Infrastructure Engineer (Network Automation)

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Reference number

475732

Salary

£44,447 \- £52,442
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

DWP \- Digital### Type of role

Digital

Engineering

Information Technology### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Job share, Part\-time### Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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This role may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027\.About the job
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Job summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

As an Infrastructure Engineer specialising in Network Automation, you will be a skilled Practitioner and a role model in automation solutions.

Responsible for ensuring best practices are adhered to across the department and guiding teams on how to deliver quality automated Infrastructure products.

You will assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles.

You will also have the ongoing responsibility for the full range of products that make up Network Services.

Working in collaboration with a range of internal/external partners, stakeholders and customers you will ensure the operational stability, robustness, resilience, availability, and quality of DWP Networks.

You will actively manage the work backlog and develop reliability improvements as well as leading initiatives to develop the automation of low\-value tasks balanced against project delivery demands.

There will be a requirement to work out of normal office hours where change restriction require and to cover incident support.

Job description

The role will involve influencing and developing our network automation culture in the team as we increase our automation capabilities and transition to new ways of working.

You will help to develop and modernise Network Services applications and security posture and the ways we deliver to our customers with speed and consistency.

You will be working with engineers with cloud and on\-premise specialisations and be an early contributor to automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will have responsibilities across products and services with different delivery and improvement models, including formal project management, ITIL, and agile methodologies.

You will have responsibility across the full\-service management lifecycle, including:

Lead with impact – manage and improve the work backlog, drive reliability enhancements and lead automation initiatives that free up time for what really matters.

Design with purpose – create secure, high\-availability hybrid cloud connectivity solutions across AWS, Azure, and OCI.

Deliver with confidence – implement complex technical solutions, manage dependencies and risks and see projects through to successful delivery.

Communicate with influence – build strong relationships across engineering and leading continuous feedback processes relating to services and ways of working.

Person specification

See selection process for further details.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact richard.hanley@dwp.gov.uk

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical Breadth

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £44,447, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,876 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .
We also have a broad benefits package built around your work\-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term\-time working, flexi\-time and compressed hours.


• Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.


• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest\-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.


• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first\-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).


• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.


• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.


• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

Hybrid Working

This role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non\-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work.

If a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for the role and for you, you will normally be required to spend a minimum of 60% of your contracted working hours from your DWP office.

If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the minimum office attendance requirement, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.

Salary Information

Pay for this role is from £44,447 to £52,442\.

The maximum salary for the grade is £46,547, however a Digital Allowance of up to £5,895 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non\-salary, and non\-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed.

Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer will maintain their current substantive salary.

Things you need to know
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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.Stage 1: Application

Your application will consist of four parts:

1\. A Personal Details application form.

2\. Employment history \- this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed.

3\. Personal statement \- up to 1250 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria below:

• Demonstrable knowledge of implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, integration, and deployment of products across all environments, including the use of fragments/includes for pipeline efficiency.


• Proven ability to utilize observability tools (logs, metrics, and tracing) and automated testing to monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and confirm the ongoing viability of products in production.


• Experience of working within multi\-disciplinary Agile teams, implementing DevOps Practices, showing an improvement mindset and evidence of proactively sharing technical knowledge with peers and supporting the development of less experienced colleagues.


• Experience of using Unix/Linux/Windows in a support and/or development environment including scripting languages.

4\. Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of Technical Breadth. This statement should be used to provide example(s) of how you meet the criterion below:

• Demonstrable experience of provisioning, deploying, and configuring cloud\-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure or OCI) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including the effective use of reusable modules and design patterns.

Ensure that all examples provided in your statements are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. If you choose to use gen\-AI to support your statements, you must follow the guidelines outlined in the Artificial intelligence and recruitment guide.
The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge.
An initial sift will be conducted using the technical statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift.

If you do progress to a full sift, you will be provided with one combined overall assessment

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