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Principal DevOps Engineer
UK *** · London, ENG, United Kingdom
London, ENG, United Kingdom70,797-85,436 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
£70,797–£85,436 per annum, pro rata + Market Pay Supplement of up to £10,000 per annum, pro rata + Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% + learning and development tailored to your role + flexible working options
Location
London, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
Leads the strategic direction, governance and continual evolution of cloud platform engineering and DevOps capabilities, ensuring secure, resilient and scalable services support critical organisational outcomes. The role sets engineering standards and roadmaps, leads multidisciplinary teams, advises on technology investment and risk, and drives platform reliability, security assurance and continuous improvement across cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation and container services.
Benefits
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Qualifications
- Expert knowledge of cloud platform engineering, DevOps and modern software delivery practices, with extensive practical experience of enterprise cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), container platforms (Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and automation.
- Expert understanding of cloud architecture, information security, systems integration, observability and engineering governance, including Secure by Design principles.
- Strong systems design and software engineering expertise
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic direction and evolution of UKHSA’s cloud platform engineering and DevOps capabilities
- Provide technical governance across cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, observability, container platforms and resilience
- Lead the Cloud Platform Engineering team, including workforce planning, recruitment, performance and capability development
- Act as UKHSA Professional Lead for DevOps Engineering, developing standards and capability pathways, and coaching senior engineers
- Provide expert leadership in resolving complex platform and service issues, driving root cause analysis and operational improvements
- Oversee availability and capacity management, ensuring services can meet current and future business demand
Skills
AWSAzureKubernetes
Degrees
Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a re
Work schedule
Flexible workingFull-timeJob sharePart-time
Industry
Public healthGovernment
Security clearance
Security CheckBasic disclosure and barring security checkBaseline personnel security standard
Relocation
No