Salary
£42,500 – £45,700
Location
Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS
Job summary
It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR’s ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Transformation & Technology team to help us to achieve this.
The DevOps function is responsible for working with our IT software development teams to support the delivery of the platform and infrastructure for our new micro‑service applications as part of the digital transformation of our internal and external services.
Engineers are responsible for configuration, administration and support of the infrastructure using a DevOps methodology across multiple cloud infrastructures, ensuring they are secure, performant, supportable whilst following an agile approach to incremental delivery.
Job description
As a DevOps Engineer for HM Land Registry, you will provide technical engineering capability for the Web Operations team, responsible for supporting production systems and working with Agile development teams to deliver new services in a highly available and supportable configuration using DevOps processes and tooling. You will engage with other DevOps Engineers and Senior DevOps Engineers, as well as coach and support Junior DevOps Engineers.
The role holder will take forward technical consolidation and/or improvement activities providing guidance and leadership to technicians within the IT Operations Practice and wider, whilst also working across DDaT to support and deliver solutions in line with the Technology and Business Strategies.
A minimum of 32 hours per week is essential for these roles. Please note that the roles may require travel, requiring an overnight stay. This role does require occasional planned out of hours working, in order to deal with IT changes and maintenance and may include an participation in an on‑call rota.
HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.
For more information about the role, please see the attached candidate pack.
Person specification
- Experience of supporting Operating Systems, containers and containerised workloads e.g. orchestration services such as OpenShift and Kubernetes.
- Experience with at least one programming language such as Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript or Go.
- Knowledge and experience of DevOps working practices of Continuous Integration.
- The use of version control (Git and GitLab CI) configuration‑as‑code across cloud and on‑premise environments using Terraform and version control systems.
- Experience working in an agile environment building, deploying, supporting, and operating cloud applications.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
To apply you will need to attach a CV and complete the personal statement when prompted. Your personal statement should demonstrate how you meet the Essential Experience below, in no more than 1000 words:
- Holds a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (Degree Level or equivalent) and / or experience in an IT field.
- Experience of supporting Operating Systems, containers and containerised workloads e.g. docker containers.
- Experience with at least one programming language such as Ruby, Java, Python, Javascript, Go.
- Understanding of Infrastructure‑as‑code across cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure, on‑prem).
Once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.
If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended interview, held in person, in our Plymouth office. The interviews will take place week commencing 6th July 2026.
The blended interview will assess the Essential Experience and Behaviours as listed in the candidate pack.
Candidates may refer to notes within their interview but they should be used as a prompt only.
Disability and Sponsorship
HM Land Registry is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.
If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration, they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
The post will require a Security Check and will therefore be subject to further background checks, including meeting the UK minimum residency requirement of 5 years. Further details of the process and checks can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.
Contact point for applicants
- Name : Andy Moore
- Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk
- Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk
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