Infrastructure Operations Engineer Department for Work & Pensions

Reference

62903

Number of vacancies

4

Location

London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield

Salary

Up to £45,535

Work hours

37.5

Employment type

Permanent

Job benefits

A brilliant Civil Service pension with employer contributions circa 20%, generous annual leave, flexible working, great work life balance and lots more.

Closing date

19 August 2020

Job description

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK’s largest government department. We deliver products and services that are used by millions of people in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. We are looking for an skilled Infrastructure Operations Engineers to work with us on a once-in-a-generation digital transformation of these services.

DWP Digital is a growing community of digital experts within DWP. We use fresh ideas and leading edge technologies – and putting the user at the centre of everything we do – we create innovative, scalable digital solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users and to our amazing DWP colleagues.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

You will work in a team of infrastructure specialists and engineers making sure services are delivered and used as required, across the Data & Analytics (D&A) Data Warehouse services for analysts and our functional teams.

In DWP Infrastructure Operations Engineers are responsible for the operations of secure and highly available computing platforms, servers, and networks. Our teams install, maintain, upgrade, and continuously improve DWP’s operating environment.

They also maintain the ongoing reliability, performance and support of the infrastructure by:

In this role you will act as 2nd/3rd line support for incidents, problems and changes to solutions and services, and provide specialist technical support and assistance to projects.

You will prepare and support IT Operations solutions and services, either physical or virtual and provide technical support and assistance to infrastructure and transition projects.

You’ll also have chance to coach and mentor junior team members whilst assisting in the delivery of a first class service, helping us build our capability as we help you grow your skills and career.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

You’ll join us in your choice of our digital hubs in either London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield.
Find out more about our hubs here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations/

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly, and many of us are working remotely at the moment due to COVID-19.

Responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy, DWP transacts around £170 billion in payments each year, operates out of more than 800 locations and has over 84,000 employees. We run one of the most complex IT estates in Western Europe.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.

Details. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills we offer competitive salary up to £45,535, a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth over 27%, and a generous leave package.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. If you want to talk about this opportunity before you apply contact me via viv.vayapooree@dwp.gov.uk

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