Lead Cloud Engineer

• Technically lead Agile Cloud Engineering teams following DevOps principles
• Design, build and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure environments
• Own cloud services throughout their lifecycle, from design and implementation through support and continuous improvement
• Work with Technical Architects to translate architectural designs into operational solutions
• Mentor and develop Cloud Engineers, driving engineering excellence and capability growth

Technologies:

• AWS
• ArgoCD
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• GitOps
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• CI/CD
• Instana, We are the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), working in partnership with Inspire People. We deliver critical national services supporting more than 53 million drivers and vehicles across the UK, and our cloud engineering work helps keep these services secure, resilient, scalable and available. This permanent Lead Cloud Engineer role is based in Swansea, with hybrid working requiring at least 60% office attendance. The base salary is £57,515, with a Digital & Data allowance of up to £24,915 for a total package of up to £82,430; an on-call allowance of up to £4,500 per year may also be available. We offer flexible working, a Civil Service pension with 28.97% employer contributions, 25 days of annual leave increasing to 30 days with service, bank holidays and an additional Kings Birthday privilege day. Benefits also include professional development and industry qualifications, career progression, an on-site gym, nursery, restaurants and coffee bar, free parking, and employee assistance and wellbeing support. The role contributes to our large-scale digital transformation programme and cloud strategy, using technologies including AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation and GitOps tooling.

• Proven experience technically leading engineering teams delivering cloud platform services
• Strong hands-on AWS experience in enterprise-scale environments
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, including Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Experience building and automating cloud infrastructure using modern DevOps practices
• Desirable: Experience with Azure cloud technologies
• Desirable: Knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS
• Desirable: Experience with GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD
• Desirable: Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms such as Elastic and Instana