Government Digital & Data

Job Vacancy Lead DevOps - HMRC - G7

United Kingdom

Government Digital & Data

Job position

Permanent
As soon as possible
£58k-64k
Hybrid
United Kingdom
Published on 20/05/2026

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Join HMRC’s Chief Digital & Information Office (CDIO) and help shape the technology behind critical services used across the organisation. This is a unique opportunity to lead work that supports over 76,000 colleagues, driving transformation at real scale.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you’ll sit at the heart of HMRC’s Enterprise Service Platforms team, playing a key role in modernising tooling, improving user experience, and delivering secure, reliable services across the business.

About the role

You’ll provide strategic technical leadership for a multidisciplinary engineering team, shaping the design, development and operation of enterprise tooling. Working across platforms including ServiceNow and cloud environments, you’ll ensure systems are scalable, secure and built for the future.

What you’ll be doing

  • Set the technical direction for enterprise tooling and platform engineering

  • Lead the design and delivery of integrations, including ServiceNow

  • Drive adoption of modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, automation, infrastructure-as-code)

  • Oversee cloud and infrastructure environments to ensure performance, resilience and security

  • Work closely with architecture, security and delivery teams to align solutions

  • Lead, coach and develop engineering teams to build capability and performance

  • Provide technical input to incident management and service improvement

  • Engage with senior stakeholders, translating complex technical ideas into clear recommendations

Candidate profile

What we’re looking for

  • Strong experience leading DevOps, platform or tooling engineering in complex environments

  • Deep understanding of modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automation, infrastructure-as-code)

  • Experience delivering secure, scalable enterprise integrations (ServiceNow or similar)

  • Solid knowledge of cloud and infrastructure environments, including resilience and security

  • Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing engineering teams

  • Experience delivering transformation while maintaining live services

  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

  • Comfortable working in agile, multidisciplinary teams

Working environment

Location: Bristol, Telford

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London, England, United Kingdom
> 1000 employees
Corporate / Direct Employer
Government Digital and Data is a community of experts leading digital transformation in government, creating more efficient services that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives. Government Digital and Data professionals benefit from cross-government events and learning. From webinars from the world’s leading innovators to digital upskilling sessions.They enhance our professionals’ skills and capabilities, which ultimately enables them to be a part of the world-leading advancements in digital transformation and government innovation.

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