Lead Engineer; Specialist in DATA Collection AND Publication; DCP

Lead Engineer (Specialist) in Data Collection And Publication (DCP) Technology Directorate

Permanent

Full time

Location: Leeds or London

As a Lead Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and supporting the Bank’s technology stack - from cloud-native platforms to traditional on-premise systems. You'll collaborate across teams, lead by example, and help drive innovation and resilience in our infrastructure.

• Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
• A 50% in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks
• Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

You will be contributing your expertise towards the continual improvement of our technology stack, ranging from complex cloud-hosted applications applying IaC and full CI/CD automation, to more traditional VM-based on-premise systems. You'll then dive into hands‑on work-automating infrastructure deployments using Terraform and Git Hub Actions, scripting in Power Shell or improving CI/CD pipelines. You'll collaborate with engineers across teams, mentor junior colleagues and contribute to a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement.

You'll also document your work clearly, showcasing it to team members and ensuring others can understand and support your work. Whether you're deploying a new Azure environment, solving a build or reviewing a pull request, you'll bring a security‑first mentality and a drive for quality and innovation.

Whilst we are looking for someone with relevant experience, we do not expect new joiners to have skills across our entire technology stack and will support you to fill technical gaps.

• Strong practical knowledge and experience of:
  • Git Hub Actions
  • Terraform
  • Azure
  • Power Shell
  • Using git for source control
• Demonstrable experience writing clear and concise documentation

• Strong written and verbal communication and organisational skills
• Comfortable experimenting and learning from failure
• Ability to plan, schedule, and manage a demanding workload
• Professionalism, self‑motivation, and a desire for continuous improvement
• Understanding and ability to provide quality, automated testing as you develop
• Demonstrate a security‑first focus, baked‑in not bolted‑on

• Strong practical knowledge and experience of deploying and configuring Windows based systems in Azure via Git Hub Actions and Terraform.
• Good practical knowledge and experience of SQL and Azure Monitoring
• Software development experience using C# and SQL Server.

This is a Lead Engineering role within the Data Collection Platforms team. The team is responsible for the Bank's strategic data collection platform, as well as several other systems critical to the Bank's mission.

More broadly, this role contributes to the Bank's mission by helping to modernise and secure its technology estate. You'll be part of a team that builds resilient, scalable infrastructure to support critical services across the organisation, ensuring the Bank remains agile, secure and future‑ready.

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we’re working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best  celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who…