Lead Software Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the engineering behind critical public‑sector pension systems. You will combine hands‑on technical leadership with modern DevOps practices to ensure the stability, performance and continuous improvement of the Pensions Compensation Programme (DBS) and the Equiniti application suite.

Key responsibilities

• Lead development, support and maintenance of Oracle‑based business applications.
• Drive production support, incident resolution and root‑cause analysis.
• Manage application releases, deployments and change activities.
• Design, build and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic).
• Automate build, test and deployment processes using PowerShell and T‑SQL.
• Support application patching, upgrades and environment management.
• Work with complex datasets to deliver reporting, analysis and data fixes.
• Enhance monitoring, logging and automation capabilities.
• Ensure system stability, availability and performance across multiple environments.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within the engineering team.

Required profile

• Strong experience with Oracle Applications and relational databases.
• Proven track record supporting and maintaining production, high‑availability applications.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic).
• Solid scripting and automation skills, especially PowerShell and T‑SQL.
• Good understanding of DevOps practices, SDLC and version control.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem‑solving abilities.

Required skills

• Oracle Applications
• RDBMS and SQL
• Azure DevOps
• YAML pipelines
• Classic pipelines
• PowerShell
• T‑SQL
• DevOps practices
• SDLC
• Version control
• ServiceNow (nice to have)