Do you want to lead a team of engineers that help build, scale and operate a platform to support a product that you (and everyone you know) will use?
We’re looking for a passionate Lead Cloud Engineer to join our Agile Cloud team at DVLA, Swansea and would love to hear from you!
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!
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What You’ll Be Doing
- Technically leading one or more of our Agile delivery squads, following a DevOps model owning the full lifecycle of your product—from design to deployment and beyond.
- As an engineer in one of the Cloud teams, you’ll get to work across a wide range of systems and environments.
- Be part of a team responsible for designing, building, and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure. Supporting our application teams by investing in a robust, scalable, and secure Cloud Platforms.
- Helping to build and support our services using a modern cloud-first approach, with millions of transactions flowing through the systems you help create.
- Mentoring and developing our Cloud Engineering capability.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us
- Impactful work: Your contributions will shape products and services used by millions! Such as, building the cloud platform that runs services like our Driver and Vehicles Account.
- Supportive multi-disciplinary teams: We’re inclusive, collaborative, curious, and always up for sharing knowledge.
- Growth opportunities: If you’re passionate about Cloud Engineering and looking for a new opportunity, we’ll support your continuous development. You will have access to learning materials online, in-person workshops, certifications and qualifications.
- Flexible working: This is not a remote position. However, we understand that life happens—so we offer options to help you balance work and home, following the hybrid model, for you to enjoy the Welsh coast and countryside.
We love exploring new tools and choosing the best fit for the job. Here are just a few of the technologies you’ll be working with:
- Instana – monitoring everything that matters
- ArgoCD – deploying our applications with ease
- Elastic – shipping and analysing logs
- CloudFormation & Terraform – infrastructure as code
- PagerDuty – keeping us alert and responsive
- EKS & AWS Lambda (Node.js) – powering our services
- OrgFormation – managing our AWS landing zone
- Azure EntraID – managing identities securely
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice.
- Work with technical architects to translate the architectural designs into operations and support technical architects in operationalising the designs.
- Technically lead and direct specialist teams in building, managing, supporting, and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy (if taking a managerial path).
- Contribute to the Cloud Engineering community.
- Act as a technical product owner, developing medium to long term strategies for product lines.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance through coaching and mentoring.
- Lead the sharing of knowledge and good practice.
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.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
Would you like to find out more about the role, the digital team and what it’s like to work at DVLA? If so, we are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Friday 23rd October at 12pm.
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Lead Cloud Engineer (£57,515 - £82,430)
Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: £57,515 to £82,430 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Swansea Job type: Permanent Posting date: 12 Oct 2026 Closing date: 1 Nov 2026
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Lead Cloud Engineer (£57,515 - £82,430) in Swansea employer: Government Recruitment Service
The Ministry of Justice is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and inclusive work environment where finance professionals can thrive. With a strong commitment to employee development, flexible working options, and a robust pension scheme, the MoJ fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation, ensuring that every team member has the opportunity to influence key financial strategies that impact the nation. Located nationally, this role provides the unique advantage of engaging with diverse stakeholders across the UK, making it a rewarding place for those seeking meaningful contributions to public service.
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