Lead the Engineering Behind Critical Public Sector Pension Systems.Are you an experienced Software Engineer with strong Oracle Applications expertise and a passion for building resilient, business-critical systems?We''re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in the delivery and ongoing support of the Pensions Compensation Programme (DBS). You''ll lead the development, support, and enhancement of the Equiniti application suite, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement across a complex, high-availability environment.This is an opportunity to combine hands-on technical leadership with modern DevOps practices while making a real impact on systems that support vital pension and compensation services.You''ll be joining a team responsible for delivering and supporting mission-critical applications within a secure and technically challenging environment. You''ll have the opportunity to shape engineering best practice, drive automation, and influence the future direction of key services while working with modern tooling and technologies.Hybrid: Gosport.Must be Eligible for DV Security Clearance.Key responsibilities:?Leading the development, support and maintenance of Oracle-based business applications.Driving production support, incident resolution and root cause analysis.Managing application releases, deployments and change activities.Designing and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic).Automating build, test and deployment ..... full job details .....