Site Reliability Engineer – Mobile Services Department for Work & Pensions

Reference

74745

Location

Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle & Sheffield

Salary

£49,171 — Up to £74,589

Work hours

37 per week

Employment type

Permanent

Job benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension
• An employer pension contribution of up to 27%
• A generous annual leave allowance

Closing date

4 November 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 a talented engineer with experience in mobile services to work with us on a once-in-a-generation digital transformation of these services.

This is an opportunity to work in a unique context using the latest technologies including AWS, cloud based VPN, latest monitoring tools and mobile device management platforms.

You’ll work in a product based environment where the team has a freedom and responsibility to drive the direction of the product and deliver results which enable better outcomes for millions of people that use DWP services.

Duties. Work. Projects

You’ll join our empowered multi-disciplinary engineering team as part of DWP’s Mobile Services product. Our team is responsible for the deployment, configuration and management of the mobile platform using the latest technologies and tooling.

We define and deliver a mobility strategy which looks at how the DWP can support an increasingly mobile workforce, improve user experience, and increase productivity across a variety of device platforms and sizes.

As one of our Site Reliability Engineers you’ll provide a fundamental design and implementation function for us, in collaboration with other experts from across our Architecture and Engineering communities.

You’ll make sure that changes are delivered in automated and reliable manner to minimise impact on services. And you’ll seek out new ways to work and improvements to processes and practices.

What skills, knowledge and experience do you need?

Where You’ll Work

You’ll join us in your choice of our brilliant digital hubs in either Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Find out more about our working in our hubs here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations/

We’ve just been shortlisted for a Best Place to Work in Digital Award: https://bit.ly/3lL7DJR

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.

Development. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills we offer competitive salary up to £74,589, 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:

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