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- MetDB team role at Met Office
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We're looking for an exceptional Dev Ops Engineer to help us make a difference to our planet.
As a Dev Ops 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.
The MetDB is the central store of nearly 200 observation types from land, marine, aircraft, satellite, RADAR and more. Storing over 380 million observations a day in a binary formats. You will be joining a small Dev Ops team that monitors, supports and develops the MetDB. We work with teams across the Met Office. The team delivers new data types, improves performance and resilience, identify issues in production and provide user support.
We work on Linux systems often using Python and Fortran. However we're looking for candidates willing to turn their hand to any language suitable for the job.
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
You will support and develop systems providing real-time data to operational Numerical Weather prediction (NWP), products and research. Contributing to the delivery of exceptional science, technology and operations.
Your key duties:
- Monitoring and dealing with any problems which occur.
- Process improvement.
- Developing Software as part of maintaining the current system as well as part of future projects.
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 Dev Ops Engineer, your total reward package will be up to £49,826 annually, which includes:
- £33,794 base pay
- An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
- 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 March 2026 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:
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