Senior Network Operations Engineer

Senior NetOps Engineer Pay up to £73,205 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP Digital is looking for a Network Operations Engineer to join our community of tech experts. We 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, helping people into work and making payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Infrastructure as Code, continuous delivery pipelines, automation design, including working collaboratively with an object‑oriented programming language such as Python and shared Git repositories. Designing, documenting, implementing, administering, and supporting infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. Taking accountability for issues that occur, being proactive in searching for potential problems, and ensuring effective prevention and remediation. Core networking infrastructure knowledge and in‑depth familiarity with technologies covering the range of criteria above. You and your role You will be at the heart of designing and delivering secure, high‑availability network solutions across hybrid cloud environments – AWS, Azure and OCI. Your day‑to‑day will involve managing and optimising network services, ensuring operational stability, resilience and performance across DWP critical infrastructure. You’ll work on automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks, improve reliability and accelerate delivery. Expect to implement complex technical solutions, troubleshoot issues and lead improvements in network design and security posture. You’ll also manage backlogs, drive continuous integration and deployment practices whilst contributing to modernising our NetOps culture. Collaboration is key. You will partner with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver robust connectivity solutions, while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in automation, service delivery and network engineering. Location and Working Locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield – whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid working: You’ll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face‑to‑face in a hub. Pay: up to £73,205. Pension: civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time, plus up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi‑time and all the usual public holidays. Benefits and Culture Flexible working including flexible hours and flex‑friendly policies. Time off volunteering and charitable giving. ‘I Can Be Me in DWP’ – bring your authentic self to work. Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more. Interest‑free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, making it easier for you to get to work. Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Recognised awards include: 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year (Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards), 2024 Diversity and Inclusive Leadership (Digital Leaders Awards), 2025 Best Place to Work in Digital category (Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards), 2025 Best Public Sector Employer (Women In Tech Employer Awards). Process Our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. Instructions are provided when you click through. Interview: a single‑stage online interview. Click Apply for more information and to start your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr