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Senior Infrastructure Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Managing and deploying applications to managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS and AKS. Cloud compute, storage, and configuration, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available. Use and administration of source code management systems such as GitLab, including writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using Terraform, and writing Config-as-Code (CaC) using Ansible. CloudFormation desirable. Identifying and automating toil where appropriate, to improve efficiency, increase reliability and reduce repetitive manual tasks. Working within Service and Delivery management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change, and Agile methodologies). Influential with strong communication and leadership skills. You and your role A typical day as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Hybrid Cloud Services means getting hands on with the tech that keeps cloud platforms running smoothly across the department. You'll spend a lot of time working closely with Architects, SRE's, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, bouncing ideas around and shaping cloud solutions that are stable, secure and ready to scale. Much of the work is about making sure everything we build or run lines up with the organisation's technical standards and security expectations, so there's always a bit of problem solving and forward planning involved. Some days you're deep in designing or delivering new cloud services; other days you're looking after the platforms already in place - tuning performance, improving resilience or jumping in to resolve incidents when something unexpected pops up. You're the person the team turns to when things get complicated, offering guidance to junior engineers and helping users understand what's going on behind the scenes. There's also a steady rhythm of spotting ways to make services better, putting together improvement plans and seeing them through so the cloud environment keeps evolving. It's the kind of role where you're both building the future and keeping the present stable, all within a huge organisation that feels a lot like an enterprise scale tech company, just one that sits right at the centre of government. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Managing and deploying applications to managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS and AKS. Cloud compute, storage, and configuration, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available. Use and administration of source code management systems such as GitLab, including writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using Terraform, and writing Config-as-Code (CaC) using Ansible. CloudFormation desirable. Identifying and automating toil where appropriate, to improve efficiency, increase reliability and reduce repetitive manual tasks. Working within Service and Delivery management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change, and Agile methodologies). Influential with strong communication and leadership skills. You and your role A typical day as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Hybrid Cloud Services means getting hands on with the tech that keeps cloud platforms running smoothly across the department. You'll spend a lot of time working closely with Architects, SRE's, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, bouncing ideas around and shaping cloud solutions that are stable, secure and ready to scale. Much of the work is about making sure everything we build or run lines up with the organisation's technical standards and security expectations, so there's always a bit of problem solving and forward planning involved. Some days you're deep in designing or delivering new cloud services; other days you're looking after the platforms already in place - tuning performance, improving resilience or jumping in to resolve incidents when something unexpected pops up. You're the person the team turns to when things get complicated, offering guidance to junior engineers and helping users understand what's going on behind the scenes. There's also a steady rhythm of spotting ways to make services better, putting together improvement plans and seeing them through so the cloud environment keeps evolving. It's the kind of role where you're both building the future and keeping the present stable, all within a huge organisation that feels a lot like an enterprise scale tech company, just one that sits right at the centre of government. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Managing and deploying applications to managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS and AKS. Cloud compute, storage, and configuration, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available. Use and administration of source code management systems such as GitLab, including writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using Terraform, and writing Config-as-Code (CaC) using Ansible. CloudFormation desirable. Identifying and automating toil where appropriate, to improve efficiency, increase reliability and reduce repetitive manual tasks. Working within Service and Delivery management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change, and Agile methodologies). Influential with strong communication and leadership skills. You and your role A typical day as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Hybrid Cloud Services means getting hands on with the tech that keeps cloud platforms running smoothly across the department. You'll spend a lot of time working closely with Architects, SRE's, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, bouncing ideas around and shaping cloud solutions that are stable, secure and ready to scale. Much of the work is about making sure everything we build or run lines up with the organisation's technical standards and security expectations, so there's always a bit of problem solving and forward planning involved. Some days you're deep in designing or delivering new cloud services; other days you're looking after the platforms already in place - tuning performance, improving resilience or jumping in to resolve incidents when something unexpected pops up. You're the person the team turns to when things get complicated, offering guidance to junior engineers and helping users understand what's going on behind the scenes. There's also a steady rhythm of spotting ways to make services better, putting together improvement plans and seeing them through so the cloud environment keeps evolving. It's the kind of role where you're both building the future and keeping the present stable, all within a huge organisation that feels a lot like an enterprise scale tech company, just one that sits right at the centre of government. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Lead Criteria - Managing and deploying applications to managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS and AKS. Cloud compute, storage, and configuration, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available. Use and administration of source code management systems such as GitLab, including writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using Terraform, and writing Config-as-Code (CaC) using Ansible. CloudFormation desirable. Identifying and automating toil where appropriate, to improve efficiency, increase reliability and reduce repetitive manual tasks. Working within Service and Delivery management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change, and Agile methodologies). Influential with strong communication and leadership skills. You and your role A typical day as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Hybrid Cloud Services means getting hands on with the tech that keeps cloud platforms running smoothly across the department. You'll spend a lot of time working closely with Architects, SRE's, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, bouncing ideas around and shaping cloud solutions that are stable, secure and ready to scale. Much of the work is about making sure everything we build or run lines up with the organisation's technical standards and security expectations, so there's always a bit of problem solving and forward planning involved. Some days you're deep in designing or delivering new cloud services; other days you're looking after the platforms already in place - tuning performance, improving resilience or jumping in to resolve incidents when something unexpected pops up. You're the person the team turns to when things get complicated, offering guidance to junior engineers and helping users understand what's going on behind the scenes. There's also a steady rhythm of spotting ways to make services better, putting together improvement plans and seeing them through so the cloud environment keeps evolving. It's the kind of role where you're both building the future and keeping the present stable, all within a huge organisation that feels a lot like an enterprise scale tech company, just one that sits right at the centre of government. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £73,205 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Backup and Recovery Engineer Pay up to £52,442 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an outstanding Backup and Recovery Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Hands on experience in Implementation, Migration, Operations and Support of Backup applications. Demonstrable use of Rubrik backup solutions across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, OCI GCP) and on-premises infrastructure and experience of Integration of Rubrik with external platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk, vSphere, Azure AD) using REST APIs and automation tools (Ansible) Proven ability of managing Cloud compute, storage, and configurations, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available Experience and knowledge of service management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change and SLAs). Demonstrable experience of producing and rapidly delivering minimum viable solutions, results focused with ability to prioritize the most impactful work. Working experience of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DORA and their organizational impact. Support audit and regulatory compliance efforts related to data protection. You and your role A day as a Backup and Recovery Engineer is all about keeping the organisation's data safe and recoverable, whether it lives in the cloud or on prem. You'll spend your time making sure backup systems are running smoothly, spotting issues before they become problems and jumping in to fix things fast when they do. You'll work closely with Architects, SREs, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, so there's plenty of collaboration as you help shape and run the backup services everyone relies on. Some days you'll be involved in designing or improving how we back things up across public cloud and traditional infrastructure. Other days are more hands on, checking alerts, dealing with backup failures, looking into suspicious activity or helping colleagues understand how the systems work. When major incidents happen, you take the lead in getting everything back to a healthy state, working with security teams if there's anything unusual going on, like potential ransomware or unauthorised access. You'll move between Linux and Windows environments depending on what needs doing. Overall, it's a mix of problem solving, teamwork, technical know how and keeping the department's data safe and recoverable every single day. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is more convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £ 52,442 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% , worth over £12,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Backup and Recovery Engineer Pay up to £52,442 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an outstanding Backup and Recovery Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Hands on experience in Implementation, Migration, Operations and Support of Backup applications. Demonstrable use of Rubrik backup solutions across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, OCI GCP) and on-premises infrastructure and experience of Integration of Rubrik with external platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk, vSphere, Azure AD) using REST APIs and automation tools (Ansible) Proven ability of managing Cloud compute, storage, and configurations, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available Experience and knowledge of service management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change and SLAs). Demonstrable experience of producing and rapidly delivering minimum viable solutions, results focused with ability to prioritize the most impactful work. Working experience of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DORA and their organizational impact. Support audit and regulatory compliance efforts related to data protection. You and your role A day as a Backup and Recovery Engineer is all about keeping the organisation's data safe and recoverable, whether it lives in the cloud or on prem. You'll spend your time making sure backup systems are running smoothly, spotting issues before they become problems and jumping in to fix things fast when they do. You'll work closely with Architects, SREs, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, so there's plenty of collaboration as you help shape and run the backup services everyone relies on. Some days you'll be involved in designing or improving how we back things up across public cloud and traditional infrastructure. Other days are more hands on, checking alerts, dealing with backup failures, looking into suspicious activity or helping colleagues understand how the systems work. When major incidents happen, you take the lead in getting everything back to a healthy state, working with security teams if there's anything unusual going on, like potential ransomware or unauthorised access. You'll move between Linux and Windows environments depending on what needs doing. Overall, it's a mix of problem solving, teamwork, technical know how and keeping the department's data safe and recoverable every single day. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is more convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £ 52,442 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% , worth over £12,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Backup and Recovery Engineer Pay up to £52,442 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an outstanding Backup and Recovery Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Hands on experience in Implementation, Migration, Operations and Support of Backup applications. Demonstrable use of Rubrik backup solutions across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, OCI GCP) and on-premises infrastructure and experience of Integration of Rubrik with external platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk, vSphere, Azure AD) using REST APIs and automation tools (Ansible) Proven ability of managing Cloud compute, storage, and configurations, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available Experience and knowledge of service management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change and SLAs). Demonstrable experience of producing and rapidly delivering minimum viable solutions, results focused with ability to prioritize the most impactful work. Working experience of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DORA and their organizational impact. Support audit and regulatory compliance efforts related to data protection. You and your role A day as a Backup and Recovery Engineer is all about keeping the organisation's data safe and recoverable, whether it lives in the cloud or on prem. You'll spend your time making sure backup systems are running smoothly, spotting issues before they become problems and jumping in to fix things fast when they do. You'll work closely with Architects, SREs, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, so there's plenty of collaboration as you help shape and run the backup services everyone relies on. Some days you'll be involved in designing or improving how we back things up across public cloud and traditional infrastructure. Other days are more hands on, checking alerts, dealing with backup failures, looking into suspicious activity or helping colleagues understand how the systems work. When major incidents happen, you take the lead in getting everything back to a healthy state, working with security teams if there's anything unusual going on, like potential ransomware or unauthorised access. You'll move between Linux and Windows environments depending on what needs doing. Overall, it's a mix of problem solving, teamwork, technical know how and keeping the department's data safe and recoverable every single day. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is more convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £ 52,442 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% , worth over £12,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance. Do you want to lead on the modernisation of systems that deliver billions of pounds in payments every week to citizens who rely on our support? As a Lead Technical Architect in DWP Payments, you'll operate at one of the highest levels of architectural leadership within DWP Digital. Payments is one of the most critical service areas in government, responsible for ensuring accurate, reliable and timely payments to millions of people. We are one of the biggest payers in the UK, across benefits and pensions and we're modernising our payments estate. We are moving away from legacy systems and designing future proofed, event driven, API led architectures that are resilient, scalable and secure. You'll guide the technical strategy for major transformation initiatives, shaping how our next generation payments platform will work. You'll provide expert architectural leadership across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments, and work with multidisciplinary teams to design and govern high risk, high impact solutions. You'll collaborate closely with delivery teams and senior stakeholders, offering clear options and recommendations that influence technology decisions at scale. This is an exciting time to join us. The scale is huge, the challenge is real, and the opportunities for impact are significant. You'll help transform the backbone of one of the UK's largest public services. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You know how to design microservice and API led architectures, and you understand the tools, techniques and best practices behind them. You have hands-on experience with event-based architectures, including pub/sub models, data streaming and modern integration patterns. You can design architectures that span cloud, on prem and hybrid environments, and understand networking, security, middleware, databases and integration. You use architecture principles, standards and patterns to guide design, making sure solutions align with strategy. You've shaped or supported delivery across agile, waterfall and hybrid environments, from initial concept all the way to go live. You can take complex business needs and turn them into clear, traceable technical solutions that stakeholders can understand. You use architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs in a way that supports decision making. You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll have a strategic role shaping how our Payments team designs, builds and operates the platforms that deliver billions in payments safely and reliably. We're taking on a major modernisation - moving from complex legacy systems to modern cloud based, event-driven architecture. You'll help lead that change, ensuring our new platforms are robust, secure, flexible and future ready. You'll work across multiple teams and programmes, guiding architectural direction, setting standards and ensuring solutions meet both technical and business needs. You'll inspire, mentor and support the architecture community, helping others grow and ensuring consistent and high quality design across the organisation. Leadership in this role means influence: setting strategy, supporting communities, guiding decisions and creating clarity in complex environments. You'll solve some of the biggest and most important challenges in government technology: modernising legacy payment systems, improving resilience, handling huge volumes of data, and ensuring that millions of people get the right payment at the right time. Your impact will be felt in the reliability and security of services that people depend on every day. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, embraces large-scale transformation and wants to leave a lasting legacy in public service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two-stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance. Do you want to lead on the modernisation of systems that deliver billions of pounds in payments every week to citizens who rely on our support? As a Lead Technical Architect in DWP Payments, you'll operate at one of the highest levels of architectural leadership within DWP Digital. Payments is one of the most critical service areas in government, responsible for ensuring accurate, reliable and timely payments to millions of people. We are one of the biggest payers in the UK, across benefits and pensions and we're modernising our payments estate. We are moving away from legacy systems and designing future proofed, event driven, API led architectures that are resilient, scalable and secure. You'll guide the technical strategy for major transformation initiatives, shaping how our next generation payments platform will work. You'll provide expert architectural leadership across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments, and work with multidisciplinary teams to design and govern high risk, high impact solutions. You'll collaborate closely with delivery teams and senior stakeholders, offering clear options and recommendations that influence technology decisions at scale. This is an exciting time to join us. The scale is huge, the challenge is real, and the opportunities for impact are significant. You'll help transform the backbone of one of the UK's largest public services. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You know how to design microservice and API led architectures, and you understand the tools, techniques and best practices behind them. You have hands-on experience with event-based architectures, including pub/sub models, data streaming and modern integration patterns. You can design architectures that span cloud, on prem and hybrid environments, and understand networking, security, middleware, databases and integration. You use architecture principles, standards and patterns to guide design, making sure solutions align with strategy. You've shaped or supported delivery across agile, waterfall and hybrid environments, from initial concept all the way to go live. You can take complex business needs and turn them into clear, traceable technical solutions that stakeholders can understand. You use architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs in a way that supports decision making. You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll have a strategic role shaping how our Payments team designs, builds and operates the platforms that deliver billions in payments safely and reliably. We're taking on a major modernisation - moving from complex legacy systems to modern cloud based, event-driven architecture. You'll help lead that change, ensuring our new platforms are robust, secure, flexible and future ready. You'll work across multiple teams and programmes, guiding architectural direction, setting standards and ensuring solutions meet both technical and business needs. You'll inspire, mentor and support the architecture community, helping others grow and ensuring consistent and high quality design across the organisation. Leadership in this role means influence: setting strategy, supporting communities, guiding decisions and creating clarity in complex environments. You'll solve some of the biggest and most important challenges in government technology: modernising legacy payment systems, improving resilience, handling huge volumes of data, and ensuring that millions of people get the right payment at the right time. Your impact will be felt in the reliability and security of services that people depend on every day. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, embraces large-scale transformation and wants to leave a lasting legacy in public service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two-stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance. Do you want to lead on the modernisation of systems that deliver billions of pounds in payments every week to citizens who rely on our support? As a Lead Technical Architect in DWP Payments, you'll operate at one of the highest levels of architectural leadership within DWP Digital. Payments is one of the most critical service areas in government, responsible for ensuring accurate, reliable and timely payments to millions of people. We are one of the biggest payers in the UK, across benefits and pensions and we're modernising our payments estate. We are moving away from legacy systems and designing future proofed, event driven, API led architectures that are resilient, scalable and secure. You'll guide the technical strategy for major transformation initiatives, shaping how our next generation payments platform will work. You'll provide expert architectural leadership across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments, and work with multidisciplinary teams to design and govern high risk, high impact solutions. You'll collaborate closely with delivery teams and senior stakeholders, offering clear options and recommendations that influence technology decisions at scale. This is an exciting time to join us. The scale is huge, the challenge is real, and the opportunities for impact are significant. You'll help transform the backbone of one of the UK's largest public services. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You know how to design microservice and API led architectures, and you understand the tools, techniques and best practices behind them. You have hands-on experience with event-based architectures, including pub/sub models, data streaming and modern integration patterns. You can design architectures that span cloud, on prem and hybrid environments, and understand networking, security, middleware, databases and integration. You use architecture principles, standards and patterns to guide design, making sure solutions align with strategy. You've shaped or supported delivery across agile, waterfall and hybrid environments, from initial concept all the way to go live. You can take complex business needs and turn them into clear, traceable technical solutions that stakeholders can understand. You use architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs in a way that supports decision making. You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll have a strategic role shaping how our Payments team designs, builds and operates the platforms that deliver billions in payments safely and reliably. We're taking on a major modernisation - moving from complex legacy systems to modern cloud based, event-driven architecture. You'll help lead that change, ensuring our new platforms are robust, secure, flexible and future ready. You'll work across multiple teams and programmes, guiding architectural direction, setting standards and ensuring solutions meet both technical and business needs. You'll inspire, mentor and support the architecture community, helping others grow and ensuring consistent and high quality design across the organisation. Leadership in this role means influence: setting strategy, supporting communities, guiding decisions and creating clarity in complex environments. You'll solve some of the biggest and most important challenges in government technology: modernising legacy payment systems, improving resilience, handling huge volumes of data, and ensuring that millions of people get the right payment at the right time. Your impact will be felt in the reliability and security of services that people depend on every day. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, embraces large-scale transformation and wants to leave a lasting legacy in public service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two-stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application

Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance. Do you want to lead on the modernisation of systems that deliver billions of pounds in payments every week to citizens who rely on our support? As a Lead Technical Architect in DWP Payments, you'll operate at one of the highest levels of architectural leadership within DWP Digital. Payments is one of the most critical service areas in government, responsible for ensuring accurate, reliable and timely payments to millions of people. We are one of the biggest payers in the UK, across benefits and pensions and we're modernising our payments estate. We are moving away from legacy systems and designing future proofed, event driven, API led architectures that are resilient, scalable and secure. You'll guide the technical strategy for major transformation initiatives, shaping how our next generation payments platform will work. You'll provide expert architectural leadership across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments, and work with multidisciplinary teams to design and govern high risk, high impact solutions. You'll collaborate closely with delivery teams and senior stakeholders, offering clear options and recommendations that influence technology decisions at scale. This is an exciting time to join us. The scale is huge, the challenge is real, and the opportunities for impact are significant. You'll help transform the backbone of one of the UK's largest public services. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You know how to design microservice and API led architectures, and you understand the tools, techniques and best practices behind them. You have hands-on experience with event-based architectures, including pub/sub models, data streaming and modern integration patterns. You can design architectures that span cloud, on prem and hybrid environments, and understand networking, security, middleware, databases and integration. You use architecture principles, standards and patterns to guide design, making sure solutions align with strategy. You've shaped or supported delivery across agile, waterfall and hybrid environments, from initial concept all the way to go live. You can take complex business needs and turn them into clear, traceable technical solutions that stakeholders can understand. You use architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs in a way that supports decision making. You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll have a strategic role shaping how our Payments team designs, builds and operates the platforms that deliver billions in payments safely and reliably. We're taking on a major modernisation - moving from complex legacy systems to modern cloud based, event-driven architecture. You'll help lead that change, ensuring our new platforms are robust, secure, flexible and future ready. You'll work across multiple teams and programmes, guiding architectural direction, setting standards and ensuring solutions meet both technical and business needs. You'll inspire, mentor and support the architecture community, helping others grow and ensuring consistent and high quality design across the organisation. Leadership in this role means influence: setting strategy, supporting communities, guiding decisions and creating clarity in complex environments. You'll solve some of the biggest and most important challenges in government technology: modernising legacy payment systems, improving resilience, handling huge volumes of data, and ensuring that millions of people get the right payment at the right time. Your impact will be felt in the reliability and security of services that people depend on every day. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, embraces large-scale transformation and wants to leave a lasting legacy in public service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two-stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance. Do you want to lead on the modernisation of systems that deliver billions of pounds in payments every week to citizens who rely on our support? As a Lead Technical Architect in DWP Payments, you'll operate at one of the highest levels of architectural leadership within DWP Digital. Payments is one of the most critical service areas in government, responsible for ensuring accurate, reliable and timely payments to millions of people. We are one of the biggest payers in the UK, across benefits and pensions and we're modernising our payments estate. We are moving away from legacy systems and designing future proofed, event driven, API led architectures that are resilient, scalable and secure. You'll guide the technical strategy for major transformation initiatives, shaping how our next generation payments platform will work. You'll provide expert architectural leadership across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments, and work with multidisciplinary teams to design and govern high risk, high impact solutions. You'll collaborate closely with delivery teams and senior stakeholders, offering clear options and recommendations that influence technology decisions at scale. This is an exciting time to join us. The scale is huge, the challenge is real, and the opportunities for impact are significant. You'll help transform the backbone of one of the UK's largest public services. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You know how to design microservice and API led architectures, and you understand the tools, techniques and best practices behind them. You have hands-on experience with event-based architectures, including pub/sub models, data streaming and modern integration patterns. You can design architectures that span cloud, on prem and hybrid environments, and understand networking, security, middleware, databases and integration. You use architecture principles, standards and patterns to guide design, making sure solutions align with strategy. You've shaped or supported delivery across agile, waterfall and hybrid environments, from initial concept all the way to go live. You can take complex business needs and turn them into clear, traceable technical solutions that stakeholders can understand. You use architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs in a way that supports decision making. You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll have a strategic role shaping how our Payments team designs, builds and operates the platforms that deliver billions in payments safely and reliably. We're taking on a major modernisation - moving from complex legacy systems to modern cloud based, event-driven architecture. You'll help lead that change, ensuring our new platforms are robust, secure, flexible and future ready. You'll work across multiple teams and programmes, guiding architectural direction, setting standards and ensuring solutions meet both technical and business needs. You'll inspire, mentor and support the architecture community, helping others grow and ensuring consistent and high quality design across the organisation. Leadership in this role means influence: setting strategy, supporting communities, guiding decisions and creating clarity in complex environments. You'll solve some of the biggest and most important challenges in government technology: modernising legacy payment systems, improving resilience, handling huge volumes of data, and ensuring that millions of people get the right payment at the right time. Your impact will be felt in the reliability and security of services that people depend on every day. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, embraces large-scale transformation and wants to leave a lasting legacy in public service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two-stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Lead Technical Architect Pay up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance. Do you want to lead on the modernisation of systems that deliver billions of pounds in payments every week to citizens who rely on our support? As a Lead Technical Architect in DWP Payments, you'll operate at one of the highest levels of architectural leadership within DWP Digital. Payments is one of the most critical service areas in government, responsible for ensuring accurate, reliable and timely payments to millions of people. We are one of the biggest payers in the UK, across benefits and pensions and we're modernising our payments estate. We are moving away from legacy systems and designing future proofed, event driven, API led architectures that are resilient, scalable and secure. You'll guide the technical strategy for major transformation initiatives, shaping how our next generation payments platform will work. You'll provide expert architectural leadership across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments, and work with multidisciplinary teams to design and govern high risk, high impact solutions. You'll collaborate closely with delivery teams and senior stakeholders, offering clear options and recommendations that influence technology decisions at scale. This is an exciting time to join us. The scale is huge, the challenge is real, and the opportunities for impact are significant. You'll help transform the backbone of one of the UK's largest public services. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You know how to design microservice and API led architectures, and you understand the tools, techniques and best practices behind them. You have hands-on experience with event-based architectures, including pub/sub models, data streaming and modern integration patterns. You can design architectures that span cloud, on prem and hybrid environments, and understand networking, security, middleware, databases and integration. You use architecture principles, standards and patterns to guide design, making sure solutions align with strategy. You've shaped or supported delivery across agile, waterfall and hybrid environments, from initial concept all the way to go live. You can take complex business needs and turn them into clear, traceable technical solutions that stakeholders can understand. You use architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs in a way that supports decision making. You and your role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll have a strategic role shaping how our Payments team designs, builds and operates the platforms that deliver billions in payments safely and reliably. We're taking on a major modernisation - moving from complex legacy systems to modern cloud based, event-driven architecture. You'll help lead that change, ensuring our new platforms are robust, secure, flexible and future ready. You'll work across multiple teams and programmes, guiding architectural direction, setting standards and ensuring solutions meet both technical and business needs. You'll inspire, mentor and support the architecture community, helping others grow and ensuring consistent and high quality design across the organisation. Leadership in this role means influence: setting strategy, supporting communities, guiding decisions and creating clarity in complex environments. You'll solve some of the biggest and most important challenges in government technology: modernising legacy payment systems, improving resilience, handling huge volumes of data, and ensuring that millions of people get the right payment at the right time. Your impact will be felt in the reliability and security of services that people depend on every day. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, embraces large-scale transformation and wants to leave a lasting legacy in public service. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to We offer pay up to £99,836. That's £75,026 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £21,735 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a two-stage interview online. Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Backup and Recovery Engineer Pay up to £52,442 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for an outstanding Backup and Recovery Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Hands on experience in Implementation, Migration, Operations and Support of Backup applications. Demonstrable use of Rubrik backup solutions across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, OCI GCP) and on-premises infrastructure and experience of Integration of Rubrik with external platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Splunk, vSphere, Azure AD) using REST APIs and automation tools (Ansible) Proven ability of managing Cloud compute, storage, and configurations, ensuring solutions are repeatable, scalable, resilient, and highly available Experience and knowledge of service management frameworks (ITIL - Incident, Problem, Change and SLAs). Demonstrable experience of producing and rapidly delivering minimum viable solutions, results focused with ability to prioritize the most impactful work. Working experience of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DORA and their organizational impact. Support audit and regulatory compliance efforts related to data protection. You and your role A day as a Backup and Recovery Engineer is all about keeping the organisation's data safe and recoverable, whether it lives in the cloud or on prem. You'll spend your time making sure backup systems are running smoothly, spotting issues before they become problems and jumping in to fix things fast when they do. You'll work closely with Architects, SREs, Delivery Managers and Product Managers, so there's plenty of collaboration as you help shape and run the backup services everyone relies on. Some days you'll be involved in designing or improving how we back things up across public cloud and traditional infrastructure. Other days are more hands on, checking alerts, dealing with backup failures, looking into suspicious activity or helping colleagues understand how the systems work. When major incidents happen, you take the lead in getting everything back to a healthy state, working with security teams if there's anything unusual going on, like potential ransomware or unauthorised access. You'll move between Linux and Windows environments depending on what needs doing. Overall, it's a mix of problem solving, teamwork, technical know how and keeping the department's data safe and recoverable every single day. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is more convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £ 52,442 Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% , worth over £12,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024 Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025 Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Location Canary Wharf or South Mimms, Hertfordshire About the job Job summary We are currently looking for an Infrastructure Engineer (EuC and telephony) to join our Technology & Services Operations Function within the Digital and Technology group. This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU or South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Government departments and agencies are working towards implementing a minimum 60% attendance in office sites. We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 8 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 12 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly. This role will also be required to participate in the Agency's out of hours on-call rota on a periodic basis. An on-call payment will be added to the salary depending on the frequency of participation in the rota. A Digital Allowance of up to £12,823 per annum may be available for exceptional candidates based on our assessment of your skills and experience. This allowance is non-pensionable and may change on an annual basis. Job description Who are we? The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research. The Digital and Technology Group (D&T) lies at the heart of the Agency and is responsible for delivering an optimised IT infrastructure and maximising the secure use of data to enable our scientists, inspectors, and the rest of the organisation to deliver world class services which can improve outcomes for patients and the general public. The Group was essential in the race to approve COVID-19 vaccines in 2020 and in supporting the UK to set up its own medicines and devices approvals systems following our exit from the EU. The work we do matters! We plan to be at the heart of one of the most digitally advanced medical regulators in the world and we need people who can help us deliver that ambition. D&T is a great place to build your career and we are committed to enabling our people to do the best work of their lives. The Technology & Service Operations function is responsible for managing the existing IT infrastructure including both software and hardware, databases, and other technology platforms; leading the support and maintenance of applications; development and testing of new applications and platforms; and cyber and information security for the Agency. What's the role? The Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for assisting in the management and delivery of infrastructure projects and business-as-usual (BAU) tasks, focusing primarily on our End User Compute (EuC) and telephony infrastructure. This role is vital for maintaining the stability, performance, and security of the Infrastructure as the MHRA undertakes a significant overhaul of its IT infrastructure, including the deployment of new equipment. The successful candidate will apply their technical expertise in core Infrastructure technologies to support day-to-day operations. You will collaborate with other engineers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. The role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that infrastructure activities align with overall IT strategy and operational objectives. An on-call component is required, as this role involves providing support for critical issues outside regular working hours, ensuring minimal disruption to services. Person specification Key responsibilities: Leadership and Escalation: Lead and manage the successful execution of EuC and telephony projects, ensuring that tasks are completed on time and within scope while supporting the MHRA's IT strategy. Serve as the main escalation point for junior engineers, providing advanced troubleshooting and technical expertise in resolving complex EuC and telephony issues, ensuring high-quality resolutions that prevent future incidents. Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a collaborative environment and encouraging skills development across the team. Infrastructure Stability, Security, and Performance: Take ownership of the overall stability, performance, and security of our IT Infrastructure, which includes assisting in the management of data centre services such as blade systems, virtualisation platforms, servers, Storage, Backup and power systems. Implement and maintain robust security protocols to safeguard the infrastructure, ensuring compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements. Proactively monitor and assess core network performance, identifying potential risks or weaknesses and applying pre-emptive solutions to minimize downtime and service disruptions. Play a pivotal role in the agency's ongoing IT infrastructure overhaul by recommending, testing, and integrating cutting-edge infrastructure technologies. Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Work closely with project teams, and other IT functions to ensure alignment of strategies with the overall IT infrastructure roadmap. Build productive relationships with external vendors, supporting the assessment of their services and products to meet the agency's performance and security expectations. Communicate project progress and EuC and telephony performance with team members to ensure that business requirements are consistently met. Business-as-Usual (BAU) Operations: Have a strong understanding of ITIL, including configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Infrastructure components, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted service operations On-Call and Incident Management: Participate in the on-call rota, providing support for critical issues, and ensuring prompt response times to minimize business impact. Assist in incident response during escalations, supporting timely communication with key stakeholders and contributing to quick resolution. Learn from post-incident reports to understand preventive measures and support continuous improvement in incident management processes. Who are we looking for? Our successful candidate will have: Hands-on experience with troubleshooting EuC and telephony performance issues and integrating new equipment within an existing IT architecture. Experience in supporting Infrastructure operations, particularly in EuC and telephony technologies such as Intune and Autopilot. Technical knowledge of Infrastructure technologies, including an understanding of maintain laptop builds, patching management, application deployment technologies, remote management and diagnostics as well as Microsoft teams calling Proven experience in troubleshooting and maintenance, including experience in configuring and managing EuC and telephony Infrastructure components. Understanding of industry standards and best practices related to EuC and telephony Infrastructure architecture and security, including Directory Services understanding (such as AD/EntraID, LDAP, etc). If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification ! Please note: The job description may not open in some internet browsers. Please use Chrome or Microsoft Edge. If you have any issue viewing the job description, please contact

Location Bristol, London, Warrington For roles based in London, your contractual place of work will be Stratford. While the Stratford site is expected to become operational from November 2025 - March 2026, you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall or another reasonable location on a temporary basis during the interim period. Please note that, as Stratford will be your contractual place of work, any subsequent move from a temporary location will not entitle you to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy. About the job Job summary The Test Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the reliability, quality and performance of the NCA's technical solutions. They will apply a strong understanding of modern testing practices to validate systems across complex business operations, projects and programmes. The role requires an ability to design and execute effective test strategies, identify defects and performance issues, and provide clear, evidence based assurance to stakeholders. Working closely with developers, analysts and delivery teams, the Test Engineer will help ensure that services are robust, secure and meet operational needs, while continuously improving test processes and advocating for quality throughout the delivery lifecycle. Job description As a Test Engineer, you will be responsible for assuring the quality, reliability and performance of tooling and capabilities delivered across Tier 1 and Tier 2. You will work within defined quality and performance strategies, ensuring all testing activity is completed within agreed timescales, budgets and standards, and that outcomes meet or exceed stakeholder expectations. You will apply a demonstrable understanding of IT solution architecture - including GUIs, operating systems, databases, hardware and input devices, networks and security components, applications and services - to shape test strategies, approaches and detailed plans. This technical insight will guide the Quality and Performance team and ensure testing is risk based, robust and aligned to the Agency's operational needs. A key part of the role is building strong relationships across the Agency and with wider stakeholders. You will work closely with these partners to ensure products, tooling and services are aligned to the appropriate standards, fully assured and able to support the NCA's broader digital and operational objectives. This role aligns to Test Engineer in the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework - Test engineer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework Duties and Responsbilities Test Improvement, Optimisation and Strategy - Help deliver the ongoing improvement and optimisation of testing practices, ensuring test environments, techniques and approaches are fit for purpose. Design, build, maintain and execute high quality functional and non functional tests that align to user needs and system requirements. Develop, maintain and apply key test artefacts, including Quality and Performance Test Strategies and Test Plans, while proactively identifying opportunities to enhance the end to end test process. Risk Management and Quality Assurance - Identify, document and manage testing related risks and issues, putting appropriate mitigations in place and escalating to the Test Manager where necessary to avoid delivery impacts. Make informed, context aware decisions relating to testing activities within the delivery environment, ensuring quality assurance remains robust and aligned to programme objectives. Test Execution, Data and Automation - Manage and deliver functional and non functional test activities, using a broad range of testing techniques to assure performance, quality and reliability. Create, manage and maintain test data, and support the development, enhancement and use of automation frameworks and scripts. Complete test work, provide feedback to team members, and collect testing metrics and statistics to support clear, evidence based reporting. Stakeholder Collaboration - Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure testing activities support high quality delivery aligned to organisational standards. Person specification Communication and Stakeholder Engagement - Communicate effectively with both technical and non technical stakeholders, including gathering non functional requirements and clearly articulating complex risks or issues to senior audiences. Apply critical thinking and ask insightful questions to ensure requirements, processes and deliverables are fully understood. Present findings, risks and recommendations clearly to wider teams, ensuring shared understanding and informed decision making. Test Analysis, Design and Execution - Conduct investigative work to understand problems, inefficiencies and opportunities within existing processes. Collect, analyse and interpret complex or conflicting information to propose practical, evidence based solutions. Design and execute tests across all phases - functional, non functional and User Acceptance Testing - ensuring coverage aligns to user needs and requirements. Apply Specification by Example and similar techniques to support requirement clarity and testability. Test Planning, Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement - Develop and maintain robust quality practices, advocating accountable quality throughout the delivery lifecycle. Verify that the right work is being undertaken (Verification) and validate that it has been completed correctly (Validation). Put measures in place to monitor and improve quality outcomes, promoting consistency of approach across teams. Provide supportive but assertive challenge to ensure quality standards are upheld and embedded. Test Engineering and Technical Practice - Apply modern test engineering practices, including source control, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing approaches. Integrate and execute tests within continuous delivery environments to enable rapid feedback loops. Demonstrate experience in planning and managing tests across multiple phases, including User Acceptance Testing and performance testing. Contribute to automation framework development and the improvement of engineering standards. Requirements, Data and Technical Understanding - Understand and apply requirements engineering principles to support the creation, clarification and validation of deliverables. Validate requirements to ensure solutions meet operational, business and technical needs. Demonstrate knowledge of data solutions in cloud and on premise environments, including data exploitation tooling and platforms.

Location Bristol, London, Warrington For roles based in London, your contractual place of work will be Stratford. While the Stratford site is expected to become operational from November 2025 - March 2026, you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall or another reasonable location on a temporary basis during the interim period. Please note that, as Stratford will be your contractual place of work, any subsequent move from a temporary location will not entitle you to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy. About the job Job summary Join the expanding National Data Exploitation Capability (NDEC), part of the National Crime Agency's Data and Analysis Hub,and help place data at the centre of the fight against serious and organised crime (SOC). NDEC delivers advanced analytical and exploitation capabilities that generate operational insight, inform strategic decision making, and provide a critical edge against increasingly technology driven threats. As a Lead Software Developer, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering high quality software solutions that unlock the value of complex and rapidly growing datasets. We are looking for proactive, inquisitive problem solvers who thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy variety, and work effectively as part of a collaborative, multi disciplinary team. Job description As the Lead Software Developer, you will provide technical leadership across NDEC and the wider NCA, driving the design, development and delivery of high quality software solutions that directly support mission critical operational and analytical needs. Working within a multi disciplinary technical team, you will contribute to the creation of next generation tools and platforms that enhance the Agency's ability to detect, disrupt and prevent SOC. This role places you at the cutting edge of law enforcement technology, helping to shape capabilities that address some of the most complex and high impact threats facing the UK. You will set engineering standards, define best practice and ensure the team consistently delivers secure, scalable and maintainable software. A key part of your role will be leading, coaching and mentoring a team of developers, supporting their technical growth, fostering a positive and collaborative culture, and ensuring their work aligns with NCA priorities. You will champion modern development approaches and agile delivery methods, promoting DevOps practices, automation and continuous integration/continuous deployment to ensure rapid and reliable delivery. Your responsibilities will include guiding technical decision making, selecting appropriate technologies and architectural approaches, and making informed judgments about when to build bespoke solutions or adopt existing tools. You will work closely with data scientists, analysts, product managers and operational teams to ensure that complex mission requirements are translated into robust, user centred technical solutions. In doing so, you will ensure that software developed within NDEC integrates effectively with operational workflows and delivers real world impact. You will also play a key role in strengthening the developer community across NDEC and the wider Agency, promoting knowledge sharing, encouraging experimentation and driving the adoption of good practice in security, testing, automation and documentation. Through strong technical leadership and a commitment to continuous improvement, you will help build a high performing software engineering capability that delivers meaningful outcomes in a fast moving and demanding environment. Duties and Responsibilities Team Leadership - Lead, manage and inspire a software development team to design, build and deliver high quality data services that address complex operational challenges. Provide clear direction, set standards and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Relationship Building - Develop strong, collaborative relationships across the NCA technical community. Promote shared learning, knowledge exchange and cross functional working to build collective capability and support the effective delivery of Agency priorities. User Engagement - Champion user centred design by defining effective approaches for understanding user needs and guiding others in eliciting and interpreting user stories. Distinguish clearly between genuine user needs and stakeholder wants, ensuring research is applied appropriately and recommending the most suitable tools and methods. Modern Development Standards - Apply and promote modern engineering standards and practices across complex projects and programmes, ensuring solutions are robust, secure, maintainable and aligned with organisational best practice. Programme and Build (Software Engineering) - Maintain technical oversight across all stages and iterations of the software development lifecycle. Provide expert advice to stakeholders, set team wide standards for programming tools and techniques, and ensure appropriate application of methods, frameworks and compliance requirements. Information Security - Design solutions with embedded security controls, ensuring they are purposefully engineered to mitigate relevant security threats and meet NCA and national security requirements. Systems Design - Develop systems that balance risk, impact and technical complexity, selecting suitable design patterns and standards. Review and assure the designs of others, ensuring appropriate technology choices, efficient resource use and effective integration across multiple systems. Systems Integration - Coordinate integration activities across systems, defining integration approaches and supporting teams in undertaking integration testing. Ensure components interact reliably and support the delivery of end to end operational capability. Person specification Software Engineering - Demonstrable industrial experience designing, developing and testing complex object oriented software applications. Strong proficiency in object oriented programming languages, with experience applying robust engineering principles in production environments. Deep understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including discovery, design, build, testing, deployment and maintenance. Development Practices & Delivery - Hands on experience working within agile delivery environments, applying iterative development, continuous feedback and prioritisation techniques. Practical experience with modern DevOps practices, automation and CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent, reliable and secure deployment. Ability to translate user and business requirements into technical solutions, managing expectations and making informed, collaborative trade offs. Cloud, Infrastructure & Environments - Knowledge of designing, deploying and maintaining software across cloud and on premise environments. Understanding of how to build scalable, secure and resilient systems that integrate effectively within complex technical landscapes. Technical Design & Architecture - Experience contributing to technical design decisions, architectural patterns and standards. Ability to assess technology options, ensure alignment with best practice, and contribute to long term technical strategy. Technical Leadership - Experience operating in a technical leadership role, providing direction, coaching and assurance to software developers. Ability to build a positive engineering culture, promote knowledge sharing, and drive continuous improvement across a multi disciplinary team.

Location Bristol, London, Warrington For roles based in London, your contractual place of work will be Stratford. While the Stratford site is expected to become operational from November 2025 - March 2026, you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall or another reasonable location on a temporary basis during the interim period. Please note that, as Stratford will be your contractual place of work, any subsequent move from a temporary location will not entitle you to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy. About the job Job summary As Test Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of robust testing strategies across business operations, projects and programmes. You will bring a strong understanding of functional, non functional, quality assurance and performance testing approaches, ensuring that testing is embedded effectively throughout the delivery lifecycle. You will anticipate and address the challenges associated with complex systems, diverse user needs and fast moving delivery environments, providing expert guidance to teams and stakeholders. Through strong leadership and a focus on continuous improvement, you will ensure that services are thoroughly tested, performance ready and aligned with organisational standards and operational priorities. Job description We have roles available within both our National Data Exploitation Capability (NDEC) and our Transformation teams. As a Test Manager, you will lead and manage the quality and performance of tooling and capabilities across Tier 1 and Tier 2. This will include defining the quality and performance strategy; managing it to completion, within agreed timescales and budgets, and to a level of quality that meets or exceeds the client's expectations. You will use an advanced level appreciation of the architecture and key components of IT solutions (including GUI, operating systems, databases computer hardware & input devices, networks & security, applications and services) to inform the testing strategy, approach and plans and guide the Quality and Performance team based on this understanding. You will foster relationships with other parts of the Agency to ensure products are delivered in line with aligned with the appropriate design standards and governance. This role aligns to Test Manager in the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework - Test manager - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework Duties and Responsibilities Test Strategy, Improvement and Optimisation - Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the quality and performance testing approach. Define required test phases, produce accurate estimates for testing activities and ensure the end to end test process is efficient, consistent and aligned with delivery needs. Risk, Issues and Assurance - Identify, document and manage all significant testing risks and issues, ensuring effective mitigations are put in place. Escalate concerns to the Senior Delivery Manager where necessary to prevent delays or impacts on delivery. Test Governance and Artefact Management - Produce and maintain high quality test artefacts, including the quality and performance test strategy, plans and associated documentation. Actively seek opportunities to refine and optimise testing documentation and governance. Test Data, Automation and Tooling - Oversee the creation and management of test data, and drive the development, maintenance and effective use of automation frameworks and scripts. Ensure testing tools and techniques reflect industry best practice and support efficient, repeatable and high quality test execution. Management of Functional and Non Functional Testing - Lead and coordinate all functional and non functional testing activities, assigning work, providing constructive feedback and ensuring the effective collection and reporting of testing metrics and insights. Leadership, Coaching and Capability Development - Provide leadership, coaching and professional development for staff, supporting talent management, succession planning and effective supplier management. Foster a culture of high performance and ensure teams use modern, industry standard testing methods and tools. Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement - Promote and advocate testing capabilities across the Agency and wider government partners, building strong relationships and ensuring testing is fully integrated into delivery processes and decision making. Person specification Test Design, Execution and Quality Assurance - Demonstrable experience in creating, planning and managing tests across all test phases, including User Acceptance Testing. Able to lead test engineers in designing and executing high quality functional and non functional tests, ensuring test coverage, traceability and alignment with requirements. Test Analysis and Problem Solving - Strong analytical skills with the ability to absorb large volumes of complex or conflicting information, identify patterns, evaluate root causes and determine effective solutions. Experience leading investigative work to identify improvements in testing processes, products or delivery approaches. Defect Management and Continuous Improvement - Proven ability to drive effective defect reporting, triage and resolution, ensuring accurate information is captured and communicated. Able to lead and coach teams in improving test management processes, developing recommendations and implementing enhancements to quality and performance practices. Test Strategy and Planning - Experience in developing and maintaining test strategies, plans and quality approaches, ensuring they are aligned with organisational priorities and delivery timelines. Able to guide teams in optimising quality and performance testing methods and selecting appropriate techniques and tools. Technical Understanding of Test Environments - Knowledge and understanding of data solutions and testing in cloud or on premise environments, including environment setup and data exploitation tooling. Familiarity with test engineering practices, standards and modern tooling to support effective and repeatable test execution. Requirements Engineering and Validation - Experience working with product, business and technical teams to gather, clarify and validate requirements, including non functional requirements. Able to translate requirements into structured test conditions and ensure deliverables are validated appropriately. Communication and Stakeholder Engagement - Effective communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with technical and non technical stakeholders. Able to explain complex risks clearly, gather business and non functional needs, and escalate issues to senior leaders where necessary. Thinks creatively, asks insightful questions and communicates findings clearly to wider teams. Leadership and Team Management - Demonstrable experience managing a test team, setting test strategy and providing coaching, feedback and professional development. Able to foster a high performing culture and ensure teams adopt industry best practice in testing and quality assurance.

Enterprise Architect - 6-month contract - SC Cleared - Inside of IR35 - London/Remote - Retail Payments My Customer is looking for an experienced SC Cleared Enterprise Architect to play a key role in shaping the future of retail payments. This position will focus on defining the strategic direction, architecture, and user experience for next-generation payment systems, working closely with industry stakeholders and internal bodies. You will operate at a strategic level, translating complex requirements into clear architectural direction while ensuring alignment across multiple programmes and partners. Experience & Skills from the Enterprise Architect: Actively SC Cleared Background in architecture, design, or solution modelling Direct retail payments system/design or supervisory experience Experience leading or contributing to large programmes or transformation initiatives Exposure to retail payments systems, financial services, or regulated environments Strong ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels Demonstrated experience breaking down complex challenges into actionable insights and solutions Proven capability to evaluate different architectural approaches, balancing trade-offs and aligning decisions to strategic or regulatory drivers Experience operating in a strategic or enterprise-level architecture role within large or complex environments Key Responsibilities of the Enterprise Architect: Develop and define high-level architectural designs for future retail payments infrastructure Analyse existing payment ecosystems and comparable industries to identify best practices and innovation opportunities Engage with external stakeholders and industry participants to understand user needs, operational processes, and end-to-end journeys Map and design seamless customer and business user journeys across payment platforms Produce clear, well-structured documentation, including white papers and proposals, to communicate architectural vision and secure stakeholder alignment Collaborate with governance bodies, design authorities, and delivery teams to ensure consistency with strategic objectives Provide architectural guidance across multiple workstreams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and future-proof Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Connor Smal via the VIQU IT website. Do you know someone great? We'll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on IT Recruitment.

Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Key Skills: Strong Java and Spring Boot development experience in high-throughput systems Deep understanding of event-driven and messaging architectures (Kafka, JMS, AMQP or similar) Experience engineering reliability and observability at scale (monitoring, tracing, SLIs/SLOs) Desirable Skills: Experience building notification delivery infrastructure (webhooks, push, SMS) Awareness of the payments domain, including processing flows and compliance considerations Experience adopting AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and code quality GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.