About this role
Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements: Proven experience writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as CodeDemonstrable experience using Unix, Linux, and Windows in a support and/or development environment, including scripting languagesDemonstrable experience working in a DevOps environment, including Continuous Integration and Deployment, delivery methods and techniques, and agile scrum experienceSignificant experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelinesSignificant experience influencing, supporting, guiding, and developing engineers across multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environmentSignificant demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and managing an internal developer portal at scale, such as Backstage or Port, delivering software catalogues, self-service capabilities, and standardised workflows Responsibilities: Join our Developer Experience team and help make life easier for engineers across DWPBuild and evolve our internal developer platform, creating tools, automation, and self-service capabilities that help teams develop, deploy, and operate services more efficientlyWork with AWS and modern DevOps tooling to design scalable, resilient cloud solutionsDevelop reusable CI/CD components and drive automation wherever possibleWork closely with teams across the organisation to improve developer experience, promote engineering ownership, and embed consistent standards and best practicesProvide technical leadership, support, and mentoring to engineersHelp shape the future of our platform and engineering community Technologies: AWSCI/CDCloudDevOpsSupportLinuxUnixWindows More:
We are DWP Digital, part of the UKs largest government department, delivering a once-in-a-generation transformation of public services. This is a real and significant DevOps leadership role with freedom and autonomy to shape our technical landscape and define what DevOps looks like in DWP. We operate at huge scale, supporting over 22 million people and more than 100,000 colleagues and agents, with systems behind payments worth over £195bn annually. You will join us in one of our digital hubs in Leeds, Manchester, or Newcastle, with hybrid working, flexible hours, a generous civil service pension, up to 31 days of holiday, and a strong work-life balance. We offer a broad benefits package including professional development, coaching, mentoring, career progression, volunteering time, and savings and discount schemes, within an award-winning, inclusive culture.
last updated 39 week of 2026