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Senior Platform Engineer

Department for Transport · Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom44,241-58,997 GBPHybrid
Remuneration
£44,241 Plus an additional Government Digital and Data Profession allowance up to £14,756. Candidates based in Yeading will receive the London Weighting allowance of £4,000. A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Location
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship
Please note that we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates must ensure they have the appropriate rights to work in the UK before application.

Job summary

The Department for Transport is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). This role involves driving technical delivery for large-scale, public-facing digital services, focusing on resilience, security, cost-effectiveness, and continuous improvement. The engineer will implement enterprise technical strategy, embed a code-first approach to infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and guide teams to elevate performance and engineering standards.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of salary25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day for the King’s birthdayAccess to staff discount portalExcellent career development opportunitiesPotential to undertake professional qualifications (e.g., CIPD, Prince2, apprent24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

  • Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
  • Deep expertise in AWS and strong knowledge of wider technology stacks and practices, including Linux, CICD, Docker, GitHub Actions, AWS Landing Zone, Puppet (optional), and Jenkins (optional).
  • Exceptional leadership, pragmatism, analytical, and influencing skills.
  • Track record of high-performance Agile delivery in mixed-maturity teams.
  • Proven background in driving excellence in digital delivery, standardisation, and technical governance within a scrum team, leveraging IaC for infrastructure implementation and automation.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining cost-effective, resilient cloud-based digital infrastructure.
  • Experience showing leadership qualities within a scrum team to deliver technical excellence meeting business requirements.
  • Experience of cloud delivery and contributing to wider cloud maturity with mixed maturity teams.
  • Experience delivering large scale, complex cloud deliverables in a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical delivery for large-scale, public-facing digital services, ensuring resilience, security, cost-effectiveness, and continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to and support the implementation of enterprise technical strategy and standards across mixed-discipline teams.
  • Ensure alignment with the Principal Cloud Engineer’s strategy and help shape delivery.
  • Champion and enforce DevOps principles and a code-first approach to infrastructure design and automation.
  • Provide technical direction and hands-on implementation to scrum teams, aligning with the Principal Cloud Engineer’s strategy.
  • Engage effectively with engineers, developers, and testers across the delivery lifecycle to improve engineering practices.
  • Build, design, and automate DVSA's large-scale cloud services, primarily on AWS.
  • Enforce code-first IaC standards and act as a key decision maker for the path-to-live for critical digital services.
  • Champion technical excellence, influence strategy, and collaborate across teams for highly available, value-driven service delivery.
  • Provide hands-on technical direction and influence in project teams, ensuring alignment with the Principal Cloud Engineer's technical strategy and Civil Service values.
  • Adhere to and mature the definition and enforcement of DevOps standards and procedures across the delivery lifecycle (IaC, CI/CD).
  • Continuously review and provide hands-on assurance of designs to embed security controls and high standards.
  • Act as a cloud and DevOps Subject Matter Expert to proactively collaborate with and mentor team members, fostering continuous learning and providing technical support.
  • Contribute proactively to the design and architecture of highly available, cost-effective, and secure services on major cloud platforms (AWS, with Azure awareness), ensuring solutions meet performance targets and business needs.
  • Drive the code-first implementation and hands-on automation of infrastructure using configuration management tools like Terraform and Puppet, prioritizing and executing automation opportunities.
  • Take hands-on technical ownership of the service journey from concept to live deployment, including management, maintenance, and patching of pre-production environments, following Agile and Scrum principles.
  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert to provide technical guidance and work hands-on with Service Management functions, leading resolution of complex live technical issues and managing maintenance programs.
  • Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and delivery processes, collaborating with senior stakeholders, Product Owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals and drive continuous process optimisation.

Skills

AWSAzureConfluenceDockerGitHubGitHub ActionsJenkinsJiraLinuxPuppetTerraformTypeScriptGit

Work schedule

Flexible workingFull-timeJob sharePart-time

Travel

Occasional travel to other offices, potentially involving overnight stays.

Security clearance

BPSSSC clearance

Relocation

No
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