Join DVSA's mission to make roads safer and more efficient by shaping the future of digital public services. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and evolving high-impact digital platforms and services that serve millions across the UK. You will work independently, take ownership of infrastructure, software and data management solutions using Agile methodologies, and mentor junior engineers.
Benefits
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.
* Flexible working options supporting a great work‑life balance.
Responsibilities
* Deploy services using Infrastructure as Code (including Terraform) and an automation first approach.
* Design, standardise and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD and Dynamics pipelines, including testing, security scanning, compliance checks and reusable templates.
* Support release and application life‑cycle management across multiple environments.
* Apply cloud security best practices, support audits and ensure services meet compliance requirements.
* Optimise platform performance, reliability, cost and operational efficiency through proactive monitoring and analysis.
* Provide technical guidance, troubleshoot complex engineering issues and share best practice across teams.
* Mentor and support engineers across teams to resolve complex technical challenges.
* Develop, enhance and maintain solutions that put the user and user experience first.
* Foster continuous improvement of services through identification and implementation of end‑to‑end system improvements.
* Demonstrate leadership by influencing, directing, and guiding engineers and developers to support delivery of objectives.
* Maintain a broad range of CI/CD technologies including Azure DevOps, Power Platform, Dynamics, GitHub, Terraform, Jira and Confluence.
Open Sessions
Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it's like to work in our department? We are organising a virtual open session where you can meet the team on Wednesday 20th May at 14:00hrs. Sign up here.
Disability Confident
DVSA is a disability confident employer. We will normally arrange interview opportunities for applicants declaring a disability and meeting the minimum criteria for the role. In high‑volume or seasonal recruitment, we may limit the overall number of interviews offered to disabled and non‑disabled applicants. For more details, please contact the recruitment team.
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