Deputy Director, Hosting & Cloud infrastructure Services, HO Digital

Home Office Digital designs, builds and runs the technology and services that deliver, at scale, some of the UK’s most critical and well-used public services. The engineering capability plays a critical part in every part of the Home Office in delivering its mission from how we secure the border and control immigration to issues passports and reducing and preventing crime, supporting these services that impact millions of people every year.

The Home Office Digital estate consists of more than 600 systems, enabling critical services such as;

• 13 million Electronic Travel Authorisations since launch
• 3 million visa applications annually
• 130 million border checks each year
• 7 million passport applications annually
• 140 million police checks on people, vehicles, and property

The Deputy Director – Hosting & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Services is a new and critical role within both Enterprise Services and wider Home Office Digital department. The Home Office Digital portfolio is one of the most complex technology functions within government, with 4,500 resources delivering for more than 300 complex change programmes and maintaining hundreds of mission critical systems.

Enterprise Services is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining digital services and solution for cross cutting functions within the department. Our team is delivering the core technology needed for the department’s future development, designing appropriate solutions, delivering quickly and effectively and making a real difference in achieving wider Home Office Digital and organisational strategies and objectives.

Home Office Digital currently use a combination of “on Premise” and Cloud Based infrastructure to deliver its services including Critical National Infrastructure. The oversight of our current Cloud provision and strategy sits across multiple parts of Home Office Digital. The Deputy Director – Hosting & Cloud Infrastructure will make a significant contribution to the Home Office Digital delivery through the effective creation of strategic Hosting platforms delivery organisation including the delivery of ongoing BAU cloud infrastructure operations. This new organisation will be able to align Home Office cloud and on-premise strategies and ensure we receive value for money across the multiple platforms and providers. A key element of this role is delivery of capability and capacity for the programmes, projects and platform tenants within the Home Office supporting them with the platform functionality required to deliver the new and existing operational services from the systems being developed and operated.

For full description of the role, please check the candidate pack attached at the bottom of the advert.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of our on premise and cloud infrastructure strategies, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Oversee the design, deployment, and management of cloud infrastructure solutions, including public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of cloud infrastructure, implementing best practices and industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, security, and application development, to ensure seamless integration and operation of cloud services.
• Build, manage and mentor a team of cloud infrastructure engineers, delivery and project managers, delivery partners, service managers, cyber assurance, quality assurance, delivery management, product management and business management staff, providing guidance and support to ensure their professional growth and development.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and documentation related to multi-cloud infrastructure management.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in cloud computing; and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts to ensure the best value for the organization.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Online application

Please submit your application to HO-HCIS@global-resourcing.com no later than 23:55hrs on Sunday 18th October 2026.

You will be asked to provide:

• A CV – setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. Please provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years.​​
• A Statement of Suitability – (limited to 1250) providing examples of how your experience meets the essential criteria.​​ This is your opportunity to give examples and show how your skills and experience fit the job requirements.

When writing a supporting statement, it is important that you:

• Read the job specification so you are clear about the job requirements. Structure your personal statement to reflect the essential criteria listed in the advert.
• Make sure you provide evidence against each of the listed criteria - i.e. ‘experienced in leading high performing and diverse teams and promoting inclusivity.’ When have you led a team, how large, what did you do to promote inclusivity, how did you handle diversity?
• Ensure any evidence you provide demonstrates the impact of your actions in that situation, provide statistical evidence where relevant.

For more information on how to write a personal statement, click here.

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