Foundation DevOps Engineer - Corporate Applications

We’re looking for an exceptional Foundation DevOps Engineer to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Foundation DevOps Engineer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week.  Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

Join our dynamic Corporate Technology team, where we provide and manage a range of essential business applications and technology services that empower every colleague at the Met Office. Our mission is to equip our teams with the right tools and support, enabling them to work efficiently and securely, in line with our security protocols and corporate standards.

As part of the Corporate Applications Team, you'll play a vital role in supporting and developing a wide array of business applications and services used across the entire organisation, helping to drive innovation and operational excellence at the Met Office.

Your key duties

• Analyse current processes and identify opportunities to optimise them.
• Help to evaluate and establish requirements for the implementation of changes.
• Proactively monitor services for issues and provide prompt response to incidents.
• Carry out maintenance tasks on infrastructure and complete requests from the organisation.
• Design, code, test and document simple programs or scripts under the direction of others.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.

As our Foundation DevOps Engineer, your total reward package will be up to £39,976 annually, which includes:

• £26,954 base pay
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £2,200 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until September 2025 in your monthly pay
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

1. A proven ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a range of customers. [We’re better together]
2. An enthusiasm for working in IT and an ability to solve abstract IT problems and provide efficient and effective solutions in a timely manner.
3. An understanding of integrating systems and the associated benefits, as well as the challenges of designing, building and testing system integrations.
4. Experience of managing and supporting off-the-shelf applications and SaaS products. [We are experts by nature]
5. An understanding of information security and methods that can be used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.

Desirable Criteria:

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but we’re also keen to discover if you have:

How to apply

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date 14/10/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 28/10/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

How we can help

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via careers@metoffice.gov.uk. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.