Lead DevOps Engineer - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology - G7

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain production and non‑production environments for high availability and cost optimisation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to achieve fast, effective software delivery.
• Improve performance and scalability of existing systems to meet functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure‑related issues to minimise incidents and achieve resolution SLA.
• Develop and document best practices for application build and deployment (CI/CD).
• Work with the Lead Software Engineers, Architecture team and the Solution Delivery teams to contribute to on‑time delivery of solutions and applications.
• Support the team to ensure solutions consider all functional, non‑functional and security requirements.

Qualifications:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or 4‑8 years related experience.
• AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro, SysOps Admin, Developer Associate.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, containerisation, infrastructure as code, monitoring, DevSecOps, MLOps.
• Agile delivery techniques (Scrum, Kanban).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work in a team.

Digital Technology Lead C# .Net

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical delivery of changes across the Digital CMS Platform, working with IPF Architects, System Analysts and Development team.
• Provide technical designs and implementation of best practices to ensure quality and timely deliveries.
• Coordinate coding, code reviews and technical backlog management.
• Implement Azure DevOps CI/CD Build and Release pipelines across the Digital CMS platform.
• Follow agile methodology (2‑week sprints) throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Mentor and improve development team members, provide leadership across delivery teams.

Qualifications:

• Experience in CI/CD, Azure DevOps, and .Net Core.
• Knowledge of CMS web platform (Sitecore desirable).
• Strong technical design and coding skills.

Lead User Researcher

Responsibilities:

• Lead user research activity across several teams, carry out user research, and ensure user‑centred, evidence‑based approach.
• Manage, mentor and coach user researchers and prioritize resources effectively across complex work.
• Act as authority in user research, providing expert advice and assurance.
• Influence organisational strategy, prioritise training, and champion inclusive design.
• Communicate research findings to stakeholders and translate into actionable recommendations.
• Lead user research in partnership with government teams, influencing design decisions at governance level.

Technology Planning and Governance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop technology alignment roadmap for Corporate, managing core business application portfolios.
• Drive customer‑centricity and stakeholder engagement across Corporate functions.
• Shape business cases for high‑level initiatives, manage funding, prioritisation and budget alignment.
• Establish and maintain governance for information security and data protection.
• Lead solution architects, contractors and business analysts.

Lead Dynamics Developer

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and test software for frontline staff and road safety.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile development teams.
• Guide teams through solutions, mentoring developers and managing performance.
• Drive technical strategy and adopt modern development standards.
• Define and implement departmental technical strategy.

Lead Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Define technology roadmaps aligned to business and IT strategy.
• Provide technical leadership to design and development partners.
• Ensure architecture principles and MCA digital strategy are realized.
• Communicate technology roadmap for Command and Control to stakeholders.
• Maintain architecture repository and ensure compliance with principles.

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage investigations into business processes, information systems and data structures.
• Define improvements, develop business cases and align requirements.
• Facilitate scope and backlog creation for complex programmes.
• Leverage agile principles and deliver at pace.
• Assume line management of Business Analysts within the ONS community.

Interaction Designer

Responsibilities:

• Use research data to understand user needs and test designs.
• Design collaboratively in an open, participatory manner.
• Create prototypes, test, iterate.
• Ensure accessibility and inclusion in design decisions.
• Share knowledge across teams and contribute to design community.

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