Lead DevOps Engineer

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Provide technical leadership across ML Operations products, platforms, and services.
• Lead the technical design of solutions, ensuring they are supportable, scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Make and justify technical decisions, balancing delivery needs, operational requirements, technical risk, and long-term sustainability.
• Identify and manage technical debt, ensuring appropriate engineering trade-offs are understood and communicated.
• Contribute to technical strategy and architectural direction, ensuring local decisions align with wider organisational objectives and standards.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of software, services, and platform capabilities supporting machine learning operations.

PLEASE NOTE: SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

• Active Security Clearance (SC) is requried for this position
• Experience designing and operating cloud-native platforms in Azure.
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Containerisation (Docker, Apptainer or equivalent)
• Experience of ML Ops tooling - MLFlow, AzureML or equivalent.
• CI/CD pipeline development and automation.
• Infrastructure as Code.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, The Met Office encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different”.

Access a wide range of opportunities, from short and mid-term projects to long-term careers, that contribute directly to public sector transformation, shaping services used by millions.

Flexibility & Choice

Choose contract assignments that fit your lifestyle, availability and goals, or pursue permanent roles that offer stability and long-term career development.

Specialist Opportunities

Be matched to roles that value your expertise, whether in project-based assignments or permanent positions aligned to your skills.

UK-Wide Opportunities

Work with organisations across the UK, with a variety of working arrangements.

Career Growth & Agility

Build a career that evolves with you, gaining experience across departments and projects, or developing deeper expertise in a permanent role, keeping your skills sharp and future-ready.

About Public Sector Resourcing

Looking to use your skills where they matter most? Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) connects talented professionals with contract and permanent opportunities across the UK public sector. Whether you’re seeking your next assignment, exploring a long-term career move or looking to contribute to high-profile programmes, we’re here to help you find the right opportunity.

Through PSR, you’ll gain access to meaningful roles that support the delivery of vital public services across the UK. From technology and digital transformation to engineering, defence, project delivery and specialist professional services, you’ll have the opportunity to work on programmes that help shape the future of the nation.

Who We Are

PSR is managed by AMS, a Korn Ferry Company. As a global leader in talent acquisition and workforce solutions, AMS supports organisations in attracting, engaging and deploying the talent they need to achieve their goals.

On behalf of the Government Commercial Agency (GCA), AMS manages the Public Sector Resourcing framework, helping public sector organisations access the skills and capability they need to deliver vital services across the UK.

What makes PSR different is our commitment to creating a simple, consistent and positive experience for everyone we work with. Our governance, data and user-centred design underpin every stage of the recruitment journey, supported by experienced workforce specialists and a diverse, collaborative supply chain. This helps connect talented professionals with opportunities quickly, fairly and efficiently., Many organisations support you through the hiring process. At PSR, our support doesn’t stop when you start your assignment. From application and onboarding through to the end of your contract, we’re committed to providing a positive contractor experience at every stage of your journey. You’ll have access to mental health and wellbeing support through the Unmind Wellbeing App, Mental Health First Aiders, regular wellbeing check-ins, reasonable adjustments support, accessible recruitment processes and practical wellbeing resources.