Lead Network Engineer

It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.

HM Land Registry's existing software systems and services form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at £7 trillion. This enables over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.

We are now looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for Networks to join our Transformation & Technology Directorate.

Job description

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The IT Operations Practice sits within the Transformation and Technology directorate and is responsible for the performance and delivery of all technical infrastructure which underpins and supports the organisation. It consists of a number of specialist technical teams which provide support, monitor and operate technical solutions.

The practice contains an established network function who are responsible for the design, delivery, and maintenance of HM Land Registry network infrastructure. This encompasses data centres, local offices across England and Wales in addition to cloud infrastructure hosted on AWS and Azure. These services underpin all of HMLRs IT services

The team are actively engaged in a series of exciting network re-designs and upgrades including new local office topology and design. New switching, firewalls and routing designs.

This role is to provide technical leadership for the Networks team, providing deep technical guidance to these teams. They will engage with other Lead Infrastructure Engineers, Technical Leads, Delivery Leads, New Service Managers and Architects to deliver solutions to agreed designs, contributing to business as usual activities, work packages and strategic planning.

The role holder will take forward technical consolidation and/or improvement activities providing guidance and leadership to technicians throughout the IT Operations Practice and wider, whilst also working across Transformation and Technology to support and deliver solutions in line with the Technology and Business Strategies.

Person specifications

Essential Technical skills:

• Routing configurations using standard enterprise routing protocols including OSPF and BGP.
• Firewall configuration including policy, routing and design.
• Switching protocols such as HSRP, vlan and port-channels.
• Physical network design.
• Design and operation of cloud network solution

Essential Experience Criteria:

• Experience of planning and leading on the delivery of significant network infrastructure change.
• Experience of technical leadership in an enterprise technical environment.
• Ability to visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and concepts, and make disciplined decisions based on available information.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to interact and build working relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

Achieved a CCNP qualification or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £53,388 - £68,900 HM Land Registry contributes £9,881 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. They are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of their work, ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers sense of mission and their great people. HMLR want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

HMLR have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. Offering competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

For more information on HMLR's rewards package click here

Communities of practice

Working at HMLR

Selection process

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Strengths and Experience.

Please include how you meet the essential experience criteria and technical skills listed within the candidate pack within your CV.

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

Further information

• SC clearance will be necessary for this role for which you need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.
• Further details of the process and checks can be found here.
• This post may include participation in an on-call rota, subject to additional pay.
• Click here to view the advert on Civil Service Jobs
• For more information contact Zymante Gintalaite (Zee) at Inspire People or apply here.

Candidate pack can be downloaded Click here