Total 8 job vacancies by DWP Digital

Oracle Database Engineer

Pay up to £48,347, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Join our team of Oracle Database Engineers with decades worth of knowledge to support the Oracle applications and databases across the DWP estate.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for an Oracle Database Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

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?

• Oracle Database Technologies - Installation and configuration.
• Oracle Database Technologies - Support and tuning.
• Public Cloud Technologies (particularly OCI and AWS).
• A proactive, approach to self-development and teamwork.

You and your role

Our Oracle team team are responsible for tasks such as patching, upgrades, management, monitoring, development, design and implementation of Oracle.

For this role you should be able find it easy to work well with other team members to deliver that value in a sustainable, organised and observable way. You'll develop your Oracle skills and knowledge and will be driven to develop and maintain a deep and well-rounded knowledge of database technologies and methods of building and managing them.

Whilst we are looking for someone with Oracle experience, in-house training will be provided.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool or Newcastle 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 £48,347.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £11,000 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 is 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.

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Pay up to £77,740, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. 

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

We are looking for a talented Tech Lead to join our Security Ecosystem Team, and lead in the design and operation of secure services.

We need an expert in security solutions to ensure our ongoing operational stability, lead on technical decisions and approvals for solutions across the team and across DWP.

Your expertise and deep understanding of Digital Security controls will ensure the reliability, security and resilience of our digital products, used by millions of UK citizens.

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? 

• Experience of information security, designing solutions and services with security controls embedded.

• Experience of implementing enterprise security tooling and platforms in line with the NIST cyber security framework or equivalent, and CIS security controls.

• Deep understanding of each layer of an organisation's cyber security controls, being able to define solutions that enable defence in depth.

• Leads investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes, driving the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements.

• Can absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions.

• Designs, implements, administers, and supports Security products and services, ensuring adherence to Digital Security Standards and Architectural Principles both on premise and in Cloud.

You and your role 

As our new Technical lead you will use your technical expertise in multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage product lifecycles.  

You will be a strategic thinker with the ability to convey complex ideas and plans to both stakeholders and technical teams.

You'll be advising senior DWP stakeholders on the development of technical strategy, and how we get to right outcomes.

You'll work closely with security, production and infrastructure to ensure resilient and available products, as well as working with our delivery team so that we're aligned and using best practice across product development.

We're hiring you for your expertise. You'll be our expert voice and help us develop the capability of the wider team with guidance and leadership to a team of x direct reports.

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 £77,740.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £22,521 per year. 

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and 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 

• Sports and social activities 

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

Process: 

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages: 

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. 

1. Interview: a single stage interview online. 

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application. 

Pay up to £89,995, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

As a highly experienced technical leader joining our Cross Boundary Team, you will drive strategy and innovation, leading on the application development and coordination of technical teams to create and maintain products and services for DWP.

You will be a strategic thinker, with the ability to convey complex ideas and plans to both stakeholders and technical teams.

This role requires a technical specialist who can steer communication between a range of technical resources to ensure alignment to standards and business needs, as well as DWP strategy.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

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? 

• Experience of anticipating and exploiting opportunities, suggesting and reviewing new technologies to ensure they are fit for purpose and utilised in the best way possible.
• Experience of leading a team of engineers, providing experience, advice, and guidance to a wider team.
• Experience of getting solutions through technical governance, in particular architectural design approval, and understanding how technical governance works within wider governance.
• Experience of assuring corporate services by understanding key risks and mitigation through assurance mechanisms.
• Experience of ensuring solutions meet standards of practice and appropriate governance

You and your role

As a member of the Cross Boundary Team's leadership team, you will be accountable for the application development, coordination and leadership of a large technical team (around 100 resources), creating and maintaining products and services for DWP.

Using your deep technical knowledge, you will provide advice and guidance across internal and external relationships reconciling priorities, agreeing on approach and contextualising proposals submitted for approval. You will make balanced recommendations to mitigate problems resultative of change in Departmental policy.

You will work closely with the delivery team to ensure alignment to the wider DWP technical strategy and achieve mutually acceptable solutions across both internal and external interests.

You will have the expertise to contribute to critical business discussions to inform strategy across areas such as software development, engineering, DevOps and solution architecture.

Due to the size and location of the team, there will be an element of travel required to all hub locations, which will contribute to your hybrid working commitment.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: We You'll join us in one of our digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle, 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 up to £22,521.

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
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

1. Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

Are you looking for a career in tech?

Do you want to learn how to be a Software or Test Engineer?

Want to learn as you earn? You'll work towards a qualification, and do work on products and services that will be used by millions (and which will look great on your CV)?

This is a permanent role with a starting salary of £29,500, as well as great benefits and flexible working.

You'll be part of the UK's largest government department, as well as a thriving Engineering community with access to learning, mentoring and loads of other support.

Tell me about the apprenticeship

We have apprenticeships in Software Engineering, Application Engineering and Test Engineering. You'll be able to indicate your preference when you apply.

This is a Level 4 digital apprenticeship. We're looking to hire people to be future leaders and experts in Engineering.

As an Apprentice Engineer you'll be hands-on with the design, development and maintenance of real stuff that will be used by people across the UK.

So, you'll learn on the job alongside our brilliant, expert team. But you'll also be studying towards gaining a Level 4 engineering apprenticeship qualification via Makers Academy.

You'll be given about 20% of your work time to focus on your qualification.

You will be supported by your line manager, skills coach and the engineering community, as well as fellow apprentices on the programme.

You don't need any prior experience or IT qualifications. But there is a lot to do and learn, so you need to be ready to work hard and participate in the many opportunities you will be given.

Are you ready?

We're very keen to attract a broad range of applicants from diverse backgrounds. If you have the right motivation and attitude, and you want to launch a career in tech then we want to hear from you.

We're looking for apprentices who have the following:

• Attention to detail

• Good communication skills

• Good problem-solving skills,

• The ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Ability to balance work and study, and passion for learning new things.

How do I apply?

You will work through a largely self-selecting application process run by Makers Academy.

This process is designed to enable you to try coding and to help you understand if you are suitable for the apprenticeship.

Apply by:

• Registering your details with Makers Academy and completing your application by Wednesday 18th September 2024.

• Complete a coding course and challenge within 10 days (by Tuesday 1st October, on successful completion progressing to an interview).

• Interviews with Makers Academy will be held from Monday 16th September up to Friday 18th October.

• Final interviews with DWP Digital are expected to be held from Monday 23rd October until Friday 1st November. Dates will be confirmed should you be successful.

Following a successful interview, we are hoping to make offers by early November and will then begin necessary onboarding and checks with a target start in January 2025.

Entry Requirements:

• You hold a current United Kingdom (UK) or EAA Passport, and NI number

• You've lived in the UK and/or EEA for the past 3 years

• You're eligible to work in the UK and are not in full-time education (at the time the apprenticeship starts)

• Either hold GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above. Or you can complete and pass a functional skills tests if you don't have these GCSEs.

• You must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level in a similar subject. Makers will decide what a 'similar' qualification is. If you're not sure, then apply and let them make the decision.

There has never been a more exciting time to get involved in a digital apprenticeship with DWP Digital.

Click Apply now for more info and to start an application.

Network Engineer

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP have been carrying out a large technology transition over the past few years and there is still a long way to go.

Join us a Network Engineer. Help our Network Service Operations team take the next step as we transform the DWPs datacentre and remote site network infrastructure into leading edge technologies.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

You'll help change the face of public services used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Network Engineer, you will provide operational support and carry out planned work like upgrades and failover exercises as well as providing input into service improvements.

We have several projects underway in Wi-Fi, On-Prem Datacentre and Cloud solutions that require skilled, self-sufficient, and determined engineers to drive improvements and good practices, as well as ensuring current legacy infrastructure remains stable.

You will need the skills to:

• Provide support for incident and problem resolution, this could involve out of hours work.
• Implement BAU exercises, this could involve out of hours work.
• Use your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organisation and 3rd-Parties suppliers.
• Understand ITSM process with a focus on Incident, Problem and Accept into Service Management.
• Conduct network monitoring and analysis tooling - e.g. BMC Entuity, Wireshark and NetScout
• Provide strong technical knowledge in Cloud and On-Prem Network Infrastructure, Next Generation Firewall, Load-balancing, and PKI technologies

Full training and development are available for the following if you don't already have these skills:

• Aruba Central and Clearpass
• Arista Cloud-vision and DC-VXLAN
• Infrastructure as Code and Network Automation in Terraform, Ansible and Python

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £48,347

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £12,557

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-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
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.

Senior Software Engineer

We're hiring for a Senior Software Engineer; you'll develop and maintain software products that make up citizen services and contribute towards their design.

Salary between £52,412 - £78,517 p.a. plus 27.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Location

This role may be located in one of the following locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. We work a hybrid model - some time at home, some time in the office.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users.

You will be part of changing the face of public services with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.

You and Your Role

You will support and develop our legacy services, which are responsible for paying £150bn to over 15m customers each year.

We want to build and maintain our core systems, contributing to DWPs goal of supporting some of the most vulnerable people in society by building demanding and exciting future digital services for the UK Government. You'll be flexible in supporting across applications, transforming business requirements into production ready code.

You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build, and be in a position to effect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products and carry out agreed infrastructure maintenance tasks.

You'll be leading a team of engineers in addition to collaborating and providing leadership to a multi-functional team supporting our applications.

Provide 3rd line support on products developed, including out of hours support as and when required.

Your Essential Skills:

• Knowledge and experience of COBOL/MicroFocus COBOL, in a Windows and Linux environment.
• Experience of coaching, mentoring, and developing colleagues. Experience in stakeholder management and influencing decisions.
• Awareness/knowledge of Tuxedo, RHEL and scripting languages.
• Awareness/knowledge of open source technologies and tools such as Python and SQL. Knowledge and experience of using SQL to query databases to extract specific information/data.
• Awareness of test-driven development, business driven development.
• Awareness of automated test suites and how they support a continuous deployment environment.

Details. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills, we pay between £52,412 - £78,517 per annum.

You will also receive a brilliant civil service pension, with employer contributions of 27.9%-30.3% worth £19,494 - £23,555 each year.

Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-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
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Oracle E-Business Database Engineer: Pay up to £48,347 plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. 

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an Oracle E-Business Database Engineer to join DWP. This position is situated within the Data Platforms Team which ensures DWP services are designed, delivered into production and maintained, using agile methodology.

DWP is the UK's largest government department, our services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones. We help people find jobs, support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions, and make sure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years, making payments worth over £195bn per year, supporting over 20 million citizens every day.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. 

Delivery. Work. Projects. 

Our drive is to move to cloud-based technologies from on-premises hosting. You will be delivering valuable pieces of work to advance Data Platforms product offerings in line with our Vision and Business Plan.

Delivering successful outcomes in this role, the main responsibilities include:

• You will work with a team of Database Specialists and Engineers and provide support for production and test Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 systems.
• You will join an Agile Delivery environment and will support and work closely with the development teams.
• You will undertake Oracle E-Business R12.2 application (ADOP) and technology stack (WebLogic, FMW) patching, and database patching/upgrades.
• You will clone Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 environments, administer database backups and perform disaster recovery tests.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 

• Must have skills in Oracle Database technologies (e.g. Installs, Upgrades, Patching, Backup and Recovery)
• Experience of RAC, ASM, CRS, RMAN, Data Guard
• Oracle E-Business Suite Database Administrator
• Public Cloud Technologies (particularly OCI and AWS).

Please note - this role requires being part of an on-call rota which will commence after training is complete.

Details. Wages. Perks. 

You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Blackpool or Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office. 

In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £48,347.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.9%.

You'll get a generous leave package of 26 days rising to 30 days in time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. 

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: 

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days 
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home 
• Family-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 
• Sports and social activities 
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture 
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs. 

Lead Network Domain Architect - Paying up to £69,869 - £89,995 p.a. plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

Location

This role can be based in one of our brilliant hubs of Blackpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield or Newcastle. We work a hybrid model, so you'll split your time between home and the office.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

As the UK's largest public service department, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administers the state pension and a range of working-age, disability, and ill-health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. Our aim is to improve people's day-to-day lives, help them build financial resilience, and create a more secure and prosperous future.

Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. You will join our community of Architects across DWP Digital.

Tell me more about the position

In this pivotal position, you'll play a crucial role in defining and upholding our network architecture standards, guiding solution designs, and endorsing technology selections. Your wealth of experience will be instrumental in shaping our network technology roadmap and staying abreast of industry trends to inform our IT strategy.

As a key member of our core architecture team, you'll collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organisation, offering expert guidance to solution architects and fostering alignment among senior business and technical stakeholders. With your leadership, we'll continue to deliver innovative and robust network solutions that support our mission to provide essential services to millions of people.

You will support the delivery of Networks technology roadmap. Research, understand and communicate network domain-related IT industry trends - emergence of new technology challenges and capabilities.

Your Essential Skills and Experience:

• Leading and governing network architecture design of business-critical IT projects/services in a large, complex UK central government or private sector organisation.
• Successfully presenting network solutions at governance forums.
• Successfully influencing & driving agreement across senior business and technical stakeholders
• Networks strategies, blueprints, reference architectures and design patterns.
• Network service infrastructure, including cloud native networking (AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI), routing, switching, managed WAN and LAN design, Ethernet, wireless solutions.
• Network Protocols, Standards and Hardware configuration.

Details. Wages. Perks.

In return for your skills, we pay between £69,869 - £89,995 per annum.

You will also receive a brilliant civil service pension, with employer contributions of 28.97% worth up to £22,500 each year.

Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-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
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.