Senior Site Reliability Engineer: Up to £78,517, 28.97% pension, hybrid working, flexible hours, investment in your L&D and career growth and lots more Are you someone who has excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving skills?Do you like finding the root cause of a problem and building automated solutions to make sure it doesn't happen again?DWP. Digital with Purpose.
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our community of experts at DWP Digital as a Senior Site Reliability EngineerDWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.Our DWP Digital teams are driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of government services, using fresh ideas and leading-edge technologies to create innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions.You'll help change the face of public services used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.Delivery. Work. Projects. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will drive adoption of better practice across the teams you work with.You will collaborate with application development and operations engineers in the practice of Site Reliability Engineering.You will be accountable for the reliability of the applications you support.You will actively manage the work backlog and develop reliability improvements as well as leading initiatives to develop the automation of low-value tasks balanced against project delivery demands.We work in agile, multi-disciplinary teams, and will work with development teams from the design phase to help influence them using your vision for best practice and high quality as they build, maintain and modernise applications.What skills, knowledge or experience will you need? LEAD CRITERIA: Experience of scripting to automate processes, removing toil including infrastructure and configuration as codeSkills in building and improving CI / CD PipelinesExperience of resolution of complex technical incidentsExperience of reliability engineering including capacity and performance management through monitoring, logging and alertingExperience of orchestration platforms and tools for hosting and managing containerised applicationsExperience of engaging with stakeholders at multiple levels to provide feedback and supportDetails. Wages. Perks. You'll join us in your choice of our digital hubs in Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and time in the office. In return for your skills, we offer a competitive pay of up to £78,517. You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97% of salary, worth over to £15,000 a year. You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process.Stage 1: ApplicationStage 2: InterviewWe know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.Click the apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.JBRP1_UKTJ