The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of apprenticeships, which will commence in September 2025.
Are you interested in the Digital profession?
We’re looking for two exceptional DevOps Engineer Level 4 Apprentices to help us make a difference to our planet.
- One - set within the Logging, Monitoring and Alerting Squad (LMA), part of the Core Services area based in Platform Technology. Responsible for providing a toolset to support a consistent process for gathering, storing and accessing log and metric data across the whole Met Office estate (whether the source is on premise, built in the Cloud or consumed as Software as a Service). It is also to provide a consistent method of alerting our 24x7 support teams to issues within systems and services, through a single "pane of glass".
- Two - set within the API Management Squad, part if the Data Orchestration area in Platform Technology. It is responsible for providing the strategic API management capability enabling data access provisioning and tracking at scale, accessible by all future development projects across the Met Office.
As a DevOps Engineer Level 4 Apprentice, the job may be suitable for hybrid working. This 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.
Whilst this position for up to 20 months, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position on successful completion of your apprenticeship.
The role:
We would look for you to join us in September 2025 with your apprenticeship training beginning shortly afterwards. You would have 1 day per week dedicated to your 20% off the job training. The training will mostly be delivered online as as well as self study with the training provider, QA.
Before applying, we recommend you consider if the delivery method suits your learner needs along with whether you feel you are committed to your own development and training, as this element forms a significant aspect of a modern apprenticeship.
You will be managed by a line manager and have a mentor to offer further support. In addition to the formal training with a registered provider, you will also have in house and on the job training.
You will have the opportunity to work with a team covering the support of development and operation of software tools, environment and practices in the Met Office. This will allow you to develop your knowledge, skill and behaviours in this occupation whilst contributing to Met Office aims.
As an Apprentice DevOps Engineer in the APIM Team, your key responsibilities are:
- Work as part of the team, to ensure that service level agreements are being met
- Monitor the service and develop innovative solutions to identified issues
- Support internal teams with onboarding onto the APIM service
- The Logging, Monitoring and Alerting (LMA) team are responsible for providing a standard approach to all monitoring and alerting in the Met Office. These supported tools are critical for enabling all of the Met Office’s production services and are utilised across a number of different infrastructures i.e. AWS Cloud, Azure Cloud, Linux, etc. As a core service provider, you will have exposure to a number of different technical teams within the Met Office.
Essential criteria, skills and experience:
- We keep evolving - You can demonstrate your learning to date and how you keep abreast of developments in technology or the environment.
- Better together - You can demonstrate evidence of teamwork and how your contributions have made a difference to the outcome.
- We're a force for good - Tell us about how you make a positive impact on the environment or the community you live in.
- We're experts by nature - You can demonstrate previous experience or interest in the subject matter of the apprenticeship you are applying for.
- You can demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and oral, that would enable you to interact with your colleagues in a work environment.
- Level 3 Qualification in a related subject (apprenticeship/A levels/BTEC etc) OR equivalent work experience (successful completion of QA Aptitude test required if it’s non-standard entry - i.e. through work experience rather than STEM qualifications)
Am I eligible to apply?
In addition to the criteria listed above, you must also be eligible to qualify for apprenticeship funding by meeting the following:
- Not be enrolled on another funded apprenticeship or another funded further education or higher education programme at the time you start this apprenticeship.
- Are applying for an apprenticeship that is unrelated to any qualifications you already hold at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship.
- Are living in England at the time the apprenticeship commences.
Closing date:
Closing date 23/03/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews completed by 02/05/2025.
You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. Our interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams.
