Senior Infrastructure Engineer

For full advert and application form click apply before 16/11/26 Can be based 60% of your working month from either:- East Kilbride - Queensway House Edinburgh Regional Centre - Queen Elizabeth House Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the Tooling & Automation team, you’ll provide technical leadership while developing and supporting business-critical tooling used across HMRC to deliver infrastructure as code and deploy services. Primarily hosted on AWS, the estate uses EC2, containers, automation and CI/CD technologies. You’ll combine hands-on engineering with live-service leadership, ensuring services remain secure, resilient and aligned with HMRC standards. Job Description Live service and tooling - Lead BAU support, incident and change management, protecting service availability and continuity. - Lead the maintenance and improvement of Nexus 3, GitLab, Bastion Services, AWX, HashiCorp Vault, Jenkins and Artifactory. - Oversee user access, technical problem resolution, patches, upgrades and lifecycle risks. - Maintain AWS-hosted infrastructure, Linux/RHEL, containers, networking, automation and CI/CD services. Architecture and delivery - Work with architects and Technical Strategy & Assurance colleagues to turn designs into secure, supportable solutions. - Ensure tooling aligns with HMRC architecture, standards and technology roadmaps. - Deliver through Agile practices, maintaining technical documentation and support records. Technical leadership - Lead and support engineers delivering maintenance, migrations and service improvements. - Build team capability and resilience through coaching and knowledge sharing. - Work with product managers, service owners, architects, delivery teams and suppliers. - Provide technical input into roadmaps, priorities, workforce and budget planning. About YOU! You’ll be an experienced infrastructure engineer with a strong background in complex live-service environments and the ability to provide technical leadership. You’ll need experience in: - Cloud and operating systems: AWS and Linux/RHEL engineering and administration, plus relevant Windows knowledge. - Automation and CI/CD: GitLab, Jenkins, AWX, Terraform or comparable automation technologies. - Containers and networking: Docker and networking/proxy technologies such as Nginx or Traefik. - Tooling services: Supporting secure, business-critical tooling such as Nexus, Artifactory, HashiCorp Vault, GitLab, Jenkins, AWX or bastion services. - Service management: Managing incidents, changes, risks and continuity, with knowledge of ITIL, DevOps and Agile. - Technical leadership: Leading engineers, providing technical direction and improving service resilience. - Stakeholder management: Working effectively with architects, service owners, delivery teams and third-party suppliers. Nice to haves - Relevant AWS, Linux/RHEL, infrastructure-as-code, DevOps or service-management certification. - AWS Cloud Practitioner or SysOps Administrator certification. - Experience modernising or migrating legacy infrastructure/tooling. - Experience improving resilience, observability, security or automation. - Experience managing multiple service improvements. Further location information Only select a location you are willing and able to work from. Only one offer of employment will be made, and location preferences cannot be changed after submitting your application. Telford: Telford Plaza is not a long-term HMRC site and colleagues will move to Parkside Court, subject to HMRC location strategy and relevant employee policies. Leeds: A Moves Adjustment Payment may be available to eligible current HMRC colleagues in Bradford. Benefits Alongside a salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 towards Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension membership. HMRC also offers: - Flexible and hybrid working, subject to operational needs. - 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 days with qualifying service. - Alpha pension contributions equivalent to at least 28.97% of salary. - Family-friendly policies and personal support. - Coaching and development opportunities.