Job Description

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Reference number

401915
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Salary

33,794
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

Higher Executive Officer###

Contract type

Permanent###

Type of role

Information Technology###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB

About the job

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Job summary

We're looking for an exceptional Infrastructure Engineer - Supercomputer Support to help us make a difference to our planet.


As our Infrastructure Engineer - Supercomputer Support, 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.


o We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact


o We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better


o We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making


o We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater


o We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

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Job description

Your world of expertise


You will be working as part of a team, providing support to our operational and research users to make the best use of our supercomputer environment.


Your key duties:


o Live and breathe it: Support, monitor and manage the supercomputer users and systems which enable the running of our meteorological forecast and climate prediction models.


o Be a force for good: Support the migration of operational, research & collaboration workloads from the Cray XC40 systems to the next-generation Cray EX systems hosted by Microsoft.


o Be an expert by nature: Help lead the team as we make the new HPC operational, ensuring that it is optimised as we transition from build into to run.


o Better together: Assist the Met Office and its partners in the supercomputer project to deliver operational outcomes to stakeholders within and outside the Met Office.


o Keep evolving: Working with Met Office Science and Technology to improve our services and deliverables and staying abreast of IT trends.

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Person specification

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:


1. Evidence of effective communication with team members and any other stakeholders of varying technical ability and understanding.


2. Proven analytical ability and leading problem-solving activity for complex technical issues in a multi-user environment.


3. Experience of system administration in a multi-user Linux environment or running and managing a high performance computing environment, catering for the needs of many users with a mixture of business critical and research workloads to deliver a high quality service. Ideally, using infrastructure as code, source code management and release management.


4. Experience working in a support environment to deliver a high quality service (such as ITIL change management or any other process for continuous improvement) and identify and implementing process improvements.


5. Experience contributing to development of best practice, mentoring junior engineers and producing and maintaining technical and process documentation.


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:


1. Experience of bash shell scripts and/or python programming


2. Configuration & troubleshooting of TCP/IP connections

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 33,794, Met Office contributes 9,790 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Why join us


Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.


As our Infrastructure Engineer - Supercomputer Support your total reward package will be up to 49,806 annually, which includes: o 33,794 base pay


o An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%


o 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


o 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

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Selection process details

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 23/04/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 28/04/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.


How we can help


If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.


If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. 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.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Resourcing Team Email : careers@metoffice.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : careers@metoffice.gov.uk