Technical Lead

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Our reward package

The Met Office is recruiting for a Technical Lead - IAM based at our Exeter HQ (with hybrid/remote working).

As our Technical Lead, your starting salary will be £37418.00 with opportunities to progress to £41159.00 over time. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minima.

This role attracts a market forces supplement of £2,250 per annum paid quarterly, pro-rated from the date of taking up the appointment to 31 March 2022 - this scheme is currently under review.

Our total reward package is potentially worth up to £55216.00 per annum, which includes basic salary, market forces supplement, potential corporate bonus, employer pension contributions.

We also offer: - 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 - 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

The UK Government has invested heavily in Met Office IT, with a £1.2B investment in a new supercomputer capability that will help us to increase our forecasting capability, but IT is only as good as the teams that can exploit it.

We're looking for a Technical Lead to work with us to create outcomes from this investment, people who want to make a difference to the world we live in.

You'll be able to see your work on millions of devices through our award winning weather app, and know that solutions that you helped to build are helping third world countries prepare for climate change.

We're globally connected and as a Met Office Technical Lead you can expect to be able to attend and speak at conferences and events in the UK and abroad. Events such as MetTech in Switzerland, AWS re-Invent in Las Vegas and AMS in Boston all of which will allow you to grow your own profile and network, whilst also forming critical relationships between the Met Office and global IT leaders.

Our values - it's who we are:

We're a force for good

We're experts by nature

We live and breathe it

We're better together

We keep evolving

We're the Met Office, come and join us and help us to make a difference.

Job Purpose

As a Met Office Technical Lead - IAM, you will lead on technical delivery and operation of a small set of key underpinning systems and services.

You will:

Guide the ways in which your team works

act as a technical owner, influence medium-to-long term strategies for your systems/services

Be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches

Contribute to the wider Met Office technical community

Provide technical leadership, coach, and mentor your team

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

Operations and Development - Experience of supporting the development and operation of systems and services through tools, environments, and practices

Communication and Influence - Experience communicating technical concepts, problems and solutions to architects, developers, customers and other stakeholders

Technical problem solving - Deep technical knowledge used to solve complex technical problems

Team leadership - Experience of leading and mentoring across geographically dispersed environments, ensuring work is done to the highest quality

Cloud Identity & Access Management - Experience working in AWS or Azure and knowledge of authentication and authorization 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:

Familiarity with AWS Lambda & API Gateway

Experience of managing identities using Azure AD

Experience of IT Service Management tools such as ServiceNow

How to apply

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. The hiring manager will be able to let you know if this applies to this job.

To apply, please click on the link below and attach the most recent version of your CV, along with a cover letter which briefly states your experience against each essential and desirable criteria. Closing date 14/11/2021 with interviews commencing from 23/11/2021 . We update all applicants once the vacancy has closed and applications have been reviewed. At present, all interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams.

At present, all interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics.

We apply the Civil Service Code to ensure that everyone is recruited on merit, fairness, and open competition.