DNS Engineer

Date: 30 Sept 2025

Location:

Home, GB

Company: Nominet

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Home-based, with a minimum of 20% in the office per month

About Us

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we're best known for running .UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.

As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve people’s lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

The Role

This is a key role working at the core of the internet. As a DNS Engineer, you’ll help run and improve the DNS services that power critical UK infrastructure and government systems. You’ll contribute to service improvements, help design secure, high-performance solutions, and respond quickly to operational issues.

It’s a great opportunity for someone who wants to make a real impact, be part of a small, expert team, and work on one of the most fundamental technologies behind the internet.

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting and maintaining Nominet’s DNS infrastructure to ensure services remain secure, reliable, and high-performing

Analysing business and technical requirements to design and deliver improvements and new services

Working with other internal teams and external partners to implement and maintain DNS solutions

Acting as an escalation point for operational issues, including participating in the on-call rota

Proactively identifying opportunities to automate processes and improve monitoring and measurement

Responding to incidents and contributing to incident reviews and service improvements

About You

Essential:

Experience with DNS and DNSSEC operations

Linux skills and experience with at least one DNS software (e.g. BIND, NSD, Unbound, PowerDNS)

Familiarity with Python or a similar scripting language

Able to design and document technical solutions to meet business requirements

Comfortable communicating clearly with technical and non-technical audiences

Experience supporting live production services and responding to incidents

Nice to have:

Experience with Ansible or other automation/configuration tools

Familiarity with modern devops practices, Kubernetes, containerisation and CI/CD pipelines.

Understanding of internet networking, Anycast, and security risks relevant to service providers

What to expect next:

1st stage: Introduction call with a member of the TA team (30-45 mins)
2nd stage: Technical interview (60 mins)
3rd stage: Values interview (60 mins)

Working at Nominet

Our people make things happen, but our values are our compass as a company, guiding our day-to-day work and building our culture. They reflect that we're strongest when we're proactive and pull together, while underlining the importance of a "glass half full" mindset and aiming to keep things simple for success.

What we offer

Early Finish Friday – Working week of 34 hours with full-time pay. (Finish at midday on Friday)

30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days

Bupa private healthcare + Employee Assistance Programme

Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points

Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc.

Medicash discounts on routine healthcare including optical, dental and much more

Company and individual performance-based annual bonus

Diversity Statement

We're passionate about creating a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. Somewhere we can benefit from all forms of diversity and discover the true value in our differences. If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know

Security Statement

Nominet is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of the internet and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment by participating in the relevant security and screening processes. All roles working for Nominet will be subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.