Lead DevOps Engineer
LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted At2/27/2026
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£52,300
(£26.82 per hour)
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Description
Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
Job Summary
At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.
We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.
We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.
We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.
We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.
Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.
Our Inclusive Environment
Job Summary
At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.
We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.
We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.
We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.
We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.
Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.
Our Inclusive Environment
We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Find Out More
We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/Jae3B4w7xm
You can also follow our LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dsitcareers/
Job Description
This role is central to DSIT’s ambition to unlock the full value of departmental data by replacing fragmented systems with a unified analytical tooling and data platform. By helping deliver this platform, you will directly enable analysts across the department to access tools and data quickly and securely. This will allow them to improve the evidence-base for key AI, science and emerging technologies policy decisions. This work will also provide the foundation for future AI tools, automation, and streamlined cross team collaboration in DSIT.
The new platform will ensure analysts have:
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Find Out More
We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/Jae3B4w7xm
You can also follow our LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dsitcareers/
Job Description
This role is central to DSIT’s ambition to unlock the full value of departmental data by replacing fragmented systems with a unified analytical tooling and data platform. By helping deliver this platform, you will directly enable analysts across the department to access tools and data quickly and securely. This will allow them to improve the evidence-base for key AI, science and emerging technologies policy decisions. This work will also provide the foundation for future AI tools, automation, and streamlined cross team collaboration in DSIT.
The new platform will ensure analysts have:
- Timely, reliable access to high-value datasets
A platform in two parts
The DSIT analytical platform is being delivered through two interconnected strands:
- Analytical tooling – delivering the secure, scalable tools analysts need, such as JupyterLab, RStudio, VS Code, Git integration, and cloud-based workflow orchestration.
- Data platform – delivering the pipelines, storage, and ingestion processes that ensure analysts can find and use trusted data efficiently.
Initially, this role will focus on strengthening and extending the analytical tooling infrastructure to meet the needs of analysts in DSIT.
As the platform matures, you’ll also have opportunities to tackle broader DevOps challenges across the department, including data science and AI applications that improve operational efficiency and widen access to data for non-technical users.
Timelines:
Phase 1: establishing the core tooling, cloud services, controls and user interfaces. This will already be complete.
Phase 2: User onboarding and refinement. You will join for this phase. We will support a core group of analysts as early users on the platform and then expand the user base as we migrate from old solutions. Your role will be to ensure the environment performs as expected under real workloads, refine the infrastructure in response to feedback, and develop new features ready for broader adoption across the department.
Where this role sits
The role is part of DSIT’s central Data Science and Engineering team, part of the department’s Analysis function. This team plays a key role in shaping DSIT’s analytical capability and works closely with technical colleagues in the Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) Digital team. By sitting within Analysis, the team ensures the platform is developed with analysts’ needs front and centre—owned by the analytical community and built to serve it.
As a G7 DevOps Engineer in the analytical tooling strand of the project, you will own and extend the infrastructure and tools that enable analysts to work securely, reproducibly and efficiently. You’ll take forward the platform to ensure it is a secure, cloud-based environment for analysis at scale, drawing on best practice across government. Your work will directly improve evidence-based policymaking, unlock efficiency savings across the department, and create the foundations for future innovation and AI-enabled tools.
This role is central to DSIT’s ambition to unlock the full value of departmental data by replacing fragmented systems with a unified analytical tooling and data platform. By helping deliver this platform, you will directly enable analysts across the department to access tools and data quickly and securely. This will allow them to improve the evidence-base for key AI, science and emerging technologies policy decisions. This work will also provide the foundation for future AI tools, automation, and streamlined cross team collaboration in DSIT.
The new platform will ensure analysts have:
The role is part of DSIT’s central Data Science and Engineering team, part of the department’s Analysis function. This team plays a key role in shaping DSIT’s analytical capability and works closely with technical colleagues in the Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) Digital team. By sitting within Analysis, the team ensures the platform is developed with analysts’ needs front and centre—owned by the analytical community and built to serve it.
As a G7 DevOps Engineer in the analytical tooling strand of the project, you will own and extend the infrastructure and tools that enable analysts to work securely, reproducibly and efficiently. You’ll take forward the platform to ensure it is a secure, cloud-based environment for analysis at scale, drawing on best practice across government. Your work will directly improve evidence-based policymaking, unlock efficiency savings across the department, and create the foundations for future innovation and AI-enabled tools.
This role is central to DSIT’s ambition to unlock the full value of departmental data by replacing fragmented systems with a unified analytical tooling and data platform. By helping deliver this platform, you will directly enable analysts across the department to access tools and data quickly and securely. This will allow them to improve the evidence-base for key AI, science and emerging technologies policy decisions. This work will also provide the foundation for future AI tools, automation, and streamlined cross team collaboration in DSIT.
The new platform will ensure analysts have:
- Timely, reliable access to high-value datasets
A platform in two parts
The DSIT analytical platform is being delivered through two interconnected strands:
- Analytical tooling – delivering the secure, scalable tools analysts need, such as JupyterLab, RStudio, VS Code, Git integration, and cloud-based workflow orchestration.
- Data platform – delivering the pipelines, storage, and ingestion processes that ensure analysts can find and use trusted data efficiently.
Initially, this role will focus on strengthening and extending the analytical tooling infrastructure to meet the needs of analysts in DSIT.
As the platform matures, you’ll also have opportunities to tackle broader DevOps challenges across the department, including data science and AI applications that improve operational efficiency and widen access to data for non-technical users.
Timelines:
Phase 1: establishing the core tooling, cloud services, controls and user interfaces. This will already be complete.
Phase 2: User onboarding and refinement. You will join for this phase. We will support a core group of analysts as early users on the platform and then expand the user base as we migrate from old solutions. Your role will be to ensure the environment performs as expected under real workloads, refine the infrastructure in response to feedback, and develop new features ready for broader adoption across the department.
Where this role sits
The role is part of DSIT’s central Data Science and Engineering team, part of the department’s Analysis function. This team plays a key role in shaping DSIT’s analytical capability and works closely with technical colleagues in the Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) Digital team. By sitting within Analysis, the team ensures the platform is developed with analysts’ needs front and centre—owned by the analytical community and built to serve it.
As a G7 DevOps Engineer in the analytical tooling strand of the project, you will own and extend the infrastructure and tools that enable analysts to work securely, reproducibly and efficiently. You’ll take forward the platform to ensure it is a secure, cloud-based environment for analysis at scale, drawing on best practice across government. Your work will directly improve evidence-based policymaking, unlock efficiency savings across the department, and create the foundations for future innovation and AI-enabled tools.
Person specification
The role is part of DSIT’s central Data Science and Engineering team, part of the department’s Analysis function. This team plays a key role in shaping DSIT’s analytical capability and works closely with technical colleagues in the Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) Digital team. By sitting within Analysis, the team ensures the platform is developed with analysts’ needs front and centre—owned by the analytical community and built to serve it.
As a G7 DevOps Engineer in the analytical tooling strand of the project, you will own and extend the infrastructure and tools that enable analysts to work securely, reproducibly and efficiently. You’ll take forward the platform to ensure it is a secure, cloud-based environment for analysis at scale, drawing on best practice across government. Your work will directly improve evidence-based policymaking, unlock efficiency savings across the department, and create the foundations for future innovation and AI-enabled tools.
Person specification
- Manage secure, scalable deployments of key analytical tools, including JupyterLab, RStudio and VS Code
- Ensure authentication, access controls, monitoring, and audit capabilities are in line with DSIT and cross-government security standards
- Strong experience designing and delivering secure cloud-based infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Proficiency in containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/Fargate)
- Proficiency setting up infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred)
- Ability to set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of information security and access control in cloud services
- A collaborative approach to working with data engineers, software developers, service designers and users to shape fit-for-purpose tools
- Familiarity with analytical user requirements and how to build user-friendly analytical platforms
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Modern development standards (expert)
- Systems design (practitioner)
- Service support (expert)
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
- A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
- Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the CV only.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and technical questions.
Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.
The link to the technical/professional competency framework that candidates will be assessed against, for their reference: https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/development-operations-devops-engineer#lead-dev-ops-engineer
Sift and interview dates
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply,and can be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DSIT Candidate Guidance. A DSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.
We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successf
Further Information
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply,and can be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DSIT Candidate Guidance. A DSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.
We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successf
ul and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.
DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campai
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.
DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campai
gn does not qualify.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to c
ivil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Rachel Dunne
- Email : rachel.dunne2@dsit.gov.uk
- Email : dsitresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DSITrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk . If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.