Job Vacancy Senior DevOps - HMRC - G7

Your responsibilities will include:

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

• Remove manual intervention through an automation-first mindset.

CI/CD with GitLab

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab to automate deployments and configuration changes.

• Iterate on automated testing, security scanning, and compliance checks within pipelines.

• Collaborate across our teams on reusable GitLab CI templates and standardising build/release processes.

• Optimise pipeline performance and troubleshoot issues.

Security & Compliance

• Apply cloud security according to industry good practice

• Support audits and maintain alignment with compliance frameworks

Performance & Cost Optimisation

• Analyse value/cost/performance to optimise spend and capacity.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Mentor engineers and share best practices across Platform teams.

• Partner with platform operation teams to ensure smooth releases.

Essential Criteria

• Experience in one or many of the following areas:

  • Building AWS platforms for enterprise size organisations

  • Building Azure platforms for enterprise size organisations

  • Building CI/CD tooling as a service including, Gitlab, Artifactory, Jira, Confluence

  • Building Security and Secrets Management tooling including, Hashicorp Vault, OpsView

  • Building Container platforms using AKS, EKS, Kubernetes

  • Building out Machine Images delivery functions for Linux and Windows images, as well as building out DNS solutions for our cloud estate

• Experience in building out Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)

• Scripting skills (e.g. Python, Go, or Bash) 

Desirable Criteria 

• Awareness of FinOps and cloud cost management.

• Cloud related certifications

• Familiarity with the principles behind ITIL service operations

• Contributing to training and development pathways for junior engineers

Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf
Telford - Plaza 1 and 2
Newcastle Upon Tyne - Benton Park View

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Do you thrive on keeping critical platforms running smoothly?

Are you passionate about cloud platform operations, security, and automation?

Do you have experience in addressing risks, incidents and service quality across technical teams?

Do you want to play a key role in delivering reliable, secure, and efficient platforms that provide services for millions of citizens?

We are seeking experienced engineers to work within a product team, analysing, designing, developing, automating and delivering either our Core Cloud Platforms or Cloud Shared Services in HMRC's Cloud Environment. You will naturally be a self-starter, adept at working individually or as part of a small team, able to convey technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders.

Within HMRC’s Chief Digital & Information Group (CDIO), specifically in the Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) team we are redefining our offerings and growing the team of outstanding people to improve the Cloud Centre of Excellence. We are already a diverse team of 90+ technologists, creating a dynamic and inclusive working environment whose skills cover architecture, platform development, service design, platform operations and governance.

Travel to Telford is required as part of this role, and 60% of your working time will need to be office based.