Metropolitan Police
Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer
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Salary
The starting salary is £55,662, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
- £52,653 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £57,417.
- Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location
Southwark
About the Role
Seeing is believing. And that’s the only way you’ll really get to know about our sophisticated technologies and how we’re using them to fight crime in the capital. We don’t say much, for obvious reasons, but suffice to say that we’re leading advancements in emerging technologies to deliver bespoke electronic and IT solutions in specialist areas to make London safer.
The Technology, Research and Innovation (TRI) team keeps the Met at the cutting-edge of tech. Our work is highly innovative, and no two projects are ever the same. The work we do is varied and so is the team we are looking for, so even if, after reading this advert, you aren’t sure that you fully match some of the skills described in the role, please do still apply as there may well be a fit for you and your skillset.
The Role
This is not a typical engineering role. Your ability to adapt to a changing technological landscape will be key, as you will be in a position to solve unique problems within policing to provide bespoke and specialised technology solutions for use directly by operational teams.
You will be part of the diversely skilled team that research and develop different practical technology solutions to directly help the Met with the range of unique policing challenges that they face in this rewarding and interesting role.
Working closely with an enthusiastic and dedicated team of cross-discipline engineers, you will have the opportunity to become involved with different technical work within the department, depending on your strengths and interests. Some of the work involves horizon-scanning for new technology and how it can be used within policing, other work involves supporting new and existing tools and technologies, including the Met Police’s growing use of live facial recognition technology.
What you will be doing
This is a technology innovation role that provides a range of opportunities to both technology specialists from different fields or generalists with a variety of technological knowledge and experience.
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- Using your technical experience to design, develop, and support new IT systems, as well as using your expertise to provide hands-on assistance to the team to enable them to deliver professionally engineered solutions.
- Working with customers and stakeholders to ascertain their requirements, as well as alongside other members of the team to solve problems and build solutions.
- Evaluate and adapt new products and technology for operational use.
- Supporting live systems and the expansion of the MPS’s live facial recognition technology.
Benefits
You will enjoy the kind of great benefits that you’d expect from one of London's largest employers. These include:
- Annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service.
- Civil service pension arrangements.
- Interest free season ticket loans.
- Membership of Met sports and social clubs.
- Flexible working conditions and many more.
Have other technology skills?
We want to hear from people from many different backgrounds, so even if you do not feel you have had enough experience in some of the things that you think we do, we value the range of backgrounds that those joining us have come from, making this a perfect environment to grow into. Some of the qualities and abilities that our team have cannot easily be put into a job advert, so go ahead and apply, let us know what interests you about this role. We look forward to hearing from you!
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
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Following the application review, successful applicants will be invited to interview.
Interview process: The interview will consist of two stages, a brief Teams call with a few questions and if successful at that stage, then there will be a 2nd stage, a face-to-face interview.
To streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 9th September 2026.
Essential For The Role
What you will bring along
- A minimum of BTEC National Certificate or Diploma, or a degree, in a technology-related discipline.
- Previous experience working in a technical IT role, which could include one of the following:
- Systems administration or engineering in either Windows or Linux environments.
- WAN and LAN network technologies, including routing and firewall configuration.
- Physical and/or virtual infrastructure management.
- A keen interest and ability to problem solve.
- A genuine willingness to learn, and adapt to, different technologies.
We’d like you to have any of the following
- Cloud engineering (e.g., Azure, AWS)
- Database management experience (e.g., SQL)
- A background in physical installations of network infrastructure
- Leading, mentoring or management experience
- Proxmox, VMware or Hyper-V
- IoT devices and platforms (e.g., Raspberry Pi, Arduino, STM32, Espressif ESP32)
- Hands-on practical engineering in challenging environments
- Technology related to audio and visual systems
- Machine learning and AI (e.g., PyTorch, Tensorflow)
- Experience with pen-testing or other areas of cybersecurity
- Reverse engineering
- Using or modifying drones
- Wireless and Bluetooth technologies
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