About the job

Job summary

HM Land Registry are looking to appoint an Infrastructure Engineer, within IT Security, as part of their IT Operations Practice.  The IT Operations Practice is responsible for the performance and delivery of all technical infrastructure which underpins and supports the organisation. 

The IT Security Team deliver a range of activities to support the implementation and compliance with HM Land Registry (HMLR) security policies. The team are responsible for the maintenance of information security controls across the organisation.  

In this role you will perform routine administration tasks, product upgrades and installs. You will also support internal and external users with incident resolution, and resolve infrastructural issues.  

Job description

• Provide technical support for maintenance of IT Infrastructure and platforms, as part of a wider infrastructure engineering community.
• Represent your specialism on relevant projects and programmes, providing advice and guidance to ensure services are developed in a supportable design
• Plan and manage technical changes related to your IT Operations specialism.
• Take responsibility for assimilating and developing own knowledge base, keeping up to date with emerging technologies
• Pro-actively support live services. Taking the responsibility for the resolution of live incidents or escalation, as appropriate.
• Support continuous enhancements to live services and systems to prevent service outage.
• Implement technology to ensure non-functional requirements and service levels can be achieved
• Work with the delivery practice to construct and maintain realistic estimates and plans for Infrastructure deliverables
• Act as a technical role model and leader within the IT Operations Practice and associated areas
• Share knowledge and experience with others, in line with the continuous improvement agenda and to help build capability within the IT Operations Practice.
• Maintain software to support and enhance the security operation.
• Maintain procedures for access definition recovery, including disaster procedures.

HMLR believe that a blended approach to where you work that enables some time working from home, as well as in the office may give you an improved experience and has clear business benefits, therefore we expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office. 

Please note you will be required to work a minimum of 30 hours per week. 

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable. 

Please see attached candidate pack for further information on this role. 

Person specification

This role requires Security Clearance so you will require a minimum of 5 years residency in the UK.

You will hold a qualification in Information Technology OR a related area (Degree Level of equivalent) OR experience in an IT field.  

You will be able to demonstrate experience in evidence of high level planning and managing technical change, be an effective communicator who has the ability to interact and build strong working relationships with both engineers and all stakeholders across the organisation.  You will be able to evidence technical information gathering, analysis and problem solving.  

You will meet the below Technical Skills and qualifications: 

• Experience in the use of Windows Server 2012 or newer version
• Experience in one of the following: 
  • Active Directory and Group Policy
  • Windows server/NTFS Security
  • Cloud Infrastructure Security
• Experience in at least two of the following: 
  • ADFS
  • Powershell
  • Threat and Vulnerability Management
  • DDoS and WAF
  • Azure AD/Entra

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,206, 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.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

Please complete the online application form and attach an anonymous CV including your qualifications, skills and work history.  Your CV should demonstrate how you meet the Essential Experience criteria in the job description.  You will be asked to complete the Technical skills box to demonstrate how you meet the following: 

• Holds a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (Degree Level or equivalent) or experience in an IT field.                                                    

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place once we have received your application and if successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to a blended interview, which will be held virtually through Microsoft Teams.   The blended interview will test the technical skills, experience and strengths. 

We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.  If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.