Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary: The starting salary is £63,409, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £60,400 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £65,886. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: London & Hybrid (60% / 3-days per week in office). You can choose a ‘home base’ Met location from: Lambeth, Southwark, Bow, Hendon or Sidcup. We offer the flexibility to work in a Hybrid way, where you can deliver your best, including Working from Home (WFH). Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.
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Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.
As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.
Digital & Innovation Business Group
The Digital & Innovation Business Group brings together technology, the effective use of data, and our capability to deliver change and reform to drive the Met forward: this is central to progressing delivery of New Met for London 2. It includes the Met’s Transformation, Technology, Data and Analytics functions, as well as work underway to make the organisation more productive and efficient (referred to as Productivity & Efficiency or P&E). The Group was created in early 2026 and is led by Marie Heracleous, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer. It’s an exciting time to be part of D&I, as it builds new capabilities and ways of working to support the frontline and make a real difference to London.
D&I is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.
Job Purpose
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the Data Office, you will lead a dedicated team responsible for maintaining, upgrading, and managing the Data Offices IT infrastructure. Your role is pivotal in ensuring the seamless operation of software and servers, addressing IT issues promptly, and overseeing the administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Active Directory, SQL databases and Microsoft Azure services.
You will manage a part of this innovative and enthusiastic team, tasked with designing and deploying a range of different IT technology solutions. Your work will include liaising with internal customers and external suppliers to support development teams and deliver systems required by a variety of other MPS units, as well as managing deployments into the production system.
Key Role Responsibilities
You will be responsible for providing architectural oversight, ensuring the security and stability of live, operational systems whilst acting as an authority on various technology matters, being able to explore opportunities to enhance the technology infrastructure as managed by your team.
Along with your technical background, you will provide line management, leadership, and technical mentoring and assistance to your team. Within the team, you will be expected to conduct meetings, schedule workloads and adopt and contribute to the department’s development process and methodology.
We give you the time and space to nurture your interests, and you’ll be surrounded by a warm and inclusive team who will share advice, knowledge, and your enthusiasm for technology.
Additional Information
Vetting Clearance
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
Working Pattern
Permanent, Full-Time (36-hours per week)
Hybrid Working available in line with the Metropolitan Police Service hybrid working policy.
You will be expected to work from a Met location for at least three days a week (60% of working time) to support our operational teams and collaborate effectively. For up to two days per week (no more than 40% of working time), you may be permitted to work from home, balancing flexibility with organisational need.
GDaD Capability Framework
We are transforming and maturing our collective Data Engineering capability. As such we are the first Police Service to use the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework as a foundation for our skills development. For this role we are using the Infrastructure Engineer job family.
Infrastructure engineer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate being at the “Working” level (you will be expected to apply the skills with some support and adopt the most appropriate tools and techniques) in a combination of skills.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement (1-page of A4, 1000 words maximum) you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experience (see stated criteria) make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 18th June 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.
