Foundation DevOps Engineer - Met Office - EO

Location

Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB

About the job

Job summary

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

As our Foundation Dev Ops Engineer it 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, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a job share. 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.

Job description

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

The Internet Applications Core Team provide 3rd line support 24/7 for a range of on-premises and cloud based operational systems, delivering safety-critical public and premium services, which provides information, enabling people to stay safe and thrive.

The Internet Applications Core Team provides on-call cover and undertake these duties as part of an on-call roster.

The Internet Applications Core team has a DevOps capability, this role is defined by the Development operations Foundation (DevOps) engineer - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk) description as set out in the Government and Data Capabilities framework.

Your key duties:

• Provide 3rd-line support to the systems the Internet Applications Core Team are responsible for supporting, participating in the on-call roster as required.
• Support the development and operation of software through tools, environments and practices.
• Responsible for underpinning good development processes including managing tools and testing environments, central code control, maintaining development standards and writing software that automates systems.
• Support colleagues in the Met Office teams in order to ensure a high-quality operational service is maintained.
• We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/7/365 support to respond to operational service requirements.

Person specification

1. A real enthusiasm for working in IT with some experience of coding in either a home, educational or work environment. Ideally with experience in using Linux and scripting or Python. (We keep evolving)
2. Experience working with systems that track changes, incidents, or requests within IT environments. (We live and breathe it)
3. Able to analyse and troubleshoot effectively, to solve complex technical problems. (We’re experts by nature)
4. Demonstrable experience of working in a team, contributing successfully to achieving goals. (We’re a force for good)
5. Adept at communicating and collaborating with customers, colleagues, and peers. (We’re better together)