DVSA is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to help shape and deliver the technical strategy for large-scale digital services, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, scalable and cost-effective.
Working closely with the Principal Cloud Engineer, you will lead a code-first approach to infrastructure, driving cloud engineering standards, automation and platform delivery across multiple teams. You will provide technical leadership, build engineering capability and help teams deliver high-quality services through consistent practices and a streamlined path to live.
Our primary platform is AWS, with experience of Azure, GitHub Actions and SaaS integrations desirable.
Key Requirements
Can you?...
- Champion CI/CD, DevOps principles and Infrastructure as Code?
- Lead and support multiple teams to deliver against engineering standards?
- Mentor engineers and testers to improve capability and delivery?
Are you?...
- Someone with strong hands‑on experience of AWS, Linux, Docker, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Puppet and AWS Landing Zone?
- Someone with excellent leadership, coaching and stakeholder management skills?
- Someone with experience of cloud and SaaS integration within complex environments?
Have you?...
- Delivered standardised, automated cloud platforms at scale?
- Designed secure, resilient and cost-effective cloud infrastructure?
- Shaped technical strategy with senior stakeholders?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
About DVSA and the Team
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is a public sector body responsible for maintaining road safety and improving standards for drivers, vehicles, and driving instructors across Great Britain. Our Digital Delivery function is at the forefront of this mission, transforming legacy systems into modern, agile, and user‑centric digital services that are used by millions. You will join our collaborative Digital Services division, working specifically within the Digital team. This team delivers mission‑critical services, operating at scale in the cloud to ensure citizens can easily access essential government services, from booking driving tests to managing vehicle compliance.
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
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