AWS DevOps Engineer
Summary
Design and manage AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform to support DWP’s welfare and pension systems, ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient public services.
On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a AWS DevOps Engineer for a 9-month (Inside IR35) contract based Hybrid in either Manchester, Birmingham or Newcastle – 3 days per week.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill‑health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. We operate at a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe, and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.
Key Priorities
- Help people move into work and support those already in work to progress, aiming to increase overall workforce participation.
- Help people plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now.
- Provide effective, efficient and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society.
- Improve the experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to providing advice and guidance to others in the organisation.
- Take responsibility for large blocks of work, leading teams of varied disciplines and breaking down user stories into tasks.
- Design and manage tactics for building reusable libraries, templates and services; own the development of medium‑to‑long‑term strategies for product lines within your Functional and Professional Communities.
- Communicate regularly with a wide range of internal and external organisations and contacts, contributing to the strategic direction for DevOps teams and the wider Engineering community.
- Lead the sharing of knowledge, documentation and good practice with the wider Engineering community.
- Work closely with senior officers, providing advice, suggesting courses of action, and coaching, mentoring and supporting Software and DevOps Engineer colleagues and peers.
Essential Requirements
- Active Security Clearance (SC) is required.
- Previous AWS experience.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Terraform.
Note: This role can only be worked within the United Kingdom and not overseas.
Disability Confident
DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases of high volume, the best candidates from that group will be interviewed. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.
Armed Forces Covenant
DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases of high volume, the best candidates from that group will be interviewed. This scheme encourages ex‑military candidates and their partners to apply.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge that it falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs.