Description
We are transforming DCMS to meet the needs of a modern, delivery-focused department working on some of government’s highest-priority agendas to drive growth, enrich lives and level-up society.
As Infrastructure Engineer, you will act as a technical leader balancing strategic oversight with hands-on guidance. You will collaborate with Technical Architects to turn complex designs into live operations, manage third-party services, and direct a team of specialists to deliver critical infrastructure programmes across the service life cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage third-party infrastructure services and provide expert technical guidance to develop architectural solutions across the product life cycle.
- Collaborate with technical architects and specialists to translate high-level designs into live, stable operational environments.
- Drive the successful execution of infrastructure programmes and projects to meet core organisational objectives.
- Direct and lead infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, and maintaining solutions in strict accordance with departmental policies.
- Ensure internal user services and public-facing services are underpinned by infrastructure designed, built, and supported to exceptionally high standards.
- Act as a senior technical leader within IT Operations, champion engineering standards and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Provide regular updates to the Head of Technology Operations & Strategy regarding project progress and infrastructure stability.
Person specification
- Lead engineering teams to design, implement, administer, and support complex infrastructure services.
- Apply modern engineering standards and practices, ensuring consistent team adoption.
- Anticipate upcoming technology changes and advise on their operational implications.
- Take full accountability for technical issues and proactively solve problems to improve user outcomes.
- Diagnose root causes across compute, storage, network, and software, while investigating recurring trends to embed preventative actions.
Desirable skills:
- Extensive working knowledge of public cloud platforms, specifically Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience implementing and supporting Zero Trust access management controls across a mixed cloud estate.
- Experience overseeing the build, configuration, and support of end-user devices across a diverse range of technology vendors.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £56,582, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £16,391 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. We offer a wide range of benefits, including:
- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working
- 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Access to the Edenred employee benefits system
- 3 days of paid volunteering leave
- Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
- Staff reward and recognition bonuses
- Occupational sick pay
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme