Job Description

Our reward package

We\'re looking for an exceptional Senior DevOps Engineer - IAMS to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Senior DevOps Engineer - IAMS you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ one day per month. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you\'d prefer. 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.

Why join us?

We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Senior DevOps Engineer - IAMS, we will support you to develop and thrive to be the best you can be. We champion positive physical and mental health in the workplace and are committed to being an inclusive organisation, providing a working culture that actively values an equal and diverse workforce.

As our Senior DevOps Engineer - IAMS, your starting salary will be \xc2\xa338838.00. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minimum. Our 2022-25 pay award means the salary will increase to \xc2\xa341725.00 from 1st April 2024, and you will be able to progress towards \xc2\xa345257.00 over time.

In addition you will be paid \xc2\xa36000.00 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. You will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2022 until March 2024 in your monthly pay whilst performing this role.

Your total reward package is potentially worth up to \xc2\xa359757.00 annually, which includes basic salary, market supplement, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions.

Your package includes: - Outstanding Civil Service Pension - Flexible hours and homeworking - 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 - Cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel - Access to discounted shopping on a range of retail, leisure and lifestyle categories.

Who we are

We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, to help people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

Together:

• 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

Find out more about our values - please visit our careers website

Job Purpose

A Day in the Life of a IAMS Senior DevOps Engineer:

We work flexibly and try to adhere to core hours of 10am - 4pm. We start the day with a stand up to discuss what we are working on and any blockers we may have and then get stuck into our tasks for the day.

Our custom IAMS solution is used by thousands of users across the Met Office and our customers. We employ Azure, AWS and ServiceNow as identity providers, for CI/ CD, workflows, testing and more. The tasks you pick up from the Jira board will be varied and will provide opportunities to master multiple technologies.

As a Senior IAMS DevOps engineer, you will architect and implement novel solutions to complex identity challenges and deliver them to production whilst providing technical mentorship to junior colleagues and the development teams of consuming services.

Identity and Access Management (IAM) extends far beyond a pane in the AWS console for us. Our team are experts in identity from on-premise to the cloud, from Azure to AWS, from SAML to OIDC, from MFA to verified ID. We are experts in the technologies we use and we are experts in the business problems we solve.

Our team actively participates and contributes to various Agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, refinement, and retrospectives. As a senior member of the team you will have the opportunity to lead the team through technical refinement sessions and assist the lead developer in shaping the future of our service. By engaging in open communication and embracing a culture of shared ownership, you will play a vital role in fostering a positive and productive work environment that thrives on innovation, learning, and growth.

Our team takes ownership of and resolves support issues and tasks quickly and efficiently. This includes responding to alerts, troubleshooting and resolving incidents, and coordinating with other teams to ensure the resilience of our production systems.

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities * Experience and drive in solving complex technical problems, often within the constraints of an operational environment.

• Experience in developing with high-level programming languages such as Python or JavaScript to write testable and maintainable code.
• Expert knowledge of CI/ CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains to automate application build, testing and deployment.
• Demonstrable experience of development with large scale identity providers such as Azure AD/ B2C, Okta, Auth0 etc.
• Strong communication skills with evidence of an organised and structured approach to your work and ability to work within a team environment.
• Expert knowledge and experience of AWS and/ or Azure Cloud services.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but your application will be even stronger if you have:

Experience working in Agile environments, participating in and leading ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and sprint retrospectives.

Experience in building applications on AWS utilising Serverless architecture.

Relevant certifications in Azure, AWS or ServiceNow.

How to apply

If you share our values, we\'d love to hear from you. Apply below using your CV and a Cover Letter/ Supporting Statement which evidences how you meet each of the essential criteria - we recommend candidates use the CARL (Context, Action, Result and Learning) method for presenting evidence of skills.

Closing date 30/ 07/ 2023 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 07/ 08/ 2023. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

If successful, please note we are unable to offer expenses for travel to your normal place of work. This post is contractually aligned to Exeter HQ, please ask at interview if you would like extra clarity on how often this requirement is likely to be.

How we can help:

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via . 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.

Additional information

We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/ 7/ 365 support to respond to operational service requirements. This post may be part of an on-call roster and the postholder would be required to participate in an on-call roster where in operation. GOLD

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