview. Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering at DBT The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the digital platforms and services that support this mission. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing, operating and improving cloud-based platforms and services used across DBT and wider government. Working across Python development, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability and automation, you'll help improve reliability, developer experience and service performance while supporting critical business services used by thousands of users. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer you will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to work more efficiently. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring across the engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. Essential skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible, hybrid working with employees typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office. Offices located in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Salford. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional training, certifications and technical development opportunities. A culture encouraging inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle to work and wider Civil Service benefits. Why Join DBT? Join a highly collaborative engineering team where you'll work across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation and developer enablement. You'll have the opportunity to develop new skills, gain industry certifications and contribute to modern cloud engineering challenges that support services used across government. The team encourages experimentation, continuous learning and new ideas, giving engineers the freedom to improve services, solve complex problems and shape future platform capabilities. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're a software engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer or Site Reliability Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms while building services that support businesses across the UK, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £67,547 to £83,778 (London) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (London £67,547 to £83,778,) depending on location and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business and Trade The Department for Business and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. DBT's Digital, Data and Technology directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join DBT? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.