AMS PSR

On behalf of the Met Office, we are looking for a Senior Devops Engineer Inside IR35 for a 12 months contract based Hybrid Exeter.

As a Senior Devops Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

Essential:

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated proficiency in understanding end-to-end systems, including integration and dependencies with other services, to deliver comprehensive solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise in configuring, enhancing, and patching software applications to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Extensive experience in conducting user acceptance testing for applications, ensuring alignment with business requirements and delivering high-quality stable solutions.
• Advanced skills in scripting and programming languages, such as Bash and Python.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Deliver technical assurance to the technical leadership team, including the Lead Technical Architect and Lead DevOps Engineer, empowering informed strategic decision-making.
• In-depth knowledge of the ITIL framework, along with hands-on experience managing high-risk changes and incident management.
• Demonstrates a proactive commitment to team responsibilities, recognising that participation in the team’s out-of-hours support roster is an essential and mandatory aspect of the role.
• Experience with CI/CD development processes and IT automation tools, such as Ansible.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Met Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant / Commitment

The Met Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".