Senior Devops Engineer

Join Ofwat's IT Operations Team as a Senior Dev Ops Engineer

This is a Fixed Term Appointment running until 31st December 2027 with possibility to extend.

Office

Location:

Birmingham (B5 4UA
) with hybrid working

We are Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority, a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales.

The water sector is entering a new chapter. Following the Independent Water Commission's Final Report and subsequent White Paper - 'New Vision for Water', the UK government has set out a bold new direction - one that brings together expertise from across the sector to deliver better outcomes for customers and the environment.

Ofwat is working in collaboration with the government and other regulators to help establish a new body for England, combining our strengths with those of the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency, and Natural England. We're also continuing to engage with the Welsh Government to support future decisions for Wales.

While these changes take shape, our mission remains the same: to hold water companies to account, drive performance, and ensure the sector delivers real value for customers, communities, and the environment. If you're passionate about making a difference, this is a unique moment to join us and help shape the future of water, and together we can continue to make a positive impact.

This role will help the team deliver changes safely and consistently by establishing the deployment pipelines, controls and working practices needed for a modern data platform.

Reporting to the Head of IT Operations, the Senior Dev Ops Engineer will lead the practical design, build and operation of Ofwat's deployment capability for its data platforms. The role is focused on Azure Dev Ops and Microsoft Fabric, with responsibility for creating repeatable, secure and auditable routes for changes to move from development through test to production.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role. The postholder will configure repositories, branch policies, service connections, environments, approvals and automated pipelines; integrate Azure Dev Ops with Fabric and related Microsoft services; and introduce proportionate testing, release and rollback controls. They will diagnose deployment failures and improve the process as the platform and its products develop.

• People Centric:
  Our people are at the heart of Ofwat and everything we do - we ensure all voices are heard and treat each other with respect; you'll be given the autonomy and the support to do your role in the best way.
• Innovative Work Environment:
  We embrace agile and new ways of working and have a culture build on trust, flexibility, and collaboration.
• Development Opportunities:
  Gain valuable experience and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic setting.
• Work-Life Balance:
  Enjoy the flexibility of working from home combined with the benefits of in person collaboration in our Birmingham and London offices.
• Good employer pension contributions.
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing to 30 with each year of service, plus bank holidays and an extra 2.5 days of privilege leave.
• Access to exclusive discounts on a variety of goods and services, including retail outlets, theatre tickets, holidays, insurance, and a gym membership.
• Fees paid for membership of relevant professional…