Senior DevSecOps Engineer - 2 roles available in Wigan

Join Police Digital Service as a Senior DevSecOps Engineer - 2 roles available. Starting salary £60,000 per annum.

The Senior DevSecOps Engineers will be responsible for the design, build, deploy and maintenance of key technology platforms that support stronger cyber security outcomes for national policing applications and platforms.

About Police Digital Service: To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world, police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality. Police Digital Service strives to be the go-to partner for technology developments and programmes across UK policing. Our team provides technical advice and delivers services to help policing and law enforcement organisations across the UK prioritise and focus on technology efforts. Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we are always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.

Our Values are:

• We value People
• We do the right thing
• We are innovative
• We are one Team
• We are proud and passionate

Why Join us?

• Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available.
• Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn’t always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week).
• We care about your well-being - we have an EAP that offers not just welfare benefits but also retail discounts.
• Plan for the future - we offer an excellent pension scheme and life assurance cover.
• Put your mind at rest regarding your health - offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation.
• Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work.
• Community - one paid day off per year for volunteering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working as part of a dedicated and flexible team, you will play a key role in helping to protect front-line policing from cyber-attacks.
• Build, Run and Maintain solutions that deliver cyber security capabilities into wider development processes.
• Build, Run and Maintain integrations with existing toolsets for enhancements and enrichments.
• Drive continual improvement initiatives for deployed applications and platforms.
• Act as a subject matter expert and point of escalation for other members of the DevSecOps Team.
• Ensure developed applications and platforms are aligned with Secure by Design and Secure Software Development Lifecycle principles, practices, and processes.
• Ensure documentation is relevant, effective and up-to-date.
• Foster a true 'DevSecOps' culture across the team and wider organisation.

What you need to succeed in the role:

• Demonstrable proficiency in the following: Python, PowerShell / Bash scripting, Bicep/Terraform, JavaScript / Typescript.
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of secure application development, infrastructure as code, microservices & containerisation.
• Experience and relevant certification in cloud services design and administration - Azure.
• Experience working with Git-based repositories and CI/CD pipelines.
• Initiative and the ability to produce quality work without close supervision.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, particularly in relation to technical subjects.
• Attention to detail and genuine passion for maintaining high quality software configurations.

Diversity, equity and inclusion: We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.

Working Arrangements:

You will benefit from hybrid working, getting the advantages of both face-to-face team engagement and home working. Employees have the opportunity to work in our modern office environment for in-person collaboration, however you will also get the opportunity to work from home 2 days a week. Please note that in Q3 of 2025, we will be relocating to offices in the Wigan area.

All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3) and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been cleared before starting with PDS. Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to complete your application as soon as possible.