Government Digital & Data

Location Abbey Wood North, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, South West, Tomlinson House, Norcross, Blackpool, Lancashire, Centurion Building, Gosport, Hampshire, South East About the job Job summary Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference? Would you like to work for the Ministry of Defence? Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry. DBS delivers large scale administration and smaller specialist services to enable the wider MOD to focus on its core aims, maintaining the UK's Defence and Security. Services include Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement. Vision - To be the best shared service centre in Government Mission - Proudly delivering excellence in shared services, through customer centric solutions to enable Defence outcomes DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience. We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible to you and offer a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Where your role permits, we support a blended working approach alternatively known as hybrid working. Come and join the DBS community today! DBS has recently undertaken a review of its operational locations in the North West, and have consolidated all activities in Norcross, Blackpool. A further move, to the new Government Hub at Talbot Gateway in Blackpool, is scheduled to take place in 2027. This role is advertised as 37 hours per week. DBS is part of The National Armaments Directorate (NAD) Group which is at the heart of delivering and sustaining the UK's defence capability. Bringing together organisations responsible for developing, procuring, supporting and modernising Defence equipment, infrastructure and services, the Directorate works closely with industry, international partners and academia to ensure the Armed Forces have the capabilities they need to deter threats, protect the nation and succeed on operations. NAD drives innovation, operational readiness and value for money while supporting economic growth and strengthening the UK's defence industrial base. Job description Defence Business Services (DBS) - Strategy and Service Development (S&SD) The Role Business Analysts understand and analyse user and business needs. They ensure outcomes are aligned with service vision and business strategy by contributing to the link between current and future business models and delivering to the business architecture. They challenge constructively and act as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose. They facilitate collaboration and lead effective communication with all stakeholders to support design, build and delivery to meet the user needs. Requirement Gathering - Co-ordinate requirement activities, their validation and sign-off ensuring that the needs of the key stakeholders are articulated determining the need and value of performing the activity based on the context Process Modelling - Determine requirement for and develop, co-ordinate and agree sign-off of the 'As-Is' and To-Be' business process work Gap Analysis - Co-ordinate and lead on the evaluation of requirements against the present state (where we are) and the target state (where we want to be) and identify opportunities to develop successful business requirements as well as cultivate stakeholder relationships needed to make the transition. Impact Analysis - Lead on ensuring that the potential consequences of a change are correctly identified, that stakeholders have been identified and are part of the overall process and that benefits have been collated in response to the impact analysis. Benefit Analysis - Co-ordinate and lead on ensuring that identified benefits analysis is developed and disseminated to project sponsors, senior managers and project stakeholders where applicable. Stakeholder Management & Engagement - Co-ordinate Stakeholder analysis and comms with project and Comms team and ensure that stakeholder management is an ongoing process. Facilitation - Liaise with business owners, business architects business users change and technical teams to identify solutions. System Analysis - Lead on the work of systems analysis to ensure business needs are translated into solutions against identified time lines, and work with technical leads to ensure business needs are translated into the technical solutions. Assurance & Quality - Apply recognised methodologies; audit test and quality gates; review deliverables from team and releases. Traceability - Manage the delivery of change against a fully auditable process. Business Improvement - Lead on the work with Business Improvement teams on business readiness and the identification of BAU enhancements and their solutions to ensure that defined project benefits are delivered. Business Solution Design - Co-ordinate change with policy and strategy to ensure business systems, workflows and processes contribute to target operating model. Delivery Products Tools & Documentation - Co-ordinate development and application of: frameworks; application of methodologies; operating model/target operating model; functional specification; user cases; user stories; UAT plans and strategy; entry/exit and /or no/no go criteria; defect analysis; forms and templates; guidance; business case. Person specification Essential: Change management experience in a project delivery environment . Desirable: Knowledge and experience of shared services in the public sector. Desirable or Willing to Work Towards: Government Project Delivery Accreditation - Practitioner Level APMG Agile Business Analysis Practitioner BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis

Location Birmingham, Hastings, Leeds, Swansea About the job Job summary Would you like to play a key role in designing and delivering digital solutions that support the Department for Transport's future ambitions? Do you thrive in multidisciplinary teams, using evidence and insight to improve processes, services, and user experiences? Are you passionate about mentoring others, championing best practice, and helping teams deliver better outcomes through business analysis? If so, we'd love to hear from you! This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability. Analyse challenges. Shape solutions. Deliver change. Use your business analysis expertise to design user-focused digital services that improve outcomes, drive innovation, and support the Department for Transport's future ambitions. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including: Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance. Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers . Job description As a Senior Business Analyst, you'll play a key role in understanding complex business challenges and translating them into user-centred digital solutions that deliver real value. Working within the Create Service Line, you'll collaborate with stakeholders, users and multidisciplinary teams to identify needs, analyse processes, and shape improvements that support organisational and policy objectives. You'll lead investigations into business opportunities, define requirements, assess options, and ensure solutions meet both user needs and strategic goals. You'll build strong relationships across the department, influence decision-making with evidence-based insights, and help drive continuous improvement. The role also offers opportunities to mentor colleagues, champion business analysis best practice, and contribute to the development of the wider profession. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst who enjoys solving problems, influencing change and delivering outcomes that make a measurable difference. If you're passionate about improving services through insight, collaboration and innovation, we'd love to hear from you. Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to: Having functional or people management responsibilities, or a combination of both Mentoring others Developing best practice Owning stakeholder relationships Managing community of practice activities within a business area Analysing and understanding a business problem or opportunity Undertaking research and analysis to understand how a business or business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. Person specification To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience: You will be an experienced Senior Business Analyst holding at least two modules of the BCS diploma. Experience of analysing, documenting, validating and prioritising business and user requirements. Experience of applying business analysis techniques, including process mapping, stakeholder analysis, gap analysis, impact analysis, options analysis and requirements management. Ability to evaluate complex or incomplete information and develop clear, evidence-based findings and recommendations. Strong stakeholder-management skills, including building relationships, influencing decisions and constructively challenging senior stakeholders. Experience of facilitating workshops, interviews or collaborative sessions to establish needs, resolve issues and reach agreement. Ability to communicate complex business and technical information clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Ability to deliver high-quality analysis at pace while managing competing priorities and adapting to change. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, candidates will be required to have at least 5 years continuous residency in the UK. All applicants for this role must ensure that they meet this minimum residency requirement - if you do not, your application will be withdrawn.

Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary The Government Cyber Unit's mission is to protect public services from cyber threats and digital resilience failures. We are working to achieve a step change in our cyber and digital resilience across government, through delivery of the Government Cyber Action Plan, and working closely with departments and national technical authorities including the National Cyber Security Centre to deliver. This is a challenging time to be working in cyber security and digital resilience, but we have an incredible opportunity to make a difference to people's lives and promote national security by protecting the public services and national infrastructure they rely on. We work at the forefront of shaping the UK's national response to emerging cyber and technology issues - from the increasingly complex range of state-sponsored cyber-attacks and supply chain compromises, through to the transformational benefits and security challenges of frontier AI and quantum computing. We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive working environment where people can learn, develop and do their best work. Continuous professional development and a focus on wellbeing is core to our unit culture. We welcome applications from candidates who share this ethos and are excited by our mission. The Cyber Services Team supports the delivery of the Government Cyber Action Plan by coordinating, overseeing and delivering services to help public sector organisations solve cyber security challenges. The services we provide centrally are those where automation and economies of scale can be applied to address common resilience and cyber problems. These cover the core internet services we all rely on such as DNS, email and web services, as well as vulnerability management, cyber testing and cyber capability uplift. We ensure that cyber services are easy to find and use, and that the information and support delivered by these services is coherent, valuable, relevant, timely, trusted, reliable and easy to action. We track success using evidence-based objective measures. Job description Former DSIT recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Government's announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest. As a Senior Delivery Manager, you'll be responsible for the effective delivery of multiple services within the services portfolio, including oversight of delivery by internal teams and delivery of services by outsourced providers. You will take responsibility for: leading and motivating multiple multi-disciplinary teams, helping them organise and plan their work, ensuring they deliver timely products and services that actually meet users' needs creating and tailoring the delivery approach for each team, iterating it throughout the lifecycle using recognised lean/agile practices, and communicating status to more senior people and users appropriately owning Programme/Project RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log, ensuring accountability and clear ownership of mitigation steps across teams driving the end-to-end procurement process, and contract management of third-party suppliers, ensuring value for money and compliance with commercial controls commercial pipeline and supplier management of contracted suppliers and to ensure on-time delivery, value for money and knowledge retention after projects end managing stakeholders and moderating difficult discussions about right risk and complex topics within constrained timescales writing and inputting into business cases for services coordinating planning processes across varying services, identifying and resolving dependencies providing useful and accurate delivery metrics to facilitate continual improvement working in partnership with product and technical leads across Government Cyber Unit on high profile work in ambiguous, complex and/or uncertain domains facilitating an inclusive team environment where innovation and challenge are welcomed from all colleagues ensuring the pace of work across teams remains high by ensuring actions are tracked and completed, meetings are well scheduled, appropriately attended and outcome focused making decisions that build a high performing team, breaking down barriers for your team, and both planning at a higher level and getting into the details to make things happen when needed Person specification We're interested in people who have experience: successfully delivering cyber services that are deployed across a large number of organisations or business units, as well as guiding teams through the implementation of a new process leading several successful service teams simultaneously through different phases of its life cycle driving or managing procurement, contracting and supplier management processes engaging with private sector providers, taking responsibility for relationships with contracted suppliers and putting commercial contracts in place in financial and resource management, including overseeing the tracking, management and reporting of financial information across the Cyber Services Team, and ensuring its accuracy and completeness at month-end. being highly organised, possessing excellent interpersonal skills, and having the ability to rapidly grasp complex subjects. The role requires comfort with a fast-paced environment and a degree of ambiguity. leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing projects using agile and lean practices according to the Service Manual communicating effectively across government, and with internal and external stakeholders to understand needs and deliver new capability whilst managing expectations and moderating difficult discussions. working in and understanding of cyber security risk and government cyber security best practices We're interested in intellectually curious people, with a genuine passion for finding and implementing innovative ways to solve business problems through technology.

Location The locations for these roles are Newport and Titchfield (Fareham). This role is aligned to ONS hybrid working principles, which are based on attending the office with purpose. The postholder will be expected to contribute to the organisation's overall 40% office attendance, in line with business and role requirements. The induction process for the role will be conducted in person. Please note only candidates living and working in either England or Wales will be eligible to apply for this role due to the requirements of the apprenticeship providers. About the job Job summary The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK's largest producer of official statistics, helping people understand the UK's economy, population and society. We are looking for five people who are curious about data and technology and keen to learn to join our Data Architecture team through an apprenticeship programme. Whether you are leaving school or college, considering a career change, or looking for an alternative to full-time classroom-based study, this could be an opportunity to start an exciting career in data and technology. You do not need previous experience of Data Architecture. We are looking for your potential, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. You will receive training and support while gaining practical experience and working towards a nationally recognised qualification. As a Data Architect Apprentice, you will learn how to: understand how data is structured, organised and used develop and work with data models understand and manage metadata apply data standards and data governance principles analyse and profile data to understand its quality and characteristics communicate technical information clearly to different audiences work with colleagues to understand their data needs and identify opportunities for improvement. If you are curious, enjoy solving problems and want to develop a career where you can make a real difference through data, we would like to hear from you. Please note - We will be holding a candidate information session on Monday 9th November at 12:00 noon. If you're interested in finding out more, please join here - Click here Job description The roles will be working in Data Products, Services and Governance (DPSG), which sits centrally within ONS, provides a cross-ONS capability for data, including data access and preparation, and the provision of data and linked data products.DPSG develops and manages the systems and processes that underpin the distribution of data across ONS and beyond. DPSG provides data to ONS, academia, wider government, and other external users in a safe and controlled way, supporting and encouraging users to maximise data utility, enabling innovation and statistical and research use. As a Data Architect Apprentice, you will study towards a Level 4 Data Analyst apprenticeship programme and combine your job and hands-on experience with virtual learning and will include one to-one with tutors and mentors, tutorials, and research projects. You will work with appropriate technologies as a Data Architecture apprentice, you'll gain the technical expertise to take your career in an exciting new direction. By the end of the apprenticeship, you will have achieved an industry-standard qualification and have the skills to progress your career in line with your aspirations. Responsibilities As a Data Architect Apprentice, you will be supported to develop your skills while working on real ONS data challenges. You will: support the development and maintenance of data models profile data and help identify data quality issues support the management of metadata, data standards and data governance work with stakeholders to understand business and data requirements produce clear documentation and communicate technical information work collaboratively with colleagues across different teams develop your knowledge of Data Architecture tools, techniques and technologies. Part-time candidates will be considered, subject to a minimum of 30 hours per week , apprenticeship provider requirements and business needs. What qualfication will I get? The programme will be 2 years and will be delivered by assigned external training providers. The apprenticeship will support apprentices to develop their capability in data architecture. As well as training and support from the external training providers you will have support from a dedicated, highly experienced data architect mentor. All apprentices who successfully meet the scheme's milestones will receive a Level 4 Data Analyst Diploma. You will gain experience to help you work towards your qualification, as well as attending formal training and other development opportunities that will consist of 20% off the job learning. You will develop other skills that will aid you in the workplace, such as organisation, communication, the ability to work under pressure, teamwork, and lots more, giving you a real and valuable insight into the industry. Person specification Essential Criteria Can manage own workload, and work effectively as part of a team, to ensure deadlines or outputs are met. Can analyse information or evidence from a variety of sources to draw conclusions and inform decision making. Can communicate complex or technical ideas, both in writing and verbally, to stakeholder with differing levels of knowledge or experience. Identifies opportunities to make improvements and gets the support of relevant people to implement the changes. Takes opportunities to develop own skills and share knowledge with colleagues. A passion for technology and a keen technical interest. Standard eligibility criteria for apprenticeships apply: You must reside and work in England or Wales. You must have been at least 16 years old by 31st August 2026. You must not already have an equivalent qualification of the same type, content, and level (or higher). (Example computer science degree) You must not be in fulltime education or undertaking another apprenticeship at the same time. You should hold a GCSE in Maths and English at Grade C or above, an equivalent qualification, or relevant experience in lieu of a qualification may be considered. The training provider makes the final decision on whether funding can be provided per person and the job offer will be made on the condition that funding is available.

Location Bristol, London, Manchester About the job Job summary This role will require the post holder to have SC clearance to start and may be required to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, therefore successful candidates will be expected to either hold this or be willing to undertake the DV clearance process once in post. More information on DV clearance is linked here The Government Cyber Unit's mission is to protect public services from cyber threats and digital resilience failures. We are working to achieve a step change in our cyber and digital resilience across government, through delivery of the Government Cyber Action Plan, and working closely with departments and national technical authorities including the National Cyber Security Centre to deliver. This is a challenging time to be working in cyber security and digital resilience, but we have an incredible opportunity to make a difference to people's lives and promote national security by protecting the public services and national infrastructure they rely on. We work at the forefront of shaping the UK's national response to emerging cyber and technology issues - from the increasingly complex range of state-sponsored cyber-attacks and supply chain compromises, through to the transformational benefits and security challenges of frontier AI and quantum computing. We work closely with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), the directorate responsible for delivering key government technology strategies and initiatives, like the market-shaping Cloud Challenge Book and public sector technology learning through Get Tech Certified . Led by the Government Chief Technology Officer, OCTO sets cross-government technology strategy, technical standards, and shared architectural patterns to drive digital transformation and interoperability across public services. The problems OCTO is solving Government runs on technology the public relies on every day, but much of it is ageing, fragmented, and at risk. While government technology has real strengths, its maturity varies significantly across teams, services, and organisations. Some areas are modern, well-run and highly capable; others are still dependent on old systems, fragile infrastructure, and accumulated legacy and technical debt. That's where we come in: our mission is to build Firmer Foundations for Government, a core pillar of the Government's Blueprint for Modern Digital Government . OCTO is working with leaders across government and the wider public sector to mitigate the risks of legacy and ageing technology. New and emerging technologies are part of the answer. They offer better ways to design, build and run services and improve resilience for the public. Job description Former DSIT recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Government's announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest. As Cyber Risk Lead (Legacy Coordination and Assurance) you will guide the delivery of legacy and assurance activity, translating the requirements of the Government Cyber Action Plan (GCAP) and Firmer Foundations programme into meaningful actions that drive legacy technology interventions and remediation across government This role will work across the Accountability and Assurance functions of the Government Cyber Unit (GCU), and the Firmer Foundations of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) - Digital Transformation, Government Digital Service. This role is not primarily a technical specialist or reporting role, it is a strategic integration role for someone who can understand digital, technology and cyber processes, connect workstreams, deliver requirements into delivery teams, and turn complex technical and programme information into clear advice and action to drive forward progress. Specific responsibilities to include: acting as the primary interface between the Accountability and Assurance functions of GCU, and OCTO on legacy-facing and relevant technology modernisation work developing strong working relationships across GCU, OCTO, Government Departments, Mayoral Strategic Authorities and wider stakeholders translating GCAP outcomes, accountability priorities and assurance requirements into practical requirements for legacy remediation delivery developing government's understanding of legacy risk by bringing together insights from assurance activities, legacy remediation programmes, public sector engagement and broader governance activities identifying lessons emerging from successful legacy remediation and legacy reduction activity across the public sector and embedding them in programme delivery identifying opportunities for legacy technology interventions to support GCAP outcomes identifying where legacy technology risks intersect with wider cyber, operational and organisational risks, ensuring these connections inform policy, governance and assurance activity working with the Technology Risk Group (TRG) to align legacy technology initiatives with strategic risk priorities, agreed risk appetite approaches and wider technology risk management objectives The post holder may be required to support out of hours on call rotas for responding to cyber and digital resilience incidents, for which renumeration and/ or flexible working arrangements will be available. Person specification We're interested in people who can: demonstrate analytical and strategic thinking skills relating risk to corporate governance, organisational strategic direction and planning build strong relationships with stakeholders across teams, communicating tailored threat information to relevant stakeholders, organisations and stakeholder groups identify connections, dependencies and opportunities across multiple workstreams translate and communicate complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders championing protective security within the wider security function demonstrate experience of governance, assurance and risk management and work on major cross-government programmes demonstrate knowledge of cyber security, digital transformation, technology risk or organisational resilience helping organisations to derive and reason their security needs

Location The locations for these roles are Newport and Titchfield (Fareham). This role is aligned to ONS hybrid working principles, which are based on attending the office with purpose. The postholder will be expected to contribute to the organisation's overall 40% office attendance, in line with business and role requirements. The induction process for the role will be conducted in person. Please note only candidates living and working in either England or Wales will be eligible to apply for this role due to the requirements of the apprenticeship providers. About the job Job summary The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK's largest producer of official statistics, covering a range of key economic, social and demographic topics. These include measuring changes in the value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime and migration. If you are interested in an exciting career in data and technology and want to become a highly skilled tech professional, we are seeking 5 people who are passionate about data and technology to join our Data Engineering teams on an apprenticeship programme. If you are looking for a career change, or perhaps a school leaver looking at alternatives to full-time class-based learning this may be the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for candidates who want to make the most of data, love a challenge, and want to make a real difference in the quality of National Statistics. You do not have to be skilled in data engineering as full training will be provided, along with a nationally recognised qualification through an apprenticeship provider. Do you have a desire to learn how to translate technical concepts into non-technical language and to learn what communication is required between internal and external stakeholders? Do you have a desire to learn how to build extract transform load (ETL) pipelines that facilitate the movement and transformation of data across ONS systems? Do you have a desire to learn how to optimise the performance of our queries and data pipelines. Do you have a desire learn how to use industry wide tools such as Python, SQL, Cloudera Data Platform and Google Cloud Platform? Would you like to find opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data? Then we'd like to hear from you Please note - We will be holding a candidate information session on Monday 9th November at 12:00 noon. If you're interested in finding out more, please join here - Click here Job description The roles will be working in Data Products, Services and Governance (DPSG), which sits centrally within ONS, provides a cross-ONS capability for data, including data access and preparation, and the provision of data and linked data products.DPSG develops and manages the systems and processes that underpin the distribution of data across ONS and beyond. DPSG provides data to ONS, academia, wider government, and other external users in a safe and controlled way, supporting and encouraging users to maximise data utility, enabling innovation and statistical and research use. As a Data Engineer Apprentice, you will study towards a Level 4 Data Analyst apprenticeship and combine your job and hands-on experience with virtual learning and will include one to-one with tutors and mentors, tutorials, and research projects. You will work with appropriate technologies as a Data Engineer apprentice, you'll gain the technical expertise to take your career in an exciting new direction. By the end of the apprenticeship, you will have achieved an industry-standard qualification and have the skills to progress your career in line with your aspirations. Responsibilities Identify, collect, and migrate data to/from a range of internal and external systems. Use a range of analytical techniques such as data mining, time series forecasting and modelling techniques to identify and predict trends and patterns in data. Assist with data quality checking and cleansing and how to resolve issues. Assist production of data visualisation including performance dashboards and reports. Summarise and present the results of data analysis to a range of stakeholders Application of coding standards. Write clear and well documented code in Python using industry and organisational best practices Business Analysis/ User requirements validation; Matching and linking of datasets using statistical matching techniques; Become familiar with Cloud developments and technology Part-time candidates will be considered, subject to a minimum of 30 hours per week , apprenticeship provider requirements and business needs. What qualfication will I get? The programme will be 2 years and will be delivered by assigned external training providers. The apprenticeship will support apprentices to develop their capability in data engineering. As well as training and support from the external training providers you will have support from a dedicated, highly experienced data engineering mentor. All apprentices who successfully meet the scheme's milestones will receive a Level 4 Data Analyst Diploma. You will gain experience to help you work towards your qualification, as well as attending formal training and other development opportunities that will consist of 20% off the job learning. You will develop other skills that will aid you in the workplace, such as organisation, communication, the ability to work under pressure, teamwork, and lots more, giving you a real and valuable insight into the industry. Person specification Essential Criteria Can manage own workload, and work effectively as part of a team, to ensure deadlines or outputs are met. Can analyse information or evidence from a variety of sources to draw conclusions and inform decision making. Can communicate complex or technical ideas, both in writing and verbally, to stakeholder with differing levels of knowledge or experience. Identifies opportunities to make improvements and gets the support of relevant people to implement the changes. Takes opportunities to develop own skills and share knowledge with colleagues. A passion for technology and a keen technical interest. Standard eligibility criteria for apprenticeships apply: You must reside and work in England or Wales. You must have been at least 16 years old by 31st August 2026. You must not already have an equivalent qualification of the same type, content, and level (or higher). (Example computer science degree) You must not be in fulltime education or undertaking another apprenticeship at the same time. You should hold a GCSE in Maths and English at Grade C or above, an equivalent qualification, or relevant experience in lieu of a qualification may be considered. The training provider makes the final decision on whether funding can be provided per person and the job offer will be made on the condition that funding is available.

Location Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ; Queen Elizabeth House, 1 Sibbald Walk, Edinburgh, EH8 8FT; About the job Job summary Are you an experienced Service Designer looking for a new opportunity? Do you enjoy working closely with stakeholders to identify the most user centred solution? Then we have the role for you! Companies House has a well-established User Centred Design team within our DDaT directorate which includes a team of interaction designers, content designers, user researchers and performance analysts. Our services are critical for the UK economy and as an organisation we are committed to making them as user friendly and inclusive as possible. We are looking for an experienced Service Designer to join the team who will lead on mapping our service flows and working with stakeholders to identify the most user centred solutions. The User-Centred Design (UCD) team sits within the Product Design Directorate, alongside the Product Management and Business Analysis teams. The UCD team is a community of 6 teams. There are: Service Design, Interaction Design, Content Design, Accessibility, User Research, and Performance Analytics. Each team supports each other to review insights from our performance analytics and user research to understand user needs and co-design user-centred services. Our core values are empathy, collaboration and making working together fun! Our strategic objective is to innovate and ensure the organisation delivers services that work for everyone. Why choose Companies House? At Companies House we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work life balance and supporting colleagues to be their best in work because we know people are the key to our success. Our benefits include: Flexible working with no core hours (between 6am and 8pm) 30 days annual leave + Bank Holidays Enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme, with an average employer contribution of 28% Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work Please note: Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Job description As our digital ambition is to move towards a service led organisation, we are currently in the process of mapping out the end-to-end user experience to move towards a simple and intuitive design that meets the needs of all our users and delivers the objectives of the Economic Crime Act. As a service designer, you'll be an advocate of user needs and the GOV.UK Service Standard . This role will be critical in mapping the "as is" user experience, highlighting user pain points and exploring how we can solve the whole problem for users. By bringing together key stakeholders, you'll aim to ensure that there is a common understanding of our service design challenges for both digital and non-digital user journeys and engage with product, technical, policy, and communications teams to explore different solutions. You will: act as an advocate of user needs and service design, and influence the delivery of services to ensure that these user needs are met work with a multi-disciplinary team, including service managers, product managers, content designers, interaction designers, user researchers, performance analysts, and technical, policy and operational colleagues have responsibility for service design across complex services, ensuring services solve the whole problem for users and meet both user needs and policy intent lead on the development of design concepts for services, making best use of common component design patterns from across government, and iterating based on research, analytics and user feedback provide expertise to the team on accessibility requirements and inclusive design help identify high level needs and epics to influence the product roadmap and how the backlog is prioritised map the experience of users and highlight areas where it can be improved explore ways of simplifying complex end-to-end processes for digital and non-digital journeys identify design challenges and explore ways of solving them using best practise across government understand and work within constraints to deliver the most user-friendly solution to users promote the value of service design across the organisation Person specification We are looking for the following experience and skills which will be assessed at sift and interview. The successful candidate will be someone who has: experience of working in an agile environment with multidisciplinary teams experience of designing services for a wide range of users including novice users and users with assisted digital and accessibility needs ability to understand technical limitations and work within constraints to deliver the most user-friendly solution to users expert knowledge of the discipline of service design including mapping user experience and writing personas for multiple audiences experience of using different methods of telling the user stories experience of having difficult conversations with stakeholders and trying to influence their decision making based on user needs expert knowledge of the discipline of service design including mapping user experience and writing personas for multiple audiences experience of leading and developing others and growing a community of practice ability to influence stakeholders and promote the value of user-centred design familiarity with GOV.UK accessibility regulations and inclusive design knowledge of the GOV.UK Service standard, GDS Design System, and the milestones of each delivery phase according to the Service Manual, or equivalent an awareness of the GOV.UK Design system and the GOV.UK Style guide

Location Leith, Scotland, EH6 6QQ : Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8LU About the job Job summary Join the Scottish Government Digital Architecture Division as a Lead Technical Architect (C2) and drive secure, innovative digital services. Job description Help shape the architecture behind some of Scotland's most important digital services. The Opportunity The decisions you make as an architect can shape how millions of people access public services. We are looking for a Lead Technical Architect to join our Digital Architecture and Design division and help design and deliver the platforms, services and technology foundations that support Scotland's digital future. This is a senior architecture role spanning national platforms, shared services, and major digital transformation programmes. You'll work with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to solve complex architecture challenges, guide critical technology decisions supporting the delivery of accessible, secure, sustainable and scalable digital services that enable millions of interactions each year. Our architects work across identity, platform, cloud, integration and digital service architectures, supporting some of the most complex technology environments in the Scottish public sector. The role offers exposure to modern cloud-native platforms, shared government capabilities, digital identity services, enterprise integration and large-scale service transformation. You'll work in multidisciplinary teams alongside engineers, delivery managers, designers and product specialists to solve complex public sector challenges. You'll provide leadership throughout the lifecycle of digital services, from early discovery and design through to implementation and assurance, helping balance delivery with Scottish Government objectives, user needs, and long-term service outcomes. Unlike many architecture roles focused on a single product, platform or programme, you'll work across a broad portfolio of services, shared capabilities and transformation initiatives supporting and wider ambitions. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to major national programmes and help shape the future direction of digital public services across Scotland. The Role As a Lead Technical Architect, you'll provide architectural leadership across national digital services, platforms, and shared capabilities, helping teams solve complex technical challenges and deliver secure, sustainable services. Responsibilities Lead the design and review processes for new solutions and services, evidencing the inclusion of Secure by Design principles within the technical designs you produce, oversee, and approve. Create optimal technical designs through an iterative process, aligning user needs, system requirements, security considerations, and organisational objectives. Contribute to the overall technical strategy and roadmap for the department within your area of expertise. Present recommendations for technologies and improvement opportunities to senior leaders, based on technical expertise and analysis of business and system requirements. Be recognised as a subject matter expert, contributing to the development of architectural practice and helping shape a coherent strategy across cybersecurity, cloud, data centre, storage, networking, mobile and infrastructure user experience. Manage, coach and mentor Technical Architects, helping to strengthen architecture capability across the organisation. Develop and document technical designs for the integration and implementation of solutions, working across GDD, business areas, and delivery teams. Act as a key contributor to architecture governance activities, promoting effective working methods and the consistent application of technical architecture standards. Ensure technical designs meet security and operational requirements. Evaluate implemented solutions, identifying lessons learned and opportunities for continuous improvement. Provide feedback to leadership and support the adoption of lessons learned and best practice in future delivery and integration plans. Person specification Success Profile Success profiles are specific to each job, and they include the mix of experience, skills and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. Experience: Lead Criteria 1: An ability to understand the complex landscapes of technologies and the required collaboration with 3rd party suppliers, internal and cross-government teams across multiple projects to deliver successful outcomes in line with business and technical requirements. Lead Criteria 2: To be successful, you should also be able to balance potentially conflicting requirements and interests, negotiate a consensus, and justify your architectural design decisions. Managing Human Resource activities, including interviewing, selection / hiring, and conducting performance assessments. You should have the experience, skills and personal qualities that allow you to be effective whilst working unsupervised in a dynamic environment with fluid priorities and high levels of uncertainty.

Location Glasgow, Salford, Sheffield About the job Job summary As a Lead Service Transition Manager, you will be part of a team who is accountable for ensuring that any designs for new or changed IT services are supported by the required resources necessary to operate and manage the service; deliver required levels of availability, reliability and performance; adhere to relevant industry, government and Home Office standards; are robust and affordable and are comprehensive and forward looking Building on extensive experience in the area, you will apply control and rigour to the implementation of IT services, supporting the continued availability and effectiveness of IT Services. You will play a key role liaising with senior management and other teams with a view of the bridge between projects/programmes and the operation/support of the ongoing services. You will contribute to the definition of standards for service transition and continual improvement. Through excellent stakeholder management skills, you will be expected to leverage people, processes, suppliers and tooling in both day-to-day and longer-term goals whilst understanding the user experience and end-to-end impact of technology within the business. You will be managing teams and coaching junior members of the team to enable upskill them in service transition. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office . Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert. Watch this short video to hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital. Job description As a Lead Transition Service Manager , your main day to day responsibilities will be to: Enable the process to transition projects to live service in a safe and structured manner, engaging with project teams and Enterprise Services teams to ensure a standard set of transition gateways are met and that a consistent set of Service Operations requirements are incorporated into service designs. Ensure and assure that the required people, processes, suppliers and tools are in place to accept new services. Drive work forward to meet delivery deadlines, without compromising quality of delivered service. Make recommendations on rollout approaches, acceptance planning, handover requirements, quality assurance activities and early-life support. Work collaboratively by establishing and maintaining strong relationships with project teams, Service Management and third-party suppliers to solve problems and overcome obstacles. Drive the transition process, including prioritisation, risk management and dependency activities to ensure effective transition. Onboard the new service on to the Home Office ServiceNow ITSM tooling working effectively with project teams, the Service Architect, support teams, technical teams and commercial teams to ensure that all parties have a thorough understanding of the service that they are providing or consuming. Working Pattern Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available. Person specification Essential Skills Designing new services, managing material change to existing services and creating associated documentation. Producing high quality deliverables in a variety of contexts / environments. Applying a structured and methodical approach to problem solving. Applying a broad range of technical knowledge and skills to inform and deliver Service Design and Transition activities. Effectively communicating and setting expectations, with stakeholders, both internal and external to your direct team and the Home Office. Designing, owning and maintaining the process and procedures and proactive development of service transition and acceptance documentation. Working in enterprise scale IT transition teams and adhering to industry best practice. Qualifications ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation qualifications are essential for this role.

Location Newport, NP10 8QQ About the job Job summary Senior Business Analyst As a Senior Business Analyst at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) you will join an established and supportive community of Business Analysts and work across all areas of projects and service lifecycle. In this role you will work as part of an Agile multi-disciplinary squad alongside product managers, service design, data specialists, developers, and testers to deliver new internal and external services. You will be expected to be proactive and take ownership of analysis activities and deliverables including writing user stories with acceptance criteria, modelling business processes, and contributing to three amigo/refinement sessions. You must be able to build strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels, demonstrating good leadership and collaborative working skills. You will need excellent presentation and communication skills, across a variety of situations and levels of stakeholders. You will work together with IPO colleagues, partner organisations and/or suppliers to ensure that approaches and outcomes are fit for purpose meeting business needs, user needs and IPO standards. Within the Business Analyst Community, you will play an important role in establishing and promoting best practice and standards. You will support the professionalisation and maturity of the Business Analysis practice through peer support, tutoring and mentoring of others in the team. We are looking for enthusiastic people with a desire to pick up new skills in a fast-paced environment and are committed to delivering excellent services for our customers. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals to join our IT team at a time where the IPO has set out how to help make the UK the most innovative and creative country in the world by: Delivering Excellent IP Services Creating a World-leading IP Environment Making the IPO a Brilliant Place to Work Working Style This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office . The IPO holds a visa sponsor licence however; this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Candidates will therefore need to have an existing right to work in the UK at the time of application. Job description Main duties consist of but are not limited to: Work alongside product managers to create a pipeline of fully developed user stories ensuring that the business and technical viewpoints are understood and acknowledged. Undertake key business analysis activities, including but not limited to, requirements elicitation, documentation of business processes, workflows and business rules, using suitable methodologies, tools and standards. Advise on business scenarios and develop acceptance criteria to ensure requirements can be traced to develop new functionality. Identify and articulate options considering opportunities and limitations related to business and technology. Present complex information in a tailored format, allowing you to communicate key findings and put forward recommendations to the wider organisation. Tutor/mentor/coach BAs and Junior BAs by providing accurate and professional support. Develop and promote best practice, standards and guidance. Person specification Essential Criteria Background in Business Analysis with considerable knowledge and understanding of Business Analysis principles and techniques. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to bring clarity to business problems and shape business solutions. Considerable experience working in a software development setting with technical colleagues i.e. data, developers, testers. Comfortable working with individuals at various skill levels up to and including senior management levels. Experience of gaining consensus where there are strong differing opinions. Holds or has made progress towards the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis, or equivalent. Strong presentation and communication skills across a variety of situations and levels of stakeholders. Experience of developing BA best practice, standards and guidance. Experience tutoring and mentoring others Business Analysts

Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here. Please note: for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. For candidates requesting to work in Sheffield King's Court, please note these roles will initially be based at King's Court and then move to 1 West Bar by early 2028. About the job Job summary Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. We are looking for an experienced Lead Test Engineer who is confident working on data-focused products/services in a complex digital environment, where they'll be supporting major initiatives across Data and Analytics and wider supporting DWP to deliver it's 2030 Data Strategy. This position will involve collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across the Data and Analytics directorate and wider DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations and provide expert advice, oversight and assurance to drive testing decisions. This is an exciting time to join us. You'll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional Data products and services that work for everyone. This role ensures a high standard of test engineering across all Data and Analytics solutions, both current and future, leading testing strategy, best practices and test automation. Job description As Lead Test Engineer you will provide overall leadership and support to the test engineers working in agile multidisciplinary teams across the directorate to deliver our current and future Data and Analytics solutions. Lead the design and delivery of data solutions across data movement, storage, curation and insight, ensuring they support wider service needs and outcomes. Support the delivery and continuous improvement of services across multiple cloud platforms and legacy on premises environments, working with a broad range of technologies including Java, Node.js, React.js, SAS, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, GitLab CI/CD, AWS, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Kubernetes, Azure Service Bus and Power BI. Provide expert test engineering leadership, using appropriate principles, tools and delivery methodologies to influence strategic decisions and shape the direction of our services in collaboration with key stakeholders. Collaborate with and influence key stakeholders and technical decision makers (Product Managers, Architects, Delivery Managers, Engineering teams, etc.) to define strategic vision for products and services. Identify risks and develop plans for mitigation and contingency. Ensure that usability, accessibility, security, stability, performance, and functional testing are embedded in the development of our services, in a consistent and standardised way. Collaborate with other teams in the Software Development Lifecycle to define strategic goals. Lead and adapt Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches, using appropriate methodologies and tools to drive successful delivery and achieve service outcomes. Promote engagement with continuous integration, delivery and deployment practices following standards and tooling methodologies. Promote technical evolution by identifying, testing and adopting emerging technologies. Promote the latest trends, tools, and best practices within Test Engineering. Identify skills gaps within the team and support recruiting talent into the organisation. Develop the Test Engineering capability by helping and supporting others to shape career paths. Contribute to recruitment activities in the practice, working with other Leads and the Head of Role to advise on recruitment strategy and lead at various stages of the assessment process. Person specification When giving details in your CV you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below: Lead criterion - Significant experience of leading testing activities across multiple teams, setting and refining strategy for both off the shelf products and open-source cloud native technologies in a data domain. Significant experience driving testing best practices across embedded tester, setting testing standards (e.g. test data management, coverage targets, test environment definition and management, coding standards, reporting) and auditing adherence. Experience leading both functional and non-functional testing strategies (e.g. accessibility testing, performance testing) for APIs, message brokers and browser and data platforms Experience of leading, recruiting and line managing test engineers, managing performance, development, training and coaching. Expert skills and experience managing testing engineering good practices around python and automating API checks, message queues systems and data platforms. Experience of implementing automated data and API testing strategies that prioritise quality early using cloud CI/CD pipelines and appropriate techniques, tools and strategies.

Location Newport, NP10 8QQ About the job Job summary Business Analyst As a Business Analyst at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) you will join an established and supportive community of Business Analysts and work across all areas of projects and service lifecycle as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will work together with IPO colleagues, partner organisations and/or suppliers to ensure that approaches and outcomes are fit for purpose by meeting business needs, user needs and IPO standards. You will act as a facilitator, communicator and problem solver to elicit and document requirements. You will also be modelling processes for use within the project and for post-implementation reference. You will be responsible for analysing existing and future ways of working, identifying options and assessing their impact. You must be able to build strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels, demonstrating good leadership and collaborative working skills. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals to join our team at a time where the IPO has set out to help people grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation. Working Style This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office. The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office. The IPO holds a visa sponsor licence however; this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Candidates will therefore need to have an existing right to work in the UK at the time of application. Job description Main duties consist of but are not limited to: Translate business problems and user needs into a set of detailed requirements Document, critically review and model business processes and business rules Utilise a 'toolkit' of techniques and methodologies i.e. user stories, use case diagrams, SWOT analysis, mind maps, power-interest grid to capture, investigate and analyse data and information. Identify stakeholders, tailor communication to their needs, and work with teams to build relationships Solve problems in a way that brings most benefit to the IPO and its customers. Identify, shape and specify business options to enhance existing services or build new services Demonstrate value of proposals to users and senior management groups using both written and verbal presentation skills. Contribute to the IPO's Business Analyst community to share knowledge Person specification Essential Criteria Background in Business Analysis or Process Improvement Knowledge and/or understanding of Business Analysis principles and techniques Excellent presentation and communication skills, across a variety of situations and levels of stakeholders. Working with and influencing teams, senior stakeholders and specialist peers Can Investigate, define and resolve complex problems Experience with project delivery methodologies Holds or willing to work towards the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis

Location Bristol, Darlington, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton About the job Job summary We are MHCLG Here at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), we work on things that make a real difference to people's lives. Whether it's through the homes we live in, the work of our local councils, or the communities we're all part of, our work is at the top of the political agenda. We have ambitious and far-reaching outcomes to achieve this year and, if you're thinking of joining us, there's never been a more exciting time. You will work within the Technology Design team as a Senior Technical Architect for Azure, you will lead the architecture, design, governance and assurance of Azure services across MHCLG, providing technical direction across critical services and transformation programmes. Working alongside other Senior Technical Architects, you will help shape cloud strategy, turn organisational goals into practical technical solutions, promote good practice and improve the Azure estate. MHCLG are committed to supporting professional development, learning and certification. We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds and experiences. If your experience does not match every requirement exactly, but you believe you have the skills to succeed in the role, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our Digital teams and what they are working on through our MHCLG Digital blog . Please note that MHCLG do not offer visa sponsorship and applicants will need a valid visa for the duration of your employment. Job description You will lead for Azure platform technical architecture, standards, reference patterns, roadmaps and assurance. You will set standards, patterns and roadmaps for secure, consistent and cost-effective cloud delivery, and provide direction, assurance and governance throughout the service lifecycle. You will work with stakeholders to balance business, technical, security and operational needs, and support architects and engineers to develop their skills. The role works closely with Enterprise Architecture but does not sit within the Enterprise Architecture team. As a Senior Technical Architect, you'll: • Own Azure architecture principles, standards and reference patterns. • Set technical direction for secure, scalable and resilient Azure solutions. • Develop target architectures, roadmaps and technology strategies. • Provide architecture assurance and governance throughout the service lifecycle. • Lead architecture for cloud migration, modernisation and transformation. • Make and communicate architectural decisions, balancing business, technical, security and operational considerations. • Identify and manage architectural, operational and security risks. • Govern Azure platform patterns, landing zones and operating models. • Maintain architecture artefacts, decision records, roadmaps and technical standards. • Guide engineering teams in implementing approved architectural designs. • Provide technical architecture support for procurement and suppliers. • Improve Azure services, platforms and operating practices. • Mentor technical professionals and promote knowledge sharing. Person specification As a Senior Technical Architect, you'll have: • Knowledge of Azure networking, identity, security, governance and platforms. • Experience designing, supporting or governing Azure solutions at scale. • Experience supporting cloud transformation, migration or modernisation programmes. • Ability to develop target architectures, roadmaps and technology strategies. • Experience implementing secure-by-design, cloud-native architectures. • Strong understanding of architecture governance, assurance and risk management. • Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience producing architecture documents, decision records and technical standards. • Ability to balance business, operational, security and technical needs in architectural decisions. • Experience working across teams and coordinating multiple workstreams. Desirable Skills: These criteria are helpful but not essential. We welcome applications from people with transferable skills gained in other sectors or through different career paths. You do not need experience of every technology listed, and equivalent practical experience is valued alongside formal certification. • Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification. • Experience in government, regulated or large enterprise environments. • Knowledge of Azure Landing Zones, Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework. • Experience with Bicep, Terraform or ARM Templates. • Knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD and cloud automation. • Familiarity with Azure DevOps, APIM, Entra, Databricks, Fabric or GitHub. • Understanding of NCSC principles and government digital standards. • Experience building architecture communities and mentoring technical professionals.

Location Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations - Cardiff, Glasgow, or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow. About the job Job summary Across government, data architecture has become a critical capability in enabling organisations to unlock the value of their data, support informed decision making and deliver high-quality, joined-up services. As data ecosystems grow in scale and complexity, there is an increasing need for strong architectural leadership to ensure that data is structured, governed and integrated effectively. Modern data architecture is central to ensuring interoperability, enabling analytics and innovation, and supporting secure, resilient digital services. At Ofgem, data is fundamental to delivering our mission to protect energy consumers and support the transition to a secure, affordable and sustainable energy system. As we continue to strengthen our Digital, Data and Security Services (DDSS) directorate, we are investing in our data architecture capability to ensure that data is consistent, accessible and aligned with organisational strategy. This will enable better insight, improved decision making and more effective delivery of regulatory and operational services. As a Senior Data Architect , you will lead the design and implementation of data architectures across projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with Ofgem's enterprise data strategy and standards. You will work closely with architects, engineers and business stakeholders to design scalable, interoperable and secure data solutions that meet both operational and analytical needs. This is a highly collaborative and influential role, combining strong technical expertise with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across the organisation. You will play a key role in shaping Ofgem's data landscape, driving best practice and helping to build a more mature, consistent and effective approach to data architecture. Job description You will be responsible for: Leading the design of conceptual, logical and physical data models, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and business needs Defining and promoting data standards, frameworks and best practices to ensure consistency, quality and compliance across data initiatives Designing data integration patterns that enable effective sharing, reuse and interoperability of data across systems and services Ensuring that data solutions meet security, privacy and quality requirements throughout the full data lifecycle Providing technical assurance for data solutions, ensuring alignment with governance, regulatory and architectural standards Collaborating with data architects, engineers, analysts and wider stakeholders to deliver effective and scalable data solutions Supporting the development of Ofgem's data governance approach, including metadata management and master data practices Driving continuous improvement in data architecture, contributing to the development of standards, tools and ways of working across DDSS Creating and maintaining architectural artefacts and documentation to support organisation-wide understanding and reuse We are looking for: An experienced data architect with a strong track record of designing and delivering enterprise-scale data architectures and models. You will have a deep understanding of data management and governance principles, and the ability to apply these to complex organisational environments. You will bring strong expertise in data modelling, including conceptual, logical and physical modelling, and be confident working with a range of architectural frameworks and tools such as ArchiMate, UML or equivalent. Experience of designing data solutions across cloud or hybrid environments will support your success in this role. Your ability to collaborate and communicate effectively will be key. You will be confident working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business needs into robust data designs and ensuring that solutions deliver tangible value. You will also demonstrate a strong understanding of data standards, integration patterns and governance frameworks, with the ability to drive best practice and ensure compliance across data initiatives. Relevant certifications, such as BCS Enterprise Architecture or Azure Solution Architect, will support your credibility. In addition, you will be proactive, forward-thinking and committed to continuous improvement, contributing to the development of Ofgem's data architecture capability and wider data community. Why join Ofgem? This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping how data is structured, managed and used across a nationally significant organisation. Your work will directly support Ofgem's ability to deliver insight-driven regulation, improve services and support the UK's transition to a Net Zero energy system-at a time when effective data architecture has never been more important. Person specification Essential Criteria Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing enterprise-scale data architectures, solutions and models that enable effective information management and analytics (Lead Criteria). Strong understanding of data management and governance principles to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance across data ecosystems (Lead Criteria). Collaborates effectively across technical and business teams, ensuring data architecture aligns with organisational strategy and stakeholder needs. Proficiency in architectural modelling tools such as Archi and frameworks, such as ArchiMate, UML, or equivalent, with the ability to create and maintain architectural artefacts. Holds or can obtain the following certifications or equivalent within 6 months: Formal Architectural Qualification such as BCS EA Certification or equivalent Cloud Architecture Certification: Microsoft Azure Solution Architect. Desirable Criteria Experienced in delivering enterprise data architectures across hybrid or multi-cloud environments, ensuring interoperability and performance.

Location East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber The Role Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. Please click on the link for details. We're recruiting for multiple Senior DevOps Engineers here at Justice Digital, Data and Science , to be part of our warm and collaborative Hosting Platform Teams. This role aligns against the Senior DevOps Engineer role from the Government Digital and Data Framework. The Team: Justice Engineering AI Enablement is a new team focused on improving how engineers across the Ministry of Justice use artificial intelligence to design, build and operate digital services. Our aim is not simply to introduce new tools, but to establish the engineering capabilities, patterns and practices needed to use AI effectively, securely and at scale. The team will build production services, developer tooling and reusable capabilities that make it easier for engineers to adopt AI without compromising the quality, security, reliability or maintainability of the services they build. Our work will cover areas such as AI-assisted software development, large language models, agents, model access, evaluation, observability, security controls and developer experience. The work of the team has the potential to influence how hundreds of engineers across the Ministry of Justice work with AI. We will focus on creating approaches that can be reused across teams and services, rather than solving the same problems repeatedly in isolation. About Us: At Justice Digital, Data and Science, we use technology to improve outcomes for people across the justice system. As a Senior DevOps Engineer in Justice Engineering AI Enablement, you will help shape how emerging AI technologies are applied within one of the largest engineering communities in government. This is a rapidly developing area of technology, and many of the engineering patterns we will need are still emerging. We are looking for engineers who are genuinely engaged with this space and interested in helping establish how AI engineering should work in practice. Responsibilities: This is a hands-on engineering role. You will design, build and operate production services and tooling that enable other engineers to make effective use of AI. You will research and evaluate new technologies, models and engineering approaches; develop prototypes and reference implementations; and take successful ideas through to robust production capabilities. You will help establish reusable engineering patterns around areas such as AI agents, model integration, evaluation, observability, security and developer tooling. Collaboration: You will work closely with software developers, platform engineers, architects, security specialists, product managers and other technical professions across Justice Digital. You will also work with teams responsible for shared AI platforms and services, including AI gateway capabilities, helping ensure those products integrate effectively with engineering workflows and meet the needs of the wider development community. A significant part of the role will involve sharing knowledge, developing reusable patterns and helping the wider engineering community build the skills and confidence required to use AI effectively and responsibly. You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here . To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog. Key Responsibilities As a Senior DevOps Engineer in the Justice Engineering AI Enablement team, you will help shape how engineering teams across the Ministry of Justice use artificial intelligence to build and operate high-quality digital services. This is a hands-on engineering role. You will design, build and operate production services, platforms and tooling that make AI capabilities secure, observable and straightforward for other engineers to adopt. Technical: Design, build and operate production-grade services and tooling that enable engineers across the Ministry of Justice to make effective use of AI. Build developer tooling, integrations and reusable engineering patterns that reduce the friction involved in adopting AI within software delivery. Explore emerging AI capabilities and turn promising technologies into practical, secure and maintainable engineering solutions. Develop reference implementations, prototypes and proofs of concept to establish new engineering approaches, taking successful ideas through to production where appropriate. Help establish engineering patterns for working with large language models, including model access, tool use, agents, evaluation, observability, security and deployment. Work with AI platform and gateway capabilities, understanding how model gateways operate within a large enterprise and contributing to the integration of those capabilities into developer workflows. Design and implement approaches for safely executing AI agents and AI-generated workloads, considering areas such as filesystem access, network access, credentials, tool permissions, isolation, approvals and auditability. Build capabilities for evaluating and observing AI systems, enabling engineers to understand model behaviour, performance, cost and reliability. Help develop reusable approaches to AI security and governance, including guardrails, runtime controls and patterns that allow engineering teams to adopt AI without unnecessarily constraining innovation. Work across cloud platforms and AI providers, understanding the capabilities and trade-offs of different models, providers and deployment approaches. Stay abreast of developments in AI models, agentic systems, developer tooling and AI engineering, assessing where emerging capabilities could provide practical value to Ministry of Justice engineers. Work using modern software and platform engineering practices, including infrastructure as code, version control, continuous delivery and automated deployment. Develop and operate services across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform, using appropriate programming languages and technologies for the problem being solved. Work with container technologies and container orchestration as part of building, deploying and operating reliable production services. People: Work with a high degree of autonomy, identifying opportunities and engineering problems that are worth solving rather than relying solely on predefined solutions or tightly specified work. Collaborate with engineering teams across Justice Digital to understand where AI can improve software delivery and turn those needs into reusable capabilities rather than one-off solutions. Share knowledge, techniques and emerging practices with the wider engineering community, helping engineers develop the skills required to use AI effectively and responsibly. Help establish engineering standards and good practice for the use of AI in software development, balancing appropriate controls with the ability for teams to experiment and innovate. Contribute to technical discussions and decisions across the organisation, clearly communicating complex and rapidly evolving AI engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Help build an open, inclusive and collaborative engineering culture in which experimentation, critical thinking and continuous learning are encouraged. Contribute to recruitment and the professional development of engineers within the team and the wider engineering community. If this feels like an exciting opportunity, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply! Person Specification You will have: A systematic approach to solving complex technical problems, including the ability to work effectively where the problem, technology or preferred solution is not yet well defined. Experience leading technical work within a mixed-skill team and the ability to operate with significant autonomy. A strong practical understanding of large language models and the engineering considerations involved in integrating them into software systems. An understanding of model APIs, model families and providers, including the practical differences involved in consuming models through services such as Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry/Azure OpenAI and the OpenAI API. An understanding of AI gateways and the role they can play within an enterprise, including areas such as model routing, authentication and authorisation, policy enforcement, observability, usage management and abstraction across providers. Experience with technologies such as LiteLLM would be beneficial. An understanding of AI agents and tool-using systems, including emerging approaches and standards such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP). An understanding of the security considerations associated with AI-enabled systems, including prompt injection, guardrails, tool permissions, credentials, data access, sandboxing and isolation of agent execution. An understanding of approaches to observing and evaluating AI systems, including areas such as tracing, telemetry . click apply for full job details

Location East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber The Role We're recruiting for a Lead Business Analyst here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Digital Infrastructure and Security Operations team. This role aligns against Lead Business Analyst from the Government Digital and Data Framework. The Digital Infrastructure and Security Operations area enables Ministry of Justice staff to stay connected and securely access business critical applications, data, and information whenever and wherever they need. The team enables staff to communicate and collaborate with each other and with users of our services across the UK. This is a senior leadership role within the Business Analysis profession. You will work across multiple services, operating in complex and often ambiguous environments to help shape priorities, clarify problems, and ensure that business analysis activity is focused on delivering meaningful outcomes. A key aspect of this role is partnering closely with the Digital Infrastructure and Security Operations business area. You will be expected to develop a strong understanding of this domain and become a trusted advisor to senior leaders, helping to shape and influence how services evolve to meet organisational needs. This includes supporting decision making in areas such as risk, security, and service performance, where priorities are often complex and competing. You will provide visible leadership to a cohort of Business Analysts, supporting their development and strengthening business analysis capability within your area. Alongside this, you will play an active role in the wider Business Analysis community across JDDS, contributing to how the profession grows and evolves. Working closely with senior stakeholders across security, technology, and product, you will help bring clarity to competing priorities and support decision making in areas where there may not be a single clear answer. You will ensure that business analysis is used effectively to understand problems, explore options, and align work to organisational goals. This role requires you to look beyond individual services, understanding how different parts of the organisation connect and where dependencies and risks exist. You will help shape how Business Analysts are deployed, ensuring their work is focused on the areas of greatest value. As a Lead Business Analyst, you will be expected to lead through others, creating an environment where Business Analysts are supported, challenged, and able to do their best work. You will champion the role of business analysis, building strong relationships with stakeholders and helping to embed a shared understanding of the value it brings. Key Responsibilities Provide visible BA leadership by supporting Business Analysts in meeting the user needs and business objectives. Provide consultative support and guidance to senior stakeholders, using aggregated analysis to form recommendations, challenge thinking or solve problems. Work with Head of Digital Infrastructure & Security Operations and Service Owners to establish current Business Analysis skill gaps and work with the Head of Profession to align these into the profession recruitment strategy. Lead, coach, develop and advocate for Business Analysts across multi-disciplinary teams and other profession leads. Ensure Business Analysts have a clear understanding of what good looks like and coach them into replicating it. Maintain and grow a strong community of practice, ensuring it has a clear purpose and good levels of engagement. Ensure and maintain alignment of Digital Infrastructure & Security Operations services and their dependencies. Collaborate with other Business Analyst Leads and the Head of Profession to continually develop the profession. Advocate for Business Analysis by promoting the role with other professions and outside of your business area. Lead initiatives to identify early talent and create pathways for entry level Business Analysts. Support initiatives to create early talent programmes, supporting professional growth and maturity. If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply! Person Specification Essential Understanding problems and shaping the right solutions Significant experience of analysing complex business problems, identifying root causes and evaluating options to recommend effective, evidence-based solutions aligned to strategic objectives. Developing business analysis capability in yourself and others Experience of developing business analysis capability through coaching, mentoring and supporting the professional development of business analysts, while promoting continuous learning and good practice. Leading and growing business analysis Strong leadership skills, with experience of providing direction, supporting and motivating others, and creating an inclusive environment where challenge, collaboration and different perspectives are encouraged. Building strong and effective stakeholder relationships Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions, managing competing priorities and achieving shared outcomes. Shaping how we understand and improve our systems and data Experience of leading systems and data analysis, using appropriate modelling and analysis techniques to understand complex environments, assess the impact of change and support effective service and organisational outcomes. Communicating skills Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly, adapt communication to different audiences and influence senior stakeholders to achieve shared understanding and informed decisions. The successful candidate should also have domain experience in one or more of the following areas, please clearly note this within your personal statement - Networks (such as WAN and or LAN) Network Point Security Network Security Network Operations (Technology service focused) Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield or Birmingham. Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here. Please note: for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. For candidates requesting to work in Sheffield King's Court, please note these roles will initially be based at King's Court and then move to 1 West Bar by early 2028. About the job Job summary Are you an engaging leader with advanced Product Management skills? Are you a Product Manager who thrives on leading big, complex problems to find the right answer for all users? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you: We are looking for 3 senior product managers to join exciting evolving services. The first one being in Bereavement, Care and Common Capabilities area. You will have a portfolio of products within the Bereavement and Care Digital team which will include overseeing products that support internal users to do their job and citizens to get the support they need. The second one is within our health and disability portfolio. Following a recent review of the health data ecosystem, some very distinct opportunities to enhance and transform the way we work with data has been uncovered. This key senior PM role will provide expertise on the direction of travel for data within health and provide leadership on understanding our data capability needs, in line with the central D&A Hub and spoke data model. The third role is within our corporate centre services, focussing on our staff and how to improve their working day with the systems we use. If this sounds like you, apply today! Job description As a Senior Product Manager, you will lead and drive product teams for a large and complex part of our organisation. You will be as passionate about people as you are about products, leading teams to define, design and deliver your vision and realise the value for your users. As a Senior Product Manager, you will be an experienced leader and manager with a strong understanding of product management techniques. The role will require you to: Work at a senior level and across organisational boundaries to build positive relationships and gain support for your aims. Develop product strategy and a meaningful, value-driven roadmap that will guide the team and your stakeholders. Drive customer insight and champion User Centred Design to develop a great digital service which will need you to have a high degree of user awareness. Actively lead & manage a significant transformational change in a complex environment. Work with strategy, policy and operations to develop an overall strategy for the service and/or programme. Provide leadership and direction to the product team. Track progress against goals and performance metrics for your product and evaluate success against your outcomes and ensure return on investment. Manage other Product Managers within the area and support their professional development and career progression. Maintain a thorough understanding of all elements of inclusivity in our digital services ensuring accessible digital services are core to our service offer. Lead the ongoing development of the service, driving continuous improvement in performance, quality and value while balancing investment, priorities and long-term sustainability. Please note : Regular travel to other Digital Hubs will be required as part of this role. This can be discussed further at interview. Person specification See selection process for further details. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact .

Location This role may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here. Please note: for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027. About the job Job summary Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. The department is accelerating adoption of Microsoft Copilot, with a strategic shift towards agentic solutions that accelerate workflows and process efficiency. To support this, we are establishing early-stage engineering capability in agentic development. This role is suited to candidates who already have some hands-on experience designing or building agents, automation workflows or intelligent process solutions and who are looking to deepen their expertise in this emerging space. This represents a natural evolution of skills across Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and automation engineering. Successful candidates will further develop their capabilities in agentic design and implementation while delivering use cases of controlled complexity. The role will expand experience in integration patterns, orchestration and AI-driven solution design, contributing to the development of a scalable internal capability. This is not solely a delivery role, but a structured capability-building opportunity, enabling the organisation to grow and mature its expertise in a critical and rapidly evolving area. Job description As an Infrastructure Engineer-Co-pilot AI , you will develop into a proficient practitioner and role model in designing and delivering agentic solutions, with a strong focus on Microsoft Co-pilot and AI-driven solutions. You will benefit from structured coaching, peer support and training opportunities to build your expertise. This will enable you to gain hands-on experience in developing, configuring and deploying agents, co-pilots and intelligent automation solutions and to apply this knowledge to promote best practices across the organisation. You will contribute to shaping the direction for designing and delivering high-quality, scalable agentic solutions that integrate with Microsoft 365, Power Platform and broader enterprise systems. This includes defining reusable solution patterns, promoting consistency and ensuring robust implementation of orchestration, context handling, and AI-driven workflows. Working closely with multi-disciplined teams, you will contribute to the design of infrastructure required to run agentic solutions at scale Working closely with multi-disciplined teams, you will contribute to the design of infrastructure required to run agentic solutions at scale. You will ensure solutions are secure, resilient and operationally robust, with a strong focus on reliability, performance and governance. You will be involved in the design, build and testing of services supporting over 100,000 users, applying engineering discipline to ensure quality and maintainability across the lifecycle. A working knowledge for the following would be desirable but will not be assessed as part of the recruitment process: Experience integrating with APIs and enterprise systems using Azure or Power Platform services. Familiarity with Azure services such as Functions, Logic Apps and Application Insights. Understanding of secure solution design, including identity (Entra ID), managed identities and secrets management. Experience monitoring and troubleshooting agentic solutions using tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics or Sentinel. Experience with scripting and automation (e.g. PowerShell, CLI) and working with configuration formats such as JSON/YAML. Experience applying DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline design and implementation, to support automated build, test and deployment of solutions. Person specification Click on the Civil Service Jobs Link for further details. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact .

Location Swansea About the job Job summary Are you passionate about IT and ready to embrace a new challenge? Are you experienced in a range of systems such as Windows and Linux Server? If so, we would love to hear from you! At the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) we build world class digital services and you'll be part of a team delivering both change and service excellence. As we continue the transformation journey there will be opportunities for you to support programmes that help migrate legacy technology onto cloud-based platforms paving the way for the future business and service transformation. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including: Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance. Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at DVLA - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Civil Service Careers Job description As a Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer (SEO), you will play a key role in supporting and maintaining the critical server infrastructure and operational services that underpin DVLA's digital platforms. Working within a 24/7 operational environment, you will help ensure services remain secure, reliable and available, supporting both day-to-day operations and the delivery of strategic technology change. You will use your technical expertise and operational knowledge to support the monitoring, management and continual improvement of infrastructure and application services across physical, virtual and cloud-based environments. The role requires the ability to respond to incidents, problems and changes, whilst ensuring services are delivered in line with organisational standards, service requirements and operational best practice. Working closely with engineers, service teams and business stakeholders, you will contribute to maintaining service resilience, improving operational effectiveness and supporting DVLA's ongoing technology transformation. Whether leading operational activity, driving service improvements or providing technical expertise, you will play an important role in delivering reliable outcomes for millions of DVLA customers. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Supporting the operation, monitoring and maintenance of critical Server infrastructure (Windows, UNIX & Linux) and application services. Providing technical leadership and expertise in the investigation and resolution of incidents, problems and changes. Ensuring services are proactively managed through effective monitoring, alerting and automation. Working collaboratively across operational and technical teams to deliver resilient and reliable services. Contributing to service improvements that enhance performance, reduce risk and improve efficiency. Supporting the delivery of technology change, including the adoption of modern and cloud-based platforms. Maintaining effective communication with stakeholders and ensuring operational activities are managed safely and efficiently. Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. Open Sessions: Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it's like to work in our department? If so, we are organising an open session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Thursday 19th November at 11.30am . Sign up here :30/t-aallalp Person specification To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience: Experience of Supporting, troubleshooting and maintaining enterprise Server operating Systems and associated hardware. Strong operational judgement, with experience of overseeing monitoring, alerting and incident response for live, customer facing services. A clear leadership style that sets direction, supports others and maintains focus on priorities, even in high pressure or ambiguous situations. Excellent communication skills, enabling you to work effectively with engineers, peers and stakeholders, and to ensure shared understanding and joined up working. Experience of supporting or implementing monitoring improvements and automation, reducing manual activity and improving operational effectiveness.

Location Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London-Canary Wharf (Core HQs) or Colindale, Porton, Chilton (Scientific Campuses) About the job Job summary The role reports to the Head of HPC and provides strategic leadership for UKHSA's platform engineering services and DevOps capabilities, ensuring they enable the organisation's wider digital, data and technology objectives. Responsible for the strategic direction, governance and continual evolution of enterprise cloud platforms, automation, CI/CD pipelines and software delivery capabilities, the postholder will lead the development of resilient, secure and scalable technology services that underpin critical organisational outcomes. Working across organisational boundaries, you will shape long-term technology strategy, influence investment decisions, and manage significant technical risks associated with cloud platforms, automation and software delivery. You will provide authoritative technical leadership to senior executives, programme leaders and the wider engineering community, ensuring security, resilience, service continuity and value for money are embedded in technology decisions and delivery. You will lead the Cloud Platform Engineering function, establishing engineering standards, professional practices and technical roadmaps that are adopted across UKHSA. You will be responsible for developing organisational capability through leadership of multidisciplinary teams and managers, fostering a high-performing engineering culture, and building the skills required to meet future organisational needs through workforce planning, mentoring, coaching and talent development. Job description Lead the strategic direction and evolution of UKHSA's cloud platform engineering and DevOps capabilities, defining engineering standards, roadmaps, reference architectures and reusable patterns that enable secure, resilient and cost-effective digital services. Provide technical governance across cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, observability, container platforms and resilience, ensuring alignment with UKHSA policies, cyber security and Government Digital and Data standards. Work with architects, cyber security, commercial and procurement teams, providing advice on cloud strategy, engineering risk, technology investment and major programmes. Lead the Cloud Platform Engineering team, including workforce planning, recruitment, performance and capability development. Act as UKHSA Professional Lead for DevOps Engineering, developing standards and capability pathways, and coaching senior engineers. Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies and platform tooling, balancing security, resilience, value for money and sustainability. Provide expert leadership in resolving complex platform and service issues, driving root cause analysis and operational improvements. Represent UKHSA in cross-government engineering communities and strategic supplier engagements, sharing best practice and influencing engineering. Undertake corporate responsibilities, including compliance with UKHSA policies and governance. Core Responsibilities Technical Leadership and Strategy Provide technical leadership for UKHSA's cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automation capabilities and engineering standards, acting as the principal DevOps subject matter expert across Digital Development and Operations. Define and promote engineering patterns, standards and best practices for Infrastructure as Code, container platforms, automation and cloud services. Evaluate emerging technologies and drive their adoption where they deliver measurable business or operational benefit. Work with senior stakeholders, architects and delivery teams to ensure security, resilience, scalability and operational excellence are embedded throughout the service lifecycle. Security and Assurance Lead the adoption of secure engineering practices across the DevOps community, ensuring platforms and services are designed, built and operated to mitigate security risks. Provide expert advice and assurance on security, compliance and risk management, establishing standards and ensuring adherence across teams. Engineering Standards and Governance Champion modern engineering practices, ensuring alignment with Government Digital Service standards, accessibility requirements and wider engineering communities of practice. Establish and maintain engineering policies, standards and governance that support consistent, high-quality service delivery across UKHSA. Platform Reliability, Capacity and Continuous Improvement Lead the design, development and evolution of platform services, ensuring they remain secure, reliable, performant and cost effective. Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, identifying opportunities to increase automation, reduce operational overhead and improve delivery effectiveness. Oversee availability and capacity management, ensuring services can meet current and future business demand. Design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact and complexity, selecting appropriate standards and methods and reviewing the designs of others. Capability Building and Community Leadership Develop capability across the DevOps profession through coaching, mentoring and technical leadership. Support talent development, recruitment and succession planning to build a sustainable engineering workforce. Foster collaboration across technology, data, security and architecture teams, promoting knowledge sharing and a strong engineering culture. Identify opportunities to improve technology services and business outcomes, helping shape the future direction of cloud and platform engineering within UKHSA. Working Relationships The Principal DevOps Engineer is a senior technical leader within Digital Development and Operations, reporting to the Head of HPC. The role provides technical authority across platform engineering and works closely with senior leaders, architects and engineering teams to ensure secure, reliable and high-quality technology services are delivered across UKHSA. Internal: Engineering and Operations teams, Senior Leadership Team, Architecture, Security, Data and Business stakeholders. External: Cloud providers, technology partners, NHS organisations, Department of Health bodies, Government Digital Service and cross-government engineering communities. This list is not exhaustive Person specification Essential Criteria Expert knowledge of cloud platform engineering, DevOps and modern software delivery practices, with extensive practical experience of enterprise cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), container platforms (Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and automation. Ability to provide technical leadership across complex cloud-hosted services. Expert understanding of cloud architecture, information security, systems integration, observability and engineering governance, including Secure by Design principles. Experience designing, assuring and governing secure, resilient and scalable cloud platforms, establishing enterprise engineering standards and reusable architecture patterns across multiple programmes. Strong systems design and software engineering expertise, with experience reviewing and assuring complex technical designs, optimising engineering processes and guiding multidisciplinary teams in the delivery of secure, scalable and maintainable solutions. Proven experience of leading organisational technology strategy and engineering capability, including developing engineering roadmaps, influencing technology investment decisions, providing technical assurance for supplier solutions, and balancing security, resilience, delivery and value for money when making strategic technical decisions. Extensive experience of leading and developing technical capability, including line management, coaching and mentoring senior engineers, establishing professional standards, shaping career pathways, recruiting technical talent and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and engineering excellence. Experience of owning or leading a professional capability or engineering discipline across an organisation is highly desirable. Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide authoritative technical advice to senior leaders, architects, commercial and procurement colleagues, programme teams and external partners. Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience, with evidence of continuous professional development in cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering or related disciplines. Desirable Criteria Experience delivering enterprise-scale cloud transformation, platform modernisation or migration programmes, particularly across hybrid or multi-cloud environments. Experience implementing enterprise observability, platform engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) capabilities, including centralised logging, distributed tracing, reliability engineering, platform telemetry and operational resilience. Experience working in a government, public health or regulated technical environment, with familiarity with the GDS Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice. . click apply for full job details