At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the technical direction of large-scale cloud platforms and deliver innovative digital services.
- Company: Join DWP, the UK's largest government department, making a real impact.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, generous pension contributions, flexible hours, and excellent work-life balance.
- Other info: Award-winning culture with strong focus on diversity and professional development.
- Why this job: Shape the future of digital services used by millions across the UK.
- Qualifications: Experience in cloud solutions, DevOps, and leading multi-disciplinary teams.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Pay up to £92,522 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose. We're looking for an outstanding Tech Lead, who wants to contribute to demanding and exciting digital services for the UK Government. We're using fresh ideas and leading‑edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?
- Significant experience designing and delivering secure, cloud‑based solutions (AWS and/or Azure) in large‑scale enterprise or government environments.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex organisations to drive technical, service, and strategic improvements.
- Strong DevOps expertise, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform), automation, and improving observability and live service support.
- Experience providing technical leadership for the design and delivery of technology solutions, ensuring alignment with architecture standards, security requirements, governance processes, and organisational objectives.
- Experience of leading and supporting Engineers in multi‑disciplinary teams in an agile environment and sharing knowledge and good practice with the wider organisation.
- Experience delivering technology change on enterprise platforms that improves user experience, service quality, and business outcomes.
You and your role
As a Senior Technical Lead, you'll shape the technical direction of large‑scale cloud platforms and services, working with Product and Delivery teams to solve complex challenges and deliver better outcomes for users. You'll provide technical leadership across engineering teams, driving modern ways of working through DevOps, automation and cloud technologies. You'll help teams build secure, resilient services while improving performance, reliability and operational excellence. You will also influence senior stakeholders, support architectural decisions, and develop engineering capability through coaching and mentoring. Working across product, security, infrastructure and operations teams, you'll help ensure services are scalable, compliant and ready for the future.
Details. Wages. Perks.
Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.
Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model – you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.
Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £92,522.
Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 per year.
Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to three extra days off a month on flexi‑time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.
We have a broad benefits package built around your work‑life balance which includes:
- Flexible working including flexible hours and flex‑friendly policies
- Time off volunteering and charitable giving
- Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
- Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
- Interest‑free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier to get to work and start making a difference
- Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.
And we have an award‑winning environment and culture:
- DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards
- Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024
- Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025
- Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards
Senior Technical Lead in Stafford employer: DWP
DWP is an exceptional employer, offering a collaborative and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. With competitive pay, a generous pension scheme, and flexible working arrangements, employees can enjoy a healthy work-life balance while contributing to meaningful digital transformation initiatives that impact millions across the UK. Join us in our vibrant digital hubs in Blackpool or Newcastle, where you'll be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to excellence and innovation in public service.
