DevOps Engineer x2

Salary: Band D STEM 1 £42,840 per annum
Hours: Full time (We understand the importance of work-life balance and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working).
Contract Type: Fixed Term (3 years)
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington

The post requires a National Security Vetting clearance to "SC" level, a key requirement for which is that you will typically need to have been resident in the UK for at least five years. For further details, please refer to:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/united-kingdom-security-vetting

About us

The Hartree Centre helps UK businesses and organisations of any size to explore and adopt supercomputing, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for enhanced productivity, smarter innovation and economic growth. Backed by significant UK government funding and strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as IBM, Atos and the University of Liverpool, the Hartree Centre is home to some of the most advanced digital technologies and experts in the UK.

At the Hartree Centre we want to see UK businesses outperform their global competitors, create skilled jobs and push the boundaries of digital innovation. Our experts collaborate with industry and the research community to explore the latest emerging technologies, upskill teams, and apply practical digital solutions to individual and industry-wide challenges for societal and economic benefit.

The Hartree Centre is part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - one of Europe's largest multi-disciplinary scientific research organisations - within UK Research and Innovation, building on the wealth of established scientific heritage and a network of international expertise to help the UK stay at the forefront of pioneering computational science and digital innovation. The Hartree Centre is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified, and our professional and operational expertise are just as important to us as our research and innovation excellence.

The role

We're looking for two DevOps Engineers to join the Hartree Centre to help UK businesses and organisations of any size adopt advanced computing to increase their productivity, innovation, and economic growth. Hartree Centre experts collaborate with a range of industries and research communities to exploit the latest digital technologies, to upskill teams, and to develop innovative solutions for societal and economic benefit. By joining our team, you will be exposed to the very latest emerging technologies in Data Engineering & Analytics, AI, HPC, Cloud, IoT/Edge, and Web. Backed by significant UK government funding and strategic partnerships, Hartree is well-established and is home to some of the most advanced digital technologies and experts in the UK. You will help develop and administer cloud compute resources on-premise at Hartree and in the public cloud including Openshift/stack, K8s, and security services such as Keycloak.

Benefits

STFC values their employees by offering a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance. This includes 30 days' annual leave, 10.5 public and privilege holidays, flexible working hours, exceptional average salary pension scheme, social and sporting activities and societies and a subsidised restaurant.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Working effectively within and developing solutions that comply with Hartree Centre policies and procedures.
- Writing well structured, tested, readable and maintainable code in small agile teams.
- Participating in code reviews, refactoring, and presenting your work in knowledge exchange sessions.
- Deploying & scaling apps and services on-premises and in the public cloud using CI/CD pipelines and managing your work using Git.
- Administering on-premise & public cloud resources including OpenShift/Stack, K8s, IaC, data processing pipelines & workflows.
- Creating high-quality documentation, reports, case studies, and web content.
- Use case analysis, requirements capture, and project planning.
- Providing support to internal staff, end users, and external customers

Person Specification

• A degree in a STEM field with a significant software and systems development aspect.
• Applied DevOps experience in business or academic sectors with genuine passion for DevOps and technology.
• Software dev experience using a Unix/Linux based operating system in at least two general-purpose languages e.g., Python, C++, Go, JavaScript, Java.
• Applied experience in at least one of:
  • Full-stack development of web applications & enterprise services/APIs.
  • Computational workflows, containerisation, & data engineering.
  • AI/ML Ops and associated software stacks e.g. Kueue, Kubeflow, Keycloak, K8s distros.
• Knowledge of best practices in software management & deployment e.g., Version control, documentation, testing, containers & registries, software packaging and dependency, CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and written skills e.g. delivering presentations/playbacks, training, collecting requirements, authoring technical docs.
• Strong ability to understand the perspective of our customers.

Join us and discover what's possible!

About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

As one of Europe's largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We're proud of the impact we make. And we're committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You'll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you'll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you'll discover just what a difference you can make when you're equipped and inspired to excel.

We're a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don't, ask questions that others won't, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it's at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It's very often ground-breaking. And it's endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.

For more information about STFC please visithttps://stfc.ukri.org/

You can also visit our careers sitehttps://www.stfccareers.co.uk/

About UK Research Innovation (UKRI)

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

More information can be found atwww.ukri.org.

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit Benefits of working for UKRI .

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.

How we support EDI in the workforce

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit 'How we support EDI in the workforce' .

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How to apply

Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the 'experience' section of the application.

UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion - a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.

Additional Information

• Organisation: Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - Hartree Centre
• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
• External Closing Date: Sep 15, 2024
• Minimum Salary: Pound Sterling (GBP) 42,840
• Hours: Full-time