Location
London Borough of Croydon

Hours
Full Time - compressed hours available

Salary
£48,250 per annum

About the Role
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK through its work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports. Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the department and government, supporting millions of visa applications, border checks, passport applications, and police checks annually.

As an Infrastructure Engineer within the Public Cloud Team, you will play a key role in delivering and supporting secure, scalable cloud services across Azure and AWS. Your primary focus will be on identity and access management, account and subscription vending, and automating cloud onboarding processes through Infrastructure as Code. You will collaborate closely with architects, security teams, and delivery teams to develop cloud platform capabilities, improve governance and operational efficiency, and provide reusable solutions that enable secure, scalable cloud service consumption.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and scale the Home Office's public cloud capabilities, working with modern Azure and AWS technologies, driving automation, and managing identity and account vending at enterprise scale. You will face complex technical challenges, collaborate with skilled specialists, and directly influence how secure cloud services are delivered across government.

An Infrastructure Engineer supports and maintains infrastructure solutions and services according to departmental policy and Home Office strategy. You will work within a team to ensure services are delivered and supported as required, liaising with third parties and technical architects to translate designs into operations.

Due to business needs, occasional out-of-hours work may be required, for which additional allowance is paid.

Experience
You will have a demonstrable passion for Infrastructure Engineering with skills or experience in:
- Core technical concepts related to your role and ability to build solutions
- Maintaining focus on the whole lifecycle of service delivery from design, development, delivery through to operation
- Diagnosing root causes by dissecting problems into component parts
- Presenting clear and accurate verbal and written information tailored to the audience
- Building strong partnerships with diverse teams across multiple locations and technologies

About you
You are motivated by solving complex infrastructure challenges and enjoy working collaboratively. You demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in communication and problem-solving. You are committed to delivering secure, scalable cloud services and continuous improvement.

The role aligns with the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework and the SFIA framework at the Infrastructure Engineer level.

Qualifications
Essential technical skills include:
- Systems design (DESN) - Level 3
- Testing (TEST) - Level 2
- Systems installation and removal (HSIN) - Level 2
- IT infrastructure (ITOP) - Level 2
- Incident management (USUP) - Level 2
- Organisational facilitation (OFCL) - Level 3

Desirable skills include an understanding of key principles and standards relevant to infrastructure engineering.

Additional requirements:
- Willingness to obtain Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) Level-3 clearance
- Ability to work occasional out-of-hours shifts as required