Infrastructure Engineer

The DVSA plays a crucial role in maintaining safety standards on the roads, conducting tests, and overseeing vehicle-related matters in the UK. The Cloud Infrastructure team supports the infrastructure that provides the services used by colleagues across the country, with a strong focus on user experience, appropriate security, continuous improvement, and sustainability., * Maintenance of core infrastructure services through incident and problem management.

• Drive improvements to deliver new and updated core infrastructure services, according to business and user needs to ensure maximum value is achieved from services.

• Drive automation throughout the core infrastructure estate.

• System monitoring and maintenance, monitoring servers, networks, backups and end user devices to ensure optimal performance and uptime

• Deploy and configure servers, end user device software, networking equipment, and enterprise software according to organizational standards.

• Implement and maintain security controls, monitor for threats, and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.

Maintain accurate documentation of infrastructure configurations, processes, and troubleshooting guides for team use. *

• Management of Junior Infrastructure Engineers

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public., Regular travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

Please note that we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates must ensure they have the appropriate rights to work in the UK before application., As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes., All external applicants and current employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) will be required to undergo a Social Media Check. A Social Media Check is a review of your publicly available online activity, typically across platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and others. The purpose is to identify any public posts or content that could raise concerns for employers, such as:

• Hate speech or discriminatory behaviour
• Threats or acts of violence
• Illegal activity or substance misuse
• Sexually explicit material
• Extremist views or affiliations

Importantly, this check does not involve hacking into your accounts or accessing private messages. It only considers content you have chosen to make public. Employers use this kind of screening to help ensure their workplace remains safe, inclusive, and aligned with company values. It’s not about judging your personality or lifestyle - it’s about checking for potential red flags that might affect the role or company culture. If you have questions or concerns about the social media check, we would be happy to explain in more detail what’s being looked at and how your data is handled securely and fairly.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., * UK nationals

• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

• Is a confident communicator and team player

• Real interest in modern IT platforms

• Has a drive for continuous improvement

• A passion for delivering quality and results

• Embraces new technologies to deliver the right solution
• Has a strong willingness to continually develop and learn, * Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical Understanding
• IT Infrastructure, This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills., * Working knowledge of Public Cloud infrastructure
• Ability to assess, interpret and apply known skills to resolve Incidents.
• Developing, documenting, and sharing knowledge about the different elements of the infrastructure.
• Assist with identifying and implementing functional, performance and quality improvements to the core infrastructure estate.

The sift will take place week commencing 2nd November 2026.

Stage 2: Interview & Presentation

At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:

Behaviours

• Changing and Improving

• Making Effective Decisions

Experience

• Troubleshooting & Problem Resolution

Technical

• Technical Understanding Skills A to Z - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework

• IT Infrastructure Skills A to Z - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework

You will also be required to create and deliver a presentation to assess the following profiles.

Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing

Experience

• Demonstrate significant experience and a successful track record of managing and monitoring an enterprise Digital environment.

You can be based at any of the above locations, however if your chosen location is Yeading/Uxbridge please note:

This role is advertised as being based in Uxbridge; however, the contractual base will be Yeading.

While estate works are being carried out at the Yeading site, all roles will be temporarily located in Uxbridge. Successful applicants will therefore begin their employment at the Uxbridge location.

Please be aware that all employees will be required to work from the Yeading site once it reopens in 2028.

Employees based at Uxbridge will receive a London Weighting allowance of £4,000. This allowance will continue when the location moves to Yeading., Alongside your salary of £37,090, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency contributes £10,744 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).

• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.

• Access to the staff discount portal.

• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.

• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.

Find out more about the benefits of working at DfT and its agencies .

To achieve this the Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team provides second/third line IT support, acting as a middle ground between the Service Desk and dedicated SME support teams. We help to maintain and develop modern, cloud hosted IaaS and leverage Cloud solutions such as M365, Azure, Meraki, Dynamics, Intune, Apple Automated Device Enrolment and other technologies to continually modernise our estate.

If you want to advance your IT career, are keen to take the opportunity to learn a broad range of skills across Platform, Digital Communications (Networks) and the Digital Workspace (End user devices), develop yourself and value an exciting, friendly, and healthy working environment, would like an opportunity to deliver a modern, high-quality digital experience, and want to make a real impact on road safety and sustainability, we’d love to hear from you.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday

• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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