Senior DevOps

In this role you will help HMRC transition from legacy systems to cloud-based IT solutions, delivering high-quality digital products. You’ll work within a delivery team responsible for essential IT services that support Customs, Excise and International Trade decisions. You’ll tackle complex problems, lead a small technical team, and ensure timely, reliable deployments. This opportunity combines hands-on development, testing, and stakeholder collaboration to make a tangible public-service impact.

• Flexible and Hybrid Working
• Generous leave allowance (25–30 days)
• Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension contribution
• Coaching and development
• Family friendly policies
• Supportive culture and personal development

• Lead a small team of technical colleagues and prioritise workload
• Develop, share and maintain technical knowledge
• Collaborate to deliver solutions within agreed timescales
• Support live systems, manage development environments and resolve incidents
• Provide impact analyses/estimates and conduct peer reviews
• Build, test, document and implement solutions per Delivery Framework and quality standards
• Develop and test coding changes per program specs and test strategies

• Version control knowledge
• Experience with Linux operating systems (predominantly RedHat Enterprise Linux)
• Experience with DevOps tools (Gitlab, Artifactory, HC Vault)
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux shell scripting, Perl or Python
• Configuration/infrastructure management tools (Ansible, Terraform)
• Container-based infrastructure
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

• Strong problem-solving mentality
• Ability to lead and develop people
• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Gitlab
• Artifactory
• HC Vault