Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Networks & TelecomsLocation: Newport

Salary: £60,007 - £66,701. Plus a skills allowance of up to £7,500 (non-pensionable and non-contractual) may be payable. Starting salary and level of skills allowance will depend on a technical skills assessment at interview.

Working Patterns: The primary location for this role is Newport, and on-site attendance will be required to support physical equipment at all ONS sites and data centres. Occasional travel will also be required to attend team meetings/events.

Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Thursday 4th June 2026This role is eligible for the Government Digital and Data (GDD) Capability and Pay Framework. If you are successful at interview, your salary will be directly linked to your capability outcome, as determined by your performance in the Technical section of the interview.

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Networks and Telecoms) will work within the Digital Services Directorate, Corporate IT & Services Division, providing a strong network security engineering capability across Corporate IT & Services and the wider organisation.

The role plays a key part in proactively improving the organisation’s security posture, supporting and complementing the work of colleagues in Security and Information Management (SaIM). This includes contributing technical subject matter expertise, delivery capability, and support for security-related tools and technologies.

For the network services, products and platforms the organisation uses:

• Managing the configuration, availability, security, capacity, performance, and cost of network services.
• Engage in continuous improvement activities.
• Managing all aspects of the lifecycle of assets from acquisition through to secure disposal, to include audit trail updates.
• Maximising the use of tools and technologies to deliver operational excellence.
• Contributing to incidents, requests, and changes.

In return we offer:

✔Hybrid working

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%

✔ A choice of working patterns: full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

For more information about this role, a full application pack, and to apply, please follow the APPLY link to Civil Service Jobs