Job Vacancy Senior Azure DevOps Engineer - Department for Work and Pensions - G7

England

Government Digital & Data

microsoft

Job position Senior Azure DevOps Engineer - Department for Work and Pensions - G7

Permanent

As soon as possible

£57k-81k

Hybrid

England, United Kingdom

Published on 08/04/2026

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As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will use modern tooling to develop CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains to automate and manage Azure infrastructure at scale.

We use technologies like Gitlab, Terraform, Argo, Helm to manage a wide variety of infrastructure including Azure Service Bus, Azure Kubernetes Service, Postgres, MongoDB and more. Software applications are designed as microservices in Java and Node.js.

You will craft and implement solutions that are highly available, resilient, scalable, extensible, and maintainable within Azure cloud environments.

Working across the organisation you will be part of building and fostering engineering ownership and the importance of the integrity and maintenance of the services we deliver.

You will work across product-focussed teams to gather requirements, evaluate tools, implement/update solutions, provision environments, and assist with operational issues.

Please note - as part of the role, you will be required to travel regularly to all digital hubs.

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This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

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Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

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Please note this role requires you to pass clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Are you ready to shape the future of cloud‑powered services that make a real difference to millions of people?

We’re looking for driven and passionate Azure Senior DevOps Engineers to join DWP Digital’s Debt Services Department.

You will work in agile multidisciplinary teams to deliver modern, cloud-based Debt Management and Compensation Recovery systems. Our systems recover approximately £3 billion whilst protecting the most vulnerable in our society.

You’ll be a DevOps leader, line managing other DevOps Engineers while increasing capability, defining standards, and best practices across the organisation.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you will contribute to our DevOps community ensuring that DWP and our DevOps practices evolve in line with wider technology advances.

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London, England, United Kingdom

> 1000 employees

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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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Senior Azure DevOps Engineer - Department for Work and Pensions - G7

Government Digital & Data