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PRG-2026-0008

Senior Application Operations Engineer

Department for Work and Pensions — Blackpool, United Kingdom

💼 Full-time £40,000 – £46,547 📍 Hybrid 📈 Senior level 🗓 Posted 22 Sept 2026
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Maintain critical applications across cloud and on-premises environments while resolving incidents and improving service reliability.

About Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Digital develops, operates and supports digital services used across the UK.

What you'll do

  • Support production applications
  • Investigate service incidents
  • Monitor application performance
  • Automate operational tasks
  • Improve service reliability
  • Troubleshoot complex technical problems
  • Maintain operational documentation
  • Coordinate service improvements

What we're looking for

  • Application operations experience
  • Production support knowledge
  • Cloud platform experience
  • Linux or server administration knowledge
  • Monitoring experience
  • Scripting ability
  • Strong troubleshooting
  • Incident management experience

Benefits

  • Salary up to GBP 46,547
  • Civil Service pension
  • Hybrid working
  • Flexible working
  • Professional development
  • Annual leave
  • Production engineering experience

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