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The Lead DevOps Engineer role can be divided into three distinct responsibilities: provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance through coaching and mentoring lead the sharing of knowledge and good practice act as a technical product owner, developing medium to long term strategies for product lines Managing: Line management duties for DevOps engineers. A lead DevOps engineer leads one or a small number of related project teams and contributes to the development of the strategic direction. Main duties consist of but are not limited to: Work in one or many cross-functional teams to lead DevOps expertise and decision making across the whole software delivery lifecycle Produce and assure DevOps technical designs based on business needs and providing justification for decision-making in chosen technical design. Providing deep DevOps technical expertise and DevOps technical leadership to project delivery teams, identifying and selecting appropriate DevOps technical solutions based on user needs and business requirements Play an integral part in the DevOps Community of Practice sharing expertise to build the overall capability of the team Analyse the impact of DevOps technical choices on business processes Enable the reuse of patterns, tools, and components across the DevOps profession Provides DevOps technical leadership, guidance, and support for the broader DevOps community. Assure that DevOps technical solutions follow all agreed processes and best practises, particularly around security and governance Mentor one or more DevOps Engineers supporting them in their professional development as well as using your expertise to guide them in key and critical decision making. When needed light line management duties for DevOps engineers. Lead on developing, implementing, enhancing and managing technical DevOps practices into the DevOps and Engineering profession Leading on alignment of DevOps approaches across the department Collaborate with the broader DevOps and Architecture community to ensure that solutions align with target architectures and technology roadmaps Contribute to the overall technology strategy and roadmap for both individual projects and IT Collaborate with stakeholders, providing direction and challenge to proposals impacting DevOps principles. Contributing to decisions and directions in a collaborative team environment, including but not limited to estimations, product planning, user stories (requirement) creation Applying a continuous improvement mindset to identify and explore opportunities to improve processes and ways of working Engage with Leads across IT, to drive the department strategic vision and collaborate on wider initiatives Horizon scanning and continuous research on emerging DevOps principles and best practices.

Main duties consist of but are not limited to: Facilitate Agile Ceremonies : stand-ups, planning, retrospectives, and reviews to maintain momentum and foster continuous improvement. Team Planning & Prioritisation : Support the team in estimating, tracking, and delivering priorities, ensuring alignment with business goals. Stakeholder Collaboration : Work closely with the Product Manager and technical stakeholders to understand priorities and dependencies. Workflow : Oversee the daily flow of work items, ensuring progression from backlog to delivery, using flow metrics where appropriate to enhance predictability and efficiency. Reporting & Insights : Track and report against key milestones and forecasts, providing clear visibility on team progress. Programme-Level Engagement : Represent the team in programme-level sessions, articulating updates, risks, and dependencies. Risk & Issue Management : Identify and address risks promptly, ensuring mitigation plans are in place. Incident Response : Act as a key escalation point during live incidents, helping to coordinate resolution and communication. Removing Blockers : Proactively address obstacles that hinder team performance and ensure a clear pathway for delivery. Continuous Improvement : Drive team maturity in agile delivery practices, fostering a culture of learning and adaptation. Cross-Team Dependencies : Understand and manage dependencies with other teams and workstreams across the programme. Ensure smooth integration and alignment of delivery plans.

About the job Job summary Would you like to work with cutting edge of cloud-first technologies? Do you have experience with modern software development lifecycles in product delivery and test? Have you deep technical breath, supported by a good knowledge of the functional requirements and activities? If so, we’d love to hear from you! At the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), we take testing very seriously. We have Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) and Test Engineers embedded in our delivery squads and specialists in our Performance and Independent testing teams. As a Senior Test Engineer, you will be a critical part of our team, overseeing and coordinating the independent testing activities across multiple simultaneous deliveries. You will be actively involved with suppliers, partners, and our engineers in ensuring testing activities are performed and reported. You will have an excellent understanding of modern testing and development approaches. We follow an agile methodology, targeting cloud-first deployments. You will often need open communication with several delivery squads and a pragmatic approach to problem solving is essential. A significant part of this role will be working on deliveries designed to transform our IT estate but is likely to also include deliveries necessitated by legislation on the legacy estate. You will report to the Test Manager and represent the capability internally and externally. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including: Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance. Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at: Job description In this role you will be part of the Quality Engineering team responsible for continually driving all aspects of quality improvements. You will be working across several of our delivery teams and performance teams. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Select, use and guide others in using the most appropriate technical tooling, engineering approaches, test types and techniques to identify and address risks early Extend, standardise and build reusable frameworks and tools that support testing Communicate and document chosen approaches, tools, techniques and outcomes to the team and appropriate stakeholders Contribute to and agree engineering standards Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.