Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Linux and DevOps) - Cabinet Office - G7

Existing CO Staff can work in their original contractual work location.
Existing Civil Servants working in all other departments can work in Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, York and Norwich.
External candidates can work in Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, York and Norwich only.

Help shape the Future of UK Government Digital Services as a Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Linux and DevOps) and push the boundaries of technology and make a tangible difference to the lives of millions. The Cabinet Office is at the heart of the UK Government, driving a ground-breaking Digital Transformation. We're striving to set a new global benchmark for digital services. Over the next three years, we're on a mission to make our digital offerings the best in the world and we need skilled individuals like you to help us get there.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll be doing:

You'll be instrumental in shaping the infrastructure, network and cloud capabilities that support vital services for the Cabinet Office and its executive agencies, including Government Commercial Authority (GCA) and the Government Property Agency (GPA), impacting civil servants and ministerial bodies across the nation.

As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Linux and DevOps), you won't just be maintaining systems, you'll be a key architect of our future infrastructure landscape. Working alongside Technical Architects and Principal Engineers, you'll design, maintain and upgrade our infrastructure, tackling challenges head on and ensuring seamless service delivery.

Designing and implementing new services to meet the evolving needs of the Cabinet Office.

Be a crucial point of escalation for our Live Service, diving deep into root cause analysis and finding effective solutions.

Guiding and mentoring junior engineers, creating a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.

Managing and supporting our AWS cloud environment, including deploying new services via code.

Maintaining and enhancing our infrastructure servers (Linux and Windows), with primary focus on the Linux servers.

Line management and leadership of Senior Infrastructure Engineers.

Working with cutting edge cloud technologies, contributing to the migration of existing systems and the implementation of innovative new solutions.

Integrating and improving our existing processing systems to enhance performance.

Maintaining the integrity, availability, performance and capacity of our infrastructure.

Carrying out change control activities with precision and documenting our infrastructure.

Requirements for the role:

• In depth understanding and experience of Linux, including configuration using infrastructure as code.
• Proven experience in AWS and infrastructure as code.
• Experience of change management processes.
• Experience working in an enterprise IT environment.
• Exceptional customer relationship and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust at all levels.
• Technical expertise in supporting and administering servers and IT infrastructure.
• Experience with monitoring and trend analysis tools.
• Comprehensive knowledge of server and application hardening and security best practices.
• Understanding of Windows AD and related services such as DHCP, DNS, PKI, LDAP and Group Policy.
• Experience working with AWS Multi Account, EC2, VPCs and Route53.

Additional information:

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.