Senior Network Engineer Pay up to £73,305 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for outstanding Senior Network Engineers who are skilled in Wi-Fi solutions 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? Extensive Wi-Fi Expertise:Demonstrable background in designing and managing large-scale Wi-Fi networks, ideally in a senior or lead role. You understand the nuances of RF design, roaming, and high-density WLAN environments. Hands-On Experience:Proven experience with wireless products (access points, controllers, ClearPass/Aruba Central, etc.). You can confidently configure and troubleshoot Aruba Wi-Fi infrastructures. Network Engineering Skills:Demonstrable knowledge of general networking (LAN/WAN, switching, routing, VLANs, network security). Relevant certifications (e.g. Aruba ACMP, Cisco CCNP Wireless) are a plus. Problem Solver:Adept at diagnosing complex wireless issues and implementing effective solutions with minimal downtime. Professional & Collaborative:Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset. Comfortable working with cross-functional teams and explaining Wi-Fi concepts to non-technical stakeholders when needed. Technical Leadership & Mentoring: Significant experience providing technical leadership in a senior Wi-Fi/network role, including mentoring and developing engineers, setting technical standards, and acting as a senior escalation point for complex wireless issues. You and your role You'll take the lead on designing and rolling out high-performing Wi-Fi solutions using HPE Aruba, making sure everything runs smoothly across hundreds of sites supporting thousands of users. Day to day, you'll be monitoring performance, fine-tuning configurations, and keeping security tight, while tackling any issues before they impact the business. You'll also be the go-to expert for Wi-Fi, sharing your knowledge with the wider team and helping guide decisions on new technologies and improvements. The role involves working closely with network teams and stakeholders across multiple locations, so strong collaboration is key. 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 £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 flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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. Read Less

Join DWP Digital and lead the future of data engineering in one of the UK's largest and most impactful digital environments As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll join our Data Platform and Operations team within Data & Analytics, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how we design, build and evolve data platforms that support DWP's ambition to become a truly data-driven organisation. We're recruiting for two roles, both focused on technical leadership, engineering excellence, and building capability. You'll lead engineers - sometimes through direct line management, sometimes through technical leadership across teams - setting direction, guiding delivery and mentoring others as we grow our senior engineering capability. This is a unique opportunity to help establish what excellence looks like for senior data engineering within our enablement space. With significant platform migration and transformation activity underway, your role will combine hands-on engineering, technical oversight and strategic influence. You'll help ensure our data pipelines and services are robust, scalable, and aligned to best practice - supporting services that make a real difference to millions of people across the UK. 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? Experience leading the technical delivery of data or ETL projects, making sure the work is high quality, reliable, and fit for purpose. Solid, hands-on experience with Informatica Power Centre is essential, including how it's used to integrate, transform and manage data effectively. Strong experience building and delivering data pipelines using cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and big data tools like Kafka or Spark. Confident using Python (or PySpark) and SQL to process, transform and analyse data, and able to guide others in doing the same. Good understanding of modern data platforms (such as Azure/Fabric), including how data is ingested, cleaned, structured and made available to users. Experience leading or supporting large-scale platform migrations or transformations, ensuring best practice is followed and risks are managed. Ability to lead engineers - either through line management or technical leadership - coaching, mentoring and helping others develop their skills. Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. You and your role You'll be a key part of building and shaping the senior data engineering capability within our Data Platform and Operations function - particularly within our enablement space, where we are establishing stronger leadership, standards and engineering practices. You'll lead engineers both directly and indirectly, providing day-to-day guidance, mentoring and technical direction. In some teams, you'll have line management responsibility; in others, your influence will come through leading work, setting direction and driving conversations that shape engineering outcomes across multiple teams. A significant focus of your role will be supporting ongoing platform migrations and transformation activity. This might mean designing and building new pipelines and services, reviewing and assuring the work of other engineers, or setting the standards and patterns that ensure consistency and quality across delivery. You'll play a central role in building engineering capability - supporting less experienced engineers, embedding best practice and helping create a culture of continuous improvement. From code reviews and technical coaching to defining how we approach data engineering at scale, your contribution will be instrumental in raising the bar across the organisation. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, 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 pay up to £75,664. That's up to £68,205 salary plus a Digital Allowance of up to £7,459 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 £16,786 per year. 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. Read Less

Infrastructure 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 Identity Access Management 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? Experience working with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and multi factor authentication (MFA) technologies. Working-level technical knowledge of authentication and authorisation protocols (such as Kerberos, SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect). Proven experience onboarding and integrating applications with Entra ID, including the configuration and management of Enterprise Applications. Practical experience using scripting and command line tools to automate identity operations, including PowerShell, Bash, and Azure CLI. Experience implementing, supporting, or operating Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and role based access control (RBAC), for example Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) or CyberArk PAM. Practical experience of secrets management technologies and secure handling of credentials. Experience working within large enterprise environments, including collaboration across multi supplier and partner led delivery models. You and your role We're building secure, scalable systems that support millions of users, and we're doing it with some of the best tech out there, think Entra ID, Active Directory and cloud platforms like Azure and AWS and a whole lot of automation. This role focuses on identity security and digital encryption, and you get to work across everything from authentication protocols to certificate management and secrets handling. It's fast-paced and constantly evolving. If you've got experience with IAM, PKI and cloud integration and you're comfortable scripting and automating with tools like PowerShell or APIs you'll fit right in. This team is extremely collaborative and forward-thinking. Everyone brings something different to the table and there's a real focus on learning, sharing ideas and building solutions that make a difference. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in 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 £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 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 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. Read Less

Pay of £44,447, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Service Transition Manager 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? Demonstrable experience of IT Service Management in an ITIL or equivalent Framework. Proven experience of supporting the delivery of projects in an Agile environment. Proven track record of transitioning projects into live service. Demonstrable history of customer focused service and understanding how service issues impact users. Demonstrable history of influencing key stakeholders in order to drive and maintain improvements in digital services.
You and your role You will support the seamless transition of complex digital services into stable business-as-usual operations, ensuring minimal disruption while maintaining service quality and enhancing user experience across digital channels. You'll be empowered to lead the planning, scheduling, and coordination of service transitions, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure all resources, processes, and acceptance criteria are in place. You will oversee the full lifecycle of service changes, managing evaluation and acceptance of new or updated services, while ensuring alignment with organisational policies and standards. Your role also involves producing clear, compliant documentation and maintaining control over change processes to support seamless service integration. To be successful in this role you'll need good at stakeholder engagement, a structured approach to managing change and a commitment to delivering reliable, user-focused outcomes. An ITIL Foundation qualification (or willingness to work towards one) would be advantageous but is not essential. 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 £44,447. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%. 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 single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. Read Less

Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. About the job Job summary Do you want to work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe? Do you want to help support millions of our claimants by designing user-friendly digital services? If so, these roles may be perfect for you! We are looking for experienced Lead Technical Architects with a specialism in Contact Centres who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment, where you'll be supporting major initiatives within DWP Digital. You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choices. The roles will include the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers. The Digital Channels Team has an opportunity for a Contact Centre Architect to lead the architecture design for its Digital Channels Contact Centre (DC3). This role will play a key part in transitioning from a traditional voice only "call centre" to a leading multi-channel "contact centre", with the ultimate intention of providing an omni-channel environment. You will be suited to this role if you have experience in NiCE CXOne contact centre technologies. As well as the underlying Contact Centre technology the role is wide ranging encompassing IVR, moving to a more "conversational" style IVR, voice recording, WFM / WFO, and integrations to existing DWP systems as well as new platforms as they come on line. This is an exciting time to join us. You'll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional products and services that work for everyone. Job description A Lead Technical Architect (Solutions) leads at the highest level and is responsible for making sure the strategy is agreed and followed. At this role level, you will: Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations. Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation. Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies. Inspire other architects and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation. Be responsible for governance, solving complex and high risk issues or delivering architecture design. Person specification When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below: Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Contact Centre platforms offering multi-channel support, cross channel-integration, and customer interaction services such as DTMF and natural language IVR, TTS and STT, web chat and asymmetric chat, virtual agents, and co-browsing. Contact Centre Solution Architecture: Creating end-to-end solution designs, including call routing, customer journey mapping, and agent workflow optimization. Capacity planning for scalable, high- availability contact centre environments. Telephony Systems and Contact Centre Platforms: Contact centre solutions e.g. Cisco, Avaya, Genesys, Amazon Connect, or NiCE CXOne. Knowledge of Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, and IVR (Interactive Voice Response) design. Expertise in computer Technology Integration (CTI) technologies and Automatic Call Distributors (ACD). AI and Automation: Familiarity with AI-driven automation, chatbots, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and speech analytics, transcription and real time agent assistance. Implementing workforce optimisation (WFO) and workforce management (WFM) tools. Designing and Implementing directed, free speech and conversational IVRs with static and dynamic prompts and flows. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Read Less

Location Bristol, Manchester About the job Job summary DSIT is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability People and Transformation The People & Transformation directorate sits at the heart of shaping DSIT's future. We are responsible for getting the fundamentals right - from pay, recruitment and casework - while also leading the organisation's people, workforce and digital transformation. Our work brings together employee experience, organisational design, workforce planning, digital recruitment, policy, data, AI and strategic change to create a joined-up, user-centred system that is easy to access and built for impact. We're the driving force behind the DSIT Difference, making this the home for inventiveness, expertise and impact. By attracting exceptional talent, using technology and data to simplify decisions, and building a culture that thrives on innovation and continuous improvement were ensuring DSIT is future-ready, so we can do our best work in a fast-changing world. DSIT is building a new AI Integration team to help the department embed AI into everyday work, so teams can deliver better outcomes for citizens faster, with greater quality and confidence. As Principal Solutions Architect, you will lead a small team working across the department to identify AI opportunities and turn them into practical applications. This is not a conventional architecture role. Your team will often work independently of each other with portfolios of stakeholders, embedding with different parts of DSIT to understand problems, spot opportunities and help teams move quickly from idea to action. You will build the team, set direction, shape priorities and help people choose the most effective route for each opportunity. That may mean coaching colleagues to solve a problem themselves, teaching teams how to use AI well, supporting the design of a low-code solution in a short sprint, bringing in specialist contractors, or escalating more complex needs to another team. You will need to keep the team focused, unblock problems, make useful connections and build clear ways of working across a team of people who are often operating independently. Job description This is a role for someone entrepreneurial, credible and energising. You will need to inspire others, bring structure to ambiguity, and help a small team deliver high-impact use cases that show clear value for the department. As a Principal Solutions Architect (AI Solutions), you will: set strategic direction, standards and ways of working for a distributed team that is often embedded across different parts of the organisation help the team and stakeholders shape demand, prioritise projects, assess value vs effort/risk, make trade-offs, and maintain focus so solutions can be created provide AI advice to senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders, communicating to gain support whilst managing risk and complexity develop prototypes and deliver lightweight solutions (most likely using Copilot Studio, Power Automate and/or wider Power Platform) foster a culture of learning and innovation within your team, role modelling effective and responsible use of AI Person specification We're interested in people who: have experience setting clear strategic direction, standards and ways of working for a distributed team that is often embedded across different parts of the organisation have experience helping the team and stakeholders shape demand, assess value vs effort/risk, make trade-offs, and maintain focus so solutions can be created, or identifying problems and solution options have experience providing advice to senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders, utilising different architecture communication techniques to gain support from stakeholders for architectural initiatives with high levels of risk, impact and complexity can translate between user needs, operational reality, governance requirements and technical options have hands-on skill with Microsoft low-code tools to prototype and deliver lightweight solutions (Copilot Studio, Power Automate and/or wider Power Platform) have experience coaching others to identify reusable patterns and trends, and feeding them back to the wider organisation to anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architectural work Read Less

Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. About the job Job summary Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. Do you want work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?

If so, this role may be perfect for you! We are looking for experienced Senior Data Architects who are confident working on data-focused products/services in a complex digital environment, where they'll be supporting major initiatives across DWP Digital. These roles will involve collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choice decisions. This is an exciting time to join us. You'll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional Data products and services that work for everyone. Job description A Senior Data Architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking. At this role level, you will: design data models and metadata systems. help lead data architects to interpret an organisation's needs. provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts. design and support the management of data dictionaries. make sure that your teams are working to the standards set for the organisation by the lead data architects. work with technical architects to make sure that an organisation's systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture. Person specification When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below: You should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in the following areas: Data Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards. Presenting data architecture design to technical governance forums. Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards. Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Agile delivery methodologies and best practice. DevOps: Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) delivery methodologies, tools and best practice. Shaping and supporting technology initiatives, projects, programmes and portfolios. Read Less

Location Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Darlington, North East England, DL1 5QE : Manchester, North West England, M1 2WD : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJ : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1P 3BT About the job Job summary Help build and run the platforms behind over £85bn of education funding. The Department for Education (DfE) is recruiting DevOps Engineers (SEO) to support the design, build, and operation of the platforms that underpin one of the largest funding operations in government. Our Funding Services support the allocation and payment of funding to education providers across England, making this a critical national service where reliability, accuracy, and security are essential. This role sits within the DevOps profession in the Digital & Infrastructure Group and supports a significant transformation of how these services are engineered and operated. We are simplifying a complex estate, moving towards a single Azure tenancy, and adopting containerised platforms (AKS) and modern CI/CD practices to improve consistency, resilience, and delivery across a broad portfolio of internal and public-facing services. As a DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to the delivery of DevOps and DevSecOps practices through automation, platform capabilities, and engineering standards. You will help implement reusable patterns, support infrastructure and policy as code, and improve the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of our live services. This work supports not just the digital platforms themselves, but the wider operational processes and data flows that ensure funding is delivered accurately and on time. You will work across multiple teams and services, collaborating with Technical Architecture, Cyber Security, and delivery teams to deliver solutions that are operable and supportable. While remaining hands-on with complex systems, you will contribute to improving how funding services are engineered and operated across the Department, supporting both external users and the internal teams who rely on these systems every day. IMPORTANT - This vacancy is using the Civil Service Numerical and Verbal tests. The deadline for completing the tests is the same as the vacancy closing date. Please ensure you complete the tests with sufficient time to complete the written application. Job description As a DevOps Engineer (SEO), you will contribute to the delivery and continuous improvement of DevOps practices and tooling. You will support technical decisions that affect live services, delivery pipelines, and operational resilience, balancing delivery pace with risk, security, and compliance. You will work within multidisciplinary, agile teams and be expected to deliver high-quality engineering outcomes while supporting standardised approaches and continuous improvement. Your responsibilities will include: Supporting the design, build, operation, and continuous improvement of developer platforms and shared DevOps capabilities, including CI/CD pipelines and supporting cloud infrastructure. Implementing and following established technical approaches to ensure platforms are secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective. Working with Technical Architecture and Cyber Security colleagues to implement designs into operable, supportable engineering solutions. Supporting the embedding of DevSecOps practices, ensuring security controls are integrated into delivery pipelines and infrastructure in a proportionate, risk-based manner. Contributing to the adoption of standardised platform patterns and supporting the migration of services from legacy hosting models to modern, containerised platforms. Identifying opportunities to improve ways of working, automation, and platform capabilities, and contributing to their delivery. Supporting incident and problem management activities, contributing to root cause analysis and preventative improvement work. Working with suppliers and internal stakeholders to support cost-effective and reliable service delivery. Following and contributing to engineering standards, policies, and technical guidance across teams and services. Person specification Essential Criteria Proven experience delivering DevOps or cloud engineering capabilities, supporting the design, operation, and continuous improvement of platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. Experience contributing to technical decisions for systems, considering reliability, security, delivery pace, cost, and risk. Experience working with standardised engineering approaches or platform patterns, supporting consistency and reducing operational complexity. Experience embedding DevSecOps principles, including secure configuration, access control, vulnerability management, and integrating security controls into delivery pipelines and infrastructure. Experience supporting incident management and service improvement activities, identifying issues and contributing to preventative solutions. Experience supporting service transformation or migration initiatives (e.g. legacy to cloud, or to containerised platforms). Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, supporting effective decision-making. Desirable criteria Experience working in government, public sector, or other highly regulated environments. Experience working with cloud platforms (particularly Microsoft Azure), including exposure to containerised platforms (e.g. Kubernetes / AKS). Experience contributing to internal developer platforms, reusable engineering patterns, or standardised delivery approaches. Experience supporting service transformation or migration from legacy hosting models to modern cloud-native architectures. Experience working with suppliers and delivery teams to support service delivery and operational outcomes. Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers to develop their technical capability. Desirable criteria will only be assessed at interview, in the event of a tie break situation, to make an informed decision. Read Less

Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government. Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by: joining up public sector services harnessing the power of AI for the public good strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure elevating leadership and investing in talent funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation committing to transparency and driving accountability We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government. We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol. The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale. Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need Job description The Head of Digital Service Portfolio leads the oversight, assurance and performance insight of major government digital services. The role ensures leaders have the right information and governance to make informed decisions and deliver the best outcomes for users and government. It provides a system-wide view of service health, transformation progress, risks and opportunities, ensuring the portfolio is effectively governed, prioritised and meeting organisational needs. Working collaboratively with departments, the role drives continuous improvement and promotes best practice in service management and digital delivery. It ensures services align with government digital, data and technology strategies and the Service Manual. The Head of Digital Service Portfolio leads and develops the portfolio function, overseeing its governance and operation. They lead a team of digital portfolio managers and build capability across the wider community to ensure consistent, high-quality portfolio oversight across government. In this role you will: lead the performance tracking, assessment, and assurance of government digital services own portfolio prioritisation, sequencing and trade-offs, balancing risk, user outcomes, funding and delivery capacity across government services ensure effective governance and assurance processes are in place for digital services across government across the service portfolio monitor service health, delivery performance, user outcomes and transformation progress, to provide cross-government insights on service health, risks and opportunities strategic insight to senior leaders identify, manage and escalate portfolio-level risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities for intervention, including opportunities and risks posed by AI enabled services translate service performance data and delivery insights into recommendations that support prioritisation, investment and funding decisions provide a cross-government view of service health, future risks and opportunities to support strategic planning and decision-making. Work with departments and delivery teams to improve services, adopt best practice and deliver against agreed outcomes and service standards facilitate governance and assurance discussions in complex, high-risk and politically sensitive environments act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on service performance, delivery and transformation foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and accountability across the service portfolio own and continuously improve the digital service portfolio function, building team capability and ensuring consistent, high-quality governance, assurance and insight across government Person specification We're interested in people who: have substantial experience owning and operating a complex digital portfolio within an agile environment, utilising agile methodologies and iterating quickly to ensure delivery outcomes are aligned to organisational priorities demonstrate strong expertise in designing and implementing portfolio governance and assurance, and improving the performance of digital services be able to provide clear, compelling insight and recommendations to senior leaders, enabling strategic decisions about the future of the portfolio and providing guidance to other on working in the strategic context demonstrate expertise in planning, with the ability to identify, manage and escalate risks and dependencies across a portfolio, understanding the environment to prioritise the most important or high value tasks demonstrate excellent stakeholder leadership, including influencing and negotiating with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and enable progress. show a track record of building and supporting a professional community, including coaching, line management and developing capability Read Less

A leading agricultural business is seeking an experienced Fertiliser Procurement Manager to join its Agricultural Inputs team.This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded procurement professional with strong fertiliser market knowledge to play a key role in developing supplier relationships, delivering value to members, and driving future business growth.The RoleWorking closely with senior leadership, you will be responsible for managing fertiliser procurement activities, developing strategic supplier partnerships, and ensuring members receive a first-class service and competitive pricing.Key responsibilities include:Leading procurement activities across a substantial fertiliser portfolioDeveloping and strengthening relationships with suppliers and industry stakeholdersIdentifying opportunities for business growth and increased member engagementMonitoring market trends and providing commercial insightManaging budgets, forecasting, and performance reportingDriving innovation and sustainable solutions within the fertiliser sectorSupporting and developing a high-performing teamActing as a trusted point of contact between suppliers and customersWhat's on Offer?Opportunity to influence and shape procurement strategyWork with an established and respected agricultural organisationCollaborative and supportive team environmentCompetitive salaryGenuine opportunity for career progression and professional developmentAbout YouTo be successful in this role, you will have:Proven experience within fertiliser procurementStrong technical and commercial understanding of the fertiliser marketExperience managing supplier relationships and negotiating commercial agreementsExcellent communication and stakeholder management skillsPrevious people management experienceStrong commercial awareness and financial acumenFACTS qualification (essential)Experience within agricultural inputs, crop protection, seed procurement, or related sectors would be advantageous.For a confidential discussion and further information, please apply today or contact me. Hannah on or email me . Read Less

Location Birmingham,
Chilton,
Leeds,
Liverpool,
London (Canary Wharf
or Colindale),
Porton
(Core HQ and
Scientific Campus) About the job Job summary The UKHSA Development and Operations team leads the digital transformation of UKHSA to make it a more data driven, customer focused, digital organisation. We do this by delivering services which meet and maintain the Government Digital Service (GDS) Digital by Default Service Standard - DevOps Engineers at UKHSA work collaboratively with developers and stakeholders such as Data Scientists and Public Health officials to deliver software which helps to drive forward the mission of the agency. We employ modern best practices to deliver projects quickly, safely, and cost-effectively. This role attracts a Market Pay Supplement (MPS) of up to £5000 per annum, pro rata, to 31st March 2027. A capability assessment will be required to determine the amount given. Working for your organisation We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all. Please visit our careers site for more information description DevOps Engineers at UKHSA are responsible for: Designing, implementing, and supporting automated continuous integration and continuous deployment(CI/CD) pipelines across a wide range of digital applications and services. Working collaboratively with developers, platform engineers, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable cloud-based solutions using DevOps and agile best practices. Developing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and Ansible, automating cloud platform deployments, and supporting containerised application delivery. Troubleshoot and resolve issues within deployment pipelines, perform root cause analysis, and work closely with development teams to improve application reliability and operational efficiency. Reviewing and advising on the migration of applications to cloud environments, supporting automation initiatives, and helping teams adopt modern DevOps methodologies aligned to GDS Digital Service Standards. Working within multidisciplinary scrum teams, collaborating with Delivery Managers, Product Owners, and technical colleagues to translate business requirements into technical solutions and user stories. Continuously developing their technical knowledge, promoting DevOps best practices across teams, and contributing to delivering projects effectively within agreed timescales and budgets. This list is not exhaustive As a DevOps Engineer, you will have experience of designing and architecting highly-available services on a cloud platform such as AWS, and of implementing continuous integration technologies such as Jenkins, and orchestration tools such as Ansible or Terraform. As a DevOps Engineer, you will work to optimise our development processes and identify process optimisation opportunities and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions. You will initially work mostly with AWS and Azure, developing and supporting systems and infrastructure through to production using modern continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) techniques and supporting analysis, identification, prioritisation and implementation of incremental improvements to our services currently running. You will be a good technical communicator, able to improve developer experience through tools and technologies in collaboration with the development teams throughout the development lifecycle to live service and decommissioning. You will maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of our cloud services by implementing relevant information security standards and ensure compliance with relevant legislations and regulations. Person specification Essential Criteria Educated to degree level in relevant subject such as computer science with core development element or equivalent level qualification or experience of working at a similar level in a DevOps specialist area Proficiency/experience with DevOps approaches to application testing and deployment Experience of automated deployment of applications and services to AWS or Azure Design, development and support of CI/CD pipelines in a microservice architecture Experience of implementing a continuous integration platform (such as Gitlab CI, Github Actions or Jenkins) using repeatable deployment patterns Knowledge/experience of appropriate standards, methods and tools to design systems using DevOps principles Knowledge/experience of cloud automation technologies such as Terraform Genuine passion and interest in DevOps and cloud automation technologies and version control software (Git) Ability to handle multiple tasks and workloads Able to identify opportunities to optimise application development/deployment and lifecycle processes and contribute to their implementation using DevOps and Agile approaches Able to defines the continuous integration build, co-ordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration testing activities Able to work with business and technology stakeholders to translate business problems into technical designs, specifying and designing systems using appropriate standards and tools An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems Desirable Criteria: Experience of containerisation or microservices technologies Good understanding of RESTful Web Services Good understanding of user needs and the difference between user needs and desires Experience of Agile principles, practices and tools such as Jira Read Less

Location Leeds, London About the job Job summary Can you maintain project plans, schedules and delivery trackers? Do you enjoy building effective working relationships with stakeholders? Are you confident with digital tools to present information? If so, we'd love to hear from you! DfT is a high-profile department at the heart of UK government. We work with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest to make journeys better. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including: Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance. Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at DfTc Job description The Connectivity Tool programme delivers a digital platform that enables public bodies and built-environment professionals to analyse connectivity, transport access and spatial data to support policy development and investment decisions. As a Project Manager (HEO), you will work within a multidisciplinary digital delivery team to support the Senior Project Delivery Manager, Product Manager and Service Owner. You will be responsible for maintaining project controls, coordinating delivery activity, supporting Agile ways of working and ensuring governance processes are consistently followed. You will play a key role in enabling delivery at pace by owning core delivery processes, maintaining accurate delivery data, and ensuring transparency across the team. You will proactively identify risks and support the team in resolving them. You will also play an important role in supporting the Product Owner by managing backlog information, preparing sprint artefacts, organising user stories and ensuring high-quality product documentation is maintained. Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to: Maintain project plans, schedules and delivery trackers for Connectivity Tools workstreams. Maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies) and track mitigation actions, escalating issues where appropriate. Coordinate governance activities, including preparing papers, producing decision records and arranging meetings. Support financial tracking, procurement activity and resource coordination For further information on the role, please read the role profile which is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. Person specification Qualifications: Knowledge of project delivery frameworks such as PRINCE2, APM or Agile methodologies or willing to work towards these qualifications. To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience: Strong organisational and coordination skills within a project or delivery environment. Experience supporting Agile delivery environments, including sprint cycles, stand-ups, retrospectives and backlog maintenance. Ability to support a Senior Project Delivery Manager by preparing delivery artefacts, managing documentation and maintaining accurate delivery information. Experience supporting governance, risk and issue management processes. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work with technical and non-technical audiences. Confidence using digital tools to gather, analyse and present delivery information Additional Information The successful candidate must either hold or be willing to work towards the Government Project Delivery Accreditation once in role. Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week. Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 35 hours per week. This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements. The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation. Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays. If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details). Visa Sponsorship DfTc does not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role. Read Less

Do you enjoy chatting to people and getting out and about?
Looking for flexible work that fits around your life, not the other way around? Join Ipsos, one of the world’s leading market research organisations, and help us understand what people really think about the services and communities around them. Every conversation you have helps shape real decisions.   What the role looks like As a Field Interviewer, you’ll be out in your local area speaking to people face-to-face — whether that’s on doorsteps, in communities, or on public transport. The role is designed to be flexible. Some people prefer set shifts, while others like the freedom of working when it suits them. With us, you can do either:   Your working options Regular shifts each week (door-to-door or transport projects) Transport shifts  are 3–3.5 hours Pay includes: £12.75 per hour during initial training period £51–£61 per shift for transport work (project dependent) Pay-per-complete work Get paid for each successful interview you complete Typically, 2- 3 days per week for door-to-door work (6-hour shifts) Work more flexibly, choosing when to go out Great if you prefer a more independent way of working You can let us know which style you prefer, and we’ll do our best to match you with available work in your area.   What you’ll be doing Speaking to members of the public and asking survey questions Working in communities or on public transport Recording answers on a tablet (provided) Representing Ipsos in a friendly and professional way Don’t worry if you’ve never done this before — we provide full training and ongoing support.   What we’re looking for We’re not looking for a certain background — just the right attitude. You’ll be: Friendly and comfortable striking up conversations Self-motivated and happy working on your own Reliable and organised   You’ll also need: A full UK driving licence Access to a car Willingness to travel locally   What you’ll get Flexible, part-time work that fits around you The option to work shifts or per-complete (where available) Mileage reimbursement Free travel on surveyed bus routes (when applicable) A company tablet and all equipment provided Full training and ongoing support Access to staff discounts and wellbeing benefits Opportunities to pick up extra work and earn more   Why Ipsos? This isn’t just a job — it’s a chance to make a real impact.
The conversations you have help shape decisions that affect everyday life in local communities. If you enjoy meeting people and want work that’s flexible and varied, we’d love to hear from you.   Apply today and get started.
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