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Infrastructure Engineer

Department for Transport · Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom37,090-37,090 GBPHybrid
Remuneration
£37,090 salary; £4,000 London Weighting allowance for Yeading/Uxbridge; employer pension contribution of 28.97%.
Location
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship
Unable to sponsor individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship; candidates must have appropriate rights to work in the UK.

Job summary

The role provides second- and third-line support for cloud-hosted infrastructure and helps modernise digital services, with a focus on user experience, security, continuous improvement, and sustainability. It involves incident and problem management, infrastructure monitoring, automation, service improvement, and deployment and configuration of servers, devices, networks, and enterprise software. The environment includes M365, Azure, Meraki, Dynamics, Intune, and Apple Automated Device Enrolment.

Benefits

Civil Service pension with 28.97% employer contribution25 days annual leave, increasing to a maximum of 30 daysEight bank holidays and an additional privilege dayStaff discount portalCareer development and relevant professional qualifications24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

  • Confident communication and teamwork
  • Interest in modern IT platforms
  • Commitment to continuous improvement and quality outcomes
  • Willingness to adopt new technologies and continue learning

Responsibilities

  • Maintain core infrastructure services through incident and problem management
  • Improve infrastructure services in line with business and user needs
  • Drive automation across the infrastructure estate
  • Monitor and maintain servers, networks, backups, and end-user devices
  • Deploy and configure servers, device software, networking equipment, and enterprise software
  • Implement and maintain security controls, monitor threats, and support regulatory compliance
  • Maintain infrastructure documentation and troubleshooting guides
  • Manage junior infrastructure engineers

Skills

Azure

Work schedule

Full-time: 37 hours per weekPart-time: minimum 30 hours per weekJob shareFlexible working

Travel

Regular travel to other offices, sometimes involving overnight stays

Industry

Digital operationsDigital and dataRoad safety

Security clearance

Security CheckBasic criminal record checkBaseline Personnel Security Standard

Relocation

No