Salary: £46,062 (National) or £50,182 (Croydon) plus skills allowance of up to £11,338 pending assessment.
Location: Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool or Southport on a hybrid basis
Advert Close: 11:55 pm Tuesday 24th February 2026
Please note that this role requires Security Check (SC) clearance, which would normally need 5 years' UK residency in the past 5 years.
What you'll bring to the role
A Senior Infrastructure Engineer builds, administers, transitions, supports and maintains infrastructure services throughout the service lifecycle, according to the departmental policy and Home Office strategy.
Your main focus initially will be to work in a small team to promote and support the onboarding of assets to a Cyber Protective Monitoring service. You will act as a security platform expert within our security technology services team, offering specialised knowledge in administration, support, and the execution of project and product deliverables. Our team is committed to advancing intelligent solutions by utilising cutting-edge security capabilities
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You will build, manage, support and maintain solutions according to departmental policy and foster open feedback and continuous learning with service support to ensure continuous improvement. You will contribute to management activities such as workforce planning, budgeting, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.
For this opportunity, we would especially encourage applications from candidates with experience in:
* Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, a range of security monitoring and management tools
Essential skills
You'll have a demonstrable passion for software development, with the following skills or strong experience in:
* Innovative solutions based on appropriate technical and cyber standards.
(DESN)
* Using appropriate testing and change control to safely and reliably deliver new features.
(TEST)
* Manage lifecycle of installed components using best practice guidance and developing procedures to required standards.
(HSIN)
* Managing and delivering complex cloud technologies, whilst ensuring we provide the highest level of service to our customers and stakeholders.
(ITOP)
* Dissecting a problem into its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes, allowing problem resolution.
(USUP)
* Participate in peer reviews, workshops and in other activities to develop team processes and performance.
(OFCL)
Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) 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-).
What's in it for you?
* 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.
* The ability to potentially adopt flexible working options that suit your work/life balance, plus the opportunity in future to take a career break.
* 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
* Eight days public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
* 26 weeks maternity, adoption or shared parental leave at full pay, followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, after qualifying service.
* Maternity and adoption support leave (also known as paternity leave) of two weeks full pay, after qualifying service.
* Paid leave for fostering approval processes, support when a child is substantively placed with you plus a foster to adopt policy.
* Support for guardians and kinship carers.
* Corporate membership of 'Employers for Carers' providing additional information and advice for carers, plus a 'Carer's Passport' to discuss workplace needs and underpin supportive conversations.
* Time off to deal with emergencies and certain other unplanned special circumstances.
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