Lead Engineer

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Reference number

467896

Salary

£62,109
New entrants to the Civil Service will start their role on the salary band minimum £62,109 for National roles.

You may be eligible for an additional non\-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills Assessment, with a value of up to £18,291\.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 7### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

HO \- Home Office Digital### Type of role

Digital

Engineering

Information Technology### Working pattern

Full\-time, Part\-time, Compressed hours, Shift working### 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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Manchester, SheffieldAbout the job
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Job summary

We are looking for people who are passionate about Engineering to join our community led team in Shared Applications Service (SAS). You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams with over 200 engineers in a modern cloud environment using the latest technologies. Our purpose as a team is to bring technical understanding in\-house for over 600 Home Office applications.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home\-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short video to hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital.

Job description

The Lead Engineer will drive the technical delivery of their team, managing their workload and ensuring the right skills are available. You will be responsible for the work undertaken by your Developers and DevOps staff, including engineering heath.

You will also be expected to work with Seniors and Principals to ensure that services produced are best practice, including meeting HO Engineering Standards. You should have a solid technical background and will be able to apply these skills if required to provide guidance to your team. You will also maintain a broad perspective, monitoring technology developments such that you can support strategy formations.

Along with the other Senior, Lead and Principal Engineers in your area you will be responsible for ensuring that all technical approaches being used are appropriate and endorsed, and will take part in planning with senior stakeholders to make sure that product delivery and maintenance is on a firm basis. Your remit may be across the engineering function but working closely with Architects and other professions.

Tools and Technologies we use:

We would encourage applications from candidates with experience or interests in the following technologies:

• Backend: Java, Node.js, C\#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform.


• Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular.


• Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra.


• DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform.


• AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI.

Person specification

Main Responsibilities

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

• Leading the day to day activities of engineers in your team, ensuring everyone is working effectively and efficiently; reporting any impediments.


• Coaching your team as well as Supporting Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and encouraging formal professional qualifications.


• Supporting capability build in your team and in the organisation


• Taking a hands\-on role with engineering delivery when necessary, blending your leadership and technical tasks to achieve team objectives.


• Ensuring appropriate methods are being used, as well as leading efforts to identify improved tools/technologies


• Ensuring engineering health is good, and working with the Principal Engineer to help address any missing skills or grades required to meet service needs.

Working Pattern

This role is available on a full\-time basis with the option of compressed hours working. This role is also suitable for part\-time working hours, with a minimum requirement to work 3 days per week due to business requirements.

Essential Skills

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for a Lead Engineer*,* with the following skills:

• Managing multiple delivery focused teams with competing priorities and timelines, ensuring adherence to standards within the team.


• Working with senior stakeholders to provide operational support to the portfolio in pursuit of challenging ministerial and legislative deadlines.


• Providing technical knowledge and best practice, across cloud management, finops, and the complete CI/CD build process.


• Creating, executing, and delivering detailed roadmaps that include appropriate quality management and business capacity to ensure successful outcomes.


• Ability to interpret complex system designs and articulate these to technical and non\-technical audiences.


• Mentoring colleagues in developing skills and capabilities in line with strategy, team, and personal goals.

SFIA capability framework

Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) version 8 is the technical framework that sets the standard capability and development of all levels in the Home Office. This is a link to the capability framework: All skills A \- Z English (sfia\-online.org).

We use set SFIA technical skills to form our interview questions and we will assess you against these technical skills during the selection process.

The essential skills listed above are reflective of the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework (based on the industry standard SFIA framework). Use the SFIA Levels of responsibility to understand what would be expected for each technical skills listed below.

Technical skills

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

• Systems development management (DLMG) \- Level 4


• Software design (SWDN) \- Level 4


• Programming/software development (PROG) \- Level 3


• Performance management (PEMT) \- Level 3


• Professional development (PDSV) \- Level 4


• Quality management (QUMG) \- Level 4

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £62,109, Home Office contributes £17,992 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .Why work for us...

Find out more information at: Benefits \- Home Office Careers, but some of the primary ones are:

• A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28\.97%.


• In\-year reward scheme for one\-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.


• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.


• 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.


• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home\-based working. This is a non\-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.

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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.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and 1000 word personal statement:

• CV – include a brief employment history outlining for each role, the organisation, job title, dates in post, and key responsibilities and achievements. Any recent employment gaps should be explained. A second section should set out the skills and experience most relevant to this role, drawing on your career, training, and other relevant activities without repeating the employment history. Focus on the evidence that best demonstrates your capability to meet the role requirements.


• Personal statement \- this should present a clear and coherent narrative explaining why you are applying, what you would bring to the role, and how your experience meets the essential criteria. Use well‑chosen examples to illustrate your impact, drawing on STAR‑style thinking where helpful, but ensure the statement reads as a single, flowing document rather than a set of isolated responses.

To ensure you are assessed on merit alone, we ask you to anonymise your application. This means removing personal identifiers such as your name, age, and place of education. You do not need to remove your employment history, job titles, or any information about your work.

Watch our three short videos on how to apply for our roles: Applying \- Home Office Careers.

Problems during the application process

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