Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Aug 24, 2026
Full time
Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This is a full time, permanent contract position. The location of this role is national, inclusive with hybrid working. You will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing As our Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating, and continuously improving the Azure-based infrastructure supporting Historic England's web and digital platforms. You will collaborate with the Historic England's Digital Engagement team, acting as an interface to and in support of their Azure infrastructure objectives. You will focus on maintaining and optimising Azure services, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and security. This role also includes managing traffic flows through Cloudflare, implementing best practice DevOps processes, and ensuring the end to end health of production systems. Who we are looking for Strong understanding of cloud platform architecture, including hands-on experience with Azure App Services, virtual machines, subnets, load balancing and scaling Experience with elastic cloud platforms and cost/performance optimisation, with expertise in networking, CDN strategies, and traffic flow management Familiarity with Cloudflare including caching rules, headers and bot protection Experience of working within an Agile project management structure with a strong problem-solving mindset Effective communication with developers, product teams and operations Ability to produce clear documentation and operational procedures Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 2nd and 4th September 2026 Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Summary We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Financial Systems Manager. This is a full time, permanent position based in Swindon with hybrid working. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here . What you will be doing As our Financial Systems Manager, you will lead and manage the Financial Systems Team in maintaining and developing Historic England's and its customers' financial systems and providing support to users. You will support, maintain and develop financial systems and their interfaces with other systems for all customers. You will manage and develop financial systems reporting strategy, including the Excel based management information system and other management reporting tools. This exciting role will enable you to participate in exploring the benefits and challenges of AI and emerging technologies within financial systems to improve organisation efficiencies that are reliable and scalable Who we are looking for: Lead and manage the Financial Systems Team in maintaining and developing Historic England's and its customers' financial systems and providing support to users. Participate in exploring the benefits and challenges of AI and emerging technologies within financial systems to improve organisation efficiencies that are reliable and scalable. At least 3 years' experience of managing a team involved in first- or second-line systems support or customer care, working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of project management. Deadline orientated, able to prioritise, plan, organise own workload, and direct that of the team. Able to look at both the technical details, and the overall strategic picture, exploring relevant emerging technologies. Display an interest in development and improvement of elements of systems used with an understanding of financial and IT terminology, supported by strong technical skills. Experience of report writing and interrogation/manipulation of data bases ideally Crystal Reports, XQuery, MS SQL and Excel. Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 24th and 26th June 2026 - Via Microsoft Teams. Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
May 29, 2026
Full time
Summary We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Financial Systems Manager. This is a full time, permanent position based in Swindon with hybrid working. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here . What you will be doing As our Financial Systems Manager, you will lead and manage the Financial Systems Team in maintaining and developing Historic England's and its customers' financial systems and providing support to users. You will support, maintain and develop financial systems and their interfaces with other systems for all customers. You will manage and develop financial systems reporting strategy, including the Excel based management information system and other management reporting tools. This exciting role will enable you to participate in exploring the benefits and challenges of AI and emerging technologies within financial systems to improve organisation efficiencies that are reliable and scalable Who we are looking for: Lead and manage the Financial Systems Team in maintaining and developing Historic England's and its customers' financial systems and providing support to users. Participate in exploring the benefits and challenges of AI and emerging technologies within financial systems to improve organisation efficiencies that are reliable and scalable. At least 3 years' experience of managing a team involved in first- or second-line systems support or customer care, working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of project management. Deadline orientated, able to prioritise, plan, organise own workload, and direct that of the team. Able to look at both the technical details, and the overall strategic picture, exploring relevant emerging technologies. Display an interest in development and improvement of elements of systems used with an understanding of financial and IT terminology, supported by strong technical skills. Experience of report writing and interrogation/manipulation of data bases ideally Crystal Reports, XQuery, MS SQL and Excel. Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: 24th and 26th June 2026 - Via Microsoft Teams. Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Summary We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Head of Estates. This is a full time, permanent position. The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. This role will involve frequent travel to all office locations as required. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here . What you will be doing As Head of Estates, you will provide senior professional estate management expertise across our diverse portfolio of freehold and leasehold properties. You will play a pivotal role in implementing the organisation's Estates Strategy through property decisions that optimise resources, support the delivery of our Net Zero ambitions and deliver great workplaces. You will provide clear, commercially sound and technical advice. Who we are looking for: Qualification - MRICS or equivalent qualification Breadth of experience - Property lease and rent negotiations, business rates, legalities Line Management Example of successful negotiations Budgets and financial reporting Approach to Landlord/tenant liaison Relationship management Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: Week commencing Monday 15th June 2026 - virtually via Microsoft Teams Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
May 29, 2026
Full time
Summary We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Head of Estates. This is a full time, permanent position. The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth (Fort Cumberland) and Cambridge. This role will involve frequent travel to all office locations as required. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here . What you will be doing As Head of Estates, you will provide senior professional estate management expertise across our diverse portfolio of freehold and leasehold properties. You will play a pivotal role in implementing the organisation's Estates Strategy through property decisions that optimise resources, support the delivery of our Net Zero ambitions and deliver great workplaces. You will provide clear, commercially sound and technical advice. Who we are looking for: Qualification - MRICS or equivalent qualification Breadth of experience - Property lease and rent negotiations, business rates, legalities Line Management Example of successful negotiations Budgets and financial reporting Approach to Landlord/tenant liaison Relationship management Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional interview dates: Week commencing Monday 15th June 2026 - virtually via Microsoft Teams Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
Summary We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Architectural Investigator . This is a fixed term role based out of Cambridge with hybrid working. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here . What you will be doing As our Architectural Investigator you will investigate, research and assess aspects of the historic environment, with an emphasis on buildings and the built environment. It will be your role to gather, analyse and interpret research material and field data and disseminate the findings in order to inform the protection and management of the historic environment in support of Historic England's Corporate Plan. You will work flexibly across regional boundaries to meet research needs as required. You will carry out exemplary research and investigation as required, including casework for colleagues in Listing and Development Advice, Enhanced Advisory Services and the English Heritage Trust. The postholder will use primary and secondary sources, including national and regional archives and online sources, and will undertake site visits. Some picture research and negotiation about image reproduction will also be required. Please note the role: will require site visits which may be difficult to access by public transport requires regular travel to sites, libraries and archive centres will require occasional overnight stays/long working days and some evening and weekend working may involve working at height and on building sites. Such sites may be anywhere in England, not just in the East. Who we are looking for someone with A high-standard academic and/or professional qualification in architectural history or a related subject. Alternatively, equivalent experience gained through on-the-job training or practical experience. A broad knowledge of British architectural history, with a specialism in one or more area. Hands-on experience of architectural investigation and analysis (including measured survey/recording) and experience of undertaking documentary research using a variety of sources. Experience in producing written text to a high standard, for different audiences and in different media, and in communicating effectively orally. Appreciation of the range of approaches used to investigate and analyse buildings and places. Experience of working on large projects and within interdisciplinary teams. Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional face to face interview dates for field test and interview : 1st June 2026 (field test), 2nd June 2026 (interview) Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
May 14, 2026
Full time
Summary We are the public body that looks after England's historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Architectural Investigator . This is a fixed term role based out of Cambridge with hybrid working. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here . What you will be doing As our Architectural Investigator you will investigate, research and assess aspects of the historic environment, with an emphasis on buildings and the built environment. It will be your role to gather, analyse and interpret research material and field data and disseminate the findings in order to inform the protection and management of the historic environment in support of Historic England's Corporate Plan. You will work flexibly across regional boundaries to meet research needs as required. You will carry out exemplary research and investigation as required, including casework for colleagues in Listing and Development Advice, Enhanced Advisory Services and the English Heritage Trust. The postholder will use primary and secondary sources, including national and regional archives and online sources, and will undertake site visits. Some picture research and negotiation about image reproduction will also be required. Please note the role: will require site visits which may be difficult to access by public transport requires regular travel to sites, libraries and archive centres will require occasional overnight stays/long working days and some evening and weekend working may involve working at height and on building sites. Such sites may be anywhere in England, not just in the East. Who we are looking for someone with A high-standard academic and/or professional qualification in architectural history or a related subject. Alternatively, equivalent experience gained through on-the-job training or practical experience. A broad knowledge of British architectural history, with a specialism in one or more area. Hands-on experience of architectural investigation and analysis (including measured survey/recording) and experience of undertaking documentary research using a variety of sources. Experience in producing written text to a high standard, for different audiences and in different media, and in communicating effectively orally. Appreciation of the range of approaches used to investigate and analyse buildings and places. Experience of working on large projects and within interdisciplinary teams. Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria. We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don't prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. At Historic England, we value the expertise and individuality each candidate brings and want to hear about this in your own words. If you require the use or AI tools or other resources to support your application, we ask that all information is factually accurate, original, and reflects your own experience. To best represent yourself, we encourage you to write in your own words and use AI-generated content only as inspiration-not as direct input. Provisional face to face interview dates for field test and interview : 1st June 2026 (field test), 2nd June 2026 (interview) Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description -
