Senior Technical Lead Pay up to £89,995 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 Senior Technical 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? Extensive knowledge and experience of Engineering within a microservice architecture. Experience of Infrastructure-as-code and configuration of code for one or more cloud providers. Experience of communicating effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels within an organisation. Experience of leading and supporting Engineers in multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environment and sharing knowledge and good practice with the wider organisation. You and your role As a Senior Technical Lead, you will provide overall leadership for multiple Engineering teams across both Digital Debt Programmes, legacy and future. You will have deep knowledge and experience of engineering principles, tools and delivery methodologies, and work with other key stakeholders. You will lead delivery of the architectural model in conjunction with the Lead Architect and Test Engineering Lead to ensure we have the right and consistent development strategy across the future debt service. This will involve co-ordinating several teams working on different deliverables and providing strategic engineering decisions for delivering Digital Debt services. You will be responsible for promoting engagement with continuous integration, delivery and deployment practices following DWP Engineering standards and tooling and lead on communications to ensure consistent Engineering messaging across the function shaping what is our best practise inside of organisation constraints. 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 £89,995. 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 3 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: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) 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 for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. ADZN1_UKTJ