
Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Id Job: 316e304
Id Job: 316e304
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About the job
A Lead Infrastructure Engineer assumes responsibility for managing third party provision of infrastructure services and the provision of expertise to deliver architectural solutions for infrastructure services throughout the service lifecycle.
You will oversee programmes and projects and work with Technical Architects to translate the architectural designs into operations and support technical architects in operationalising the designs.
You will lead and direct infrastructure teams in building, managing, transitioning, supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy and ensure a feedback loop exists with service support to ensure continuous improvement. You are responsible for overall management activities such as workforce planning, budgeting, technology roadmaps, projects and tasks.
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
You will also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:
You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Infrastructure Engineering, with the following skills or strong experience in:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Benefits
You will also have access to benefits such as:
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Things you need to know
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement (Max Word Limit: 500).
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please note your Personal Statement should be aligned to explain why you are a good fit for the advertised role aligned to the essential criteria listed in the role description.
Your CV should include all relevant experience that relates to our essential criteria listed in the advert and role description. Do not just list languages / platforms - do provide context.
The sift will be based on the Personal Statement. The CV is for information purposes only and will not be marked.
Candidates who pass the sift will be provided with a programming exercise / coding exercise to complete, details will be provided prior to the interview.
This coding test will assess your ability to effectively perform in the advertised role. You will be sent detailed instructions along with an invitation to take the test. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to participate in the test.
A technical test is a great opportunity for you to show us your technical capability in a structured and transparent way. We have an assortment of tests to assess different skills depending on the role.
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Please read the essential skills for this position carefully. We will only consider those who meet the listed requirement.
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Candidates shortlisted will be invited to an interview which will be Behaviour and Technical based questions.
Sift and Interview dates
Sift will take place week commencing 10th April 2023.
Interviews will take place week commencing 1st May 2023. (subject to the panels operational priorities)
Please note, interviews will be held remotely, via MS Teams. Further details and instructions will be provided closer to the scheduled interview and these dates may be subject to change.
Further information
Please read the essential skills for this position carefully. We will only consider those who meet the listed requirement.
If you have previously made an unsuccessful application for a role with the same essential skills and are not able to demonstrate how you have developed these skills since your last application please reconsider applying as your application is unlikely to be successful.
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointment may be made.
This post is eligible for a DDaT Recruitment Retention Allowance this allowance is subject to an initial review within six months of taking up the post and thereafter an annual review in line with the departmental priorities and could be reduced or withdrawn at any time.
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