Infrastructure Engineer - Network Automation (Ref: 21355) in Edinburgh

Location: Stafford; City of Westminster; Scotland; Wales

Salary: 42,914

Employment: Flexible

Category: Data Architect

Posted: 2026-11-03

Valid to: 2026-11-15

Apply: Ministry of Justice

Job summary

Please refer to Job Description

Infrastructure Engineer - Network Automation

Location: National

Closing Date: 15th November

Interviews: Week commencing 23rd November

Grade: SEO

Salary: National 42,914-51,675 which may include an allowance of 8,761; London 49,325-56,050 which may include an allowance of 6,725.

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Job share

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 2

Vacancy number: 21355

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office.

The Role

This role requires you to pass Security Check clearance.

We’re recruiting for Infrastructure Engineers here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Digital Infrastructure and Security Operations (DISO) area. This role aligns against Infrastructure Engineer from the Government Digital and Data Framework. DISO is part of Technology Services in Justice Digital, Data and Science, a modern and diverse workplace that promotes a healthy work-life balance and flexible working options.

DISO designs, builds and supports user-centred digital and technology services for the justice system: services that make a real difference to our staff and users. Millions of people every year interact with our services, and DISO plays an important role in improving access to justice and making communication and connectivity experiences simpler and more efficient for all users.

We want to hear from people who want to make a difference by building excellent services that meet user needs and change their experience by creating a simpler, faster and better system for everyone. Our mission is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.

As an Infrastructure Engineer at MoJ, you will work with colleagues across Technology Services and build strong relationships with Service Owners, Information Security, Customer Service Operational Teams, Delivery Managers, Product Managers and other key stakeholders. You will share knowledge of tools and techniques with the wider team and community. You will be comfortable working across multi-disciplinary teams and flexible enough to adjust, at short notice, to immediate demand.

The role will provide a dedicated 3LS support function dealing with service requests, tickets and major incidents. Occasionally you will participate in support during Out of Hours (OOH), for which you’ll be paid an allowance and further payment if dealing with incidents.

Key Responsibilities

• Core Network Services: Configure, support and maintain the Ministry of Justice’s core network services, including DNS, DHCP, Network Access Control and SolarWinds. Undertake assigned engineering work to help ensure these services remain secure, resilient, highly available and aligned with departmental technology standards. Identify service, lifecycle and supportability issues and implement agreed fixes and improvements.
• Network Automation Engineering: Develop, configure, test and maintain automation solutions that support the delivery and operation of core network services. Develop Infrastructure as Code, scripts, APIs and automated workflows, using agreed engineering patterns and development practices to automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring and operational processes. Use source control and CI/CD pipelines to support controlled development, testing and deployment.
• Technical Design & Systems Integration: Implement agreed technical designs and engineering patterns to deliver secure and maintainable infrastructure and automation solutions. Develop and maintain integrations between automation platforms, cloud services, enterprise network services and operational tooling using APIs and other agreed integration methods. Identify technical dependencies, constraints and integration issues and contribute technical information to the development of solutions.
• Security, Performance & Service Reliability: Apply secure engineering practices when developing, configuring and supporting automation and infrastructure services. Monitor platform health, performance and capacity and identify vulnerabilities, unsupported components, lifecycle risks and technical debt. Test technical changes and follow agreed deployment, release and change management processes.
• Specialist Support & Incident Resolution: Provide specialist technical support for automation platforms, scripts, integrations and associated network services. Take ownership of assigned technical issues until they are resolved, mitigated or appropriately transferred. Implement agreed fixes and workarounds, contribute to root-cause analysis and maintain appropriate known-error and support information. Participate in agreed specialist or out-of-hours support arrangements where required.
• Engineering Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with Senior and Lead Engineers, Architects, Product Managers, Delivery Managers, Operations and Security teams and suppliers to deliver reliable infrastructure and automation services. Participate in peer review of code, configurations and technical changes and contribute to technical discussions and engineering best practice. Coordinate dependencies with other engineering and operational teams, communicate progress, blockers and risks, and engage suppliers on assigned technical matters. Share technical knowledge and lessons learned with colleagues, contribute to the wider Networks engineering community and support Associate Engineers with defined automation tasks where appropriate.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve existing automation, reduce manual or repetitive activity, address technical debt and enhance service reliability. Contribute suggestions for improving development, testing and deployment practices and continue developing network, cloud, platform, coding and integration skills.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Benefits

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service, plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours.
• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
• A £1,000 per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave.
• Maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks.

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here.

Person Specification

Essential

• Network Services: Experience configuring, supporting and troubleshooting enterprise network services such as DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM), Network Access Control Services and network monitoring or management platforms within large or complex environments.
• AWS Infrastructure & Networking: Experience implementing and supporting AWS infrastructure, with knowledge of areas such as VPC networking, security groups, routing, Transit Gateway, peering and associated cloud networking services.
• Scripting & Automation: Demonstrable experience developing automation solutions using one or more scripting or programming languages, for example Python, PowerShell, Ruby or Go. Experience developing and maintaining scripts, APIs, automated workflows and integrations to support infrastructure and operational processes.
• Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD & Testing: Demonstrable experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, using tools such as Terraform, together with version control and CI/CD pipelines. Experience testing infrastructure or automation changes and using controlled engineering and deployment practices to move changes between environments.
• Specialist Support & Problem Resolution: Experience providing technical support for infrastructure or automation platforms, investigating technical issues and diagnosing code, configuration or integration problems. Experience implementing fixes and workarounds, contributing to root-cause analysis and identifying opportunities for permanent service improvement.
• Engineering Collaboration & Delivery: Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams and independently delivering assigned technical work to agreed standards. Experience participating in peer review, sharing technical knowledge and collaborating with engineers, architects, product and delivery colleagues, operational teams or suppliers. Experience working within Agile engineering teams and using modern software engineering practices to deliver infrastructure services. Experience contributing to engineering communities, standards or reusable automation approaches.

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together.

Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.

To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Salary Information

Base salary for this role is from National: 42,914-46,182, London: 49,325-53,081. New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band. Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher. Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase. Candidates may also be eligible for a non-pensionable Government Digital & Data Allowance of up to 8,761 per year (National) or 6,725 (London). This is a temporary allowance, reviewed annually and may be retained, amended, or withdrawn. The final offer will reflect the skills and experience you demonstrate during the assessment process.

How to Apply

In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience, Technical and Behaviours during the assessment process.

Stage 1 - Application and sift: To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:

• A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.
• Your Personal Statement (no more than 750 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following 4 criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.

Network Services: Experience configuring, supporting and troubleshooting enterprise network services such as DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM), Network Access Control Services and network monitoring or management platforms within large or complex environments.

AWS Infrastructure & Networking: Experience implementing and supporting AWS infrastructure, with knowledge of areas such as VPC networking, security groups, routing, Transit Gateway, peering and associated cloud networking services.

Scripting & Automation: Demonstrable experience developing automation solutions using one or more scripting or programming languages, for example Python, PowerShell, Ruby or Go. Experience developing and maintaining scripts, APIs, automated workflows and integrations to support infrastructure and operational processes.

Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD & Testing: Demonstrable experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, using tools such as Terraform, together with version control and CI/CD pipelines. Experience testing infrastructure or automation changes and using controlled engineering and deployment practices to move changes between environments.

A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on will be conducted before the sift, based on the below.

Network Services: Experience configuring, supporting and troubleshooting enterprise network services such as DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM), Network Access Control Services and network monitoring or management platforms within large or complex environments.

AWS Infrastructure & Networking: Experience implementing and supporting AWS infrastructure, with knowledge of areas such as VPC networking, security groups, routing, Transit Gateway, peering and associated cloud networking services.

Scripting & Automation: Demonstrable experience developing automation solutions using one or more scripting or programming languages, for example Python, PowerShell, Ruby or Go. Experience developing and maintaining scripts, APIs, automated workflows and integrations to support infrastructure and operational processes.

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance

Stage 2 - Interviews: Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical and the following Behaviours: Managing a Quality Service, Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together. Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, the Making Effective Decisions will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order. Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application. A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Use of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Terms & Conditions: Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact specification.

Security: Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. See our vetting charter.

Nationality requirements: This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020, Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service.

Further information on nationality requirements: Working for the Civil Service. The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion: The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

Apply and further information: The Civil Service welcomes applications from people.