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Lead Platform Engineer

Department for Transport · Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom57,515-80,000 GBPHybrid
Remuneration
57,515-80,000 GBP
Location
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship

Job summary

DVSA seeks a Lead Platform Engineer to shape and deliver the technical strategy for large-scale digital services, focusing on security, resilience, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

Qualifications

  • Experience managing individuals and guiding cross-discipline teams using Agile frameworks
  • Experience contributing to a cloud strategy with mixed maturity teams
  • Experience delivering large-scale cloud solutions in regulated environments

Responsibilities

  • Provide hands-on technical direction to multiple DevOps teams
  • Establish and enforce DevOps standards and procedures
  • Guide, mentor, and upskill team members
  • Design and architect secure, cost-effective services
  • Implement and automate infrastructure
  • Own the service journey from concept to live deployment
  • Provide technical guidance for live service resolution
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies and delivery processes

Skills

AnsibleAWSAzureConfluenceDockerGitHubGitHub ActionsJenkinsJiraLinuxPuppetTerraformTypeScript

Relocation

No