Industrial Placement 2025 - Windows Infrastructure Engineer

at  Met Office

JOB SUMMARY

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2025 until July 2026.
We’re looking for an Industrial Placement - Windows Infrastructure Engineer to help us make a difference to our planet.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.
As our Industrial Placement - Windows Infrastructure 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.
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.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Expert by nature - Enterprise technology experience or keen interest in the following technical domains:

• Microsoft Operating Systems support (Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2016/2019/2022)
• Active Directory tools (ADUC, Group Policy, AD Object Management)

1. Expert by nature - Enterprise technology knowledge or understanding of one of the following:

• ITSM Tool exposure/usage for Incident Management and change management

• Intune and other MS365 platforms

  • Patch management - MCM/SCCM, PatchMyPC preferred
  • Anti-virus - Defender preferred
• Keep evolving & Better together - Logical, methodical, and with excellent attention to detail. With a passion to learn, with an aptitude for understanding and solving technical problems. Knows when to seek help when problem requires assistance and/or no direct progress is being made (i.e. triage/escalation).
• Live and breathe it - Can work broadly independently and collaboratively both in troubleshooting/support and also in undertaking project work. Ensures deadlines are met without sacrificing quality.
  Benefits
  Alongside your salary of £25,606, Met Office contributes £7,418 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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YOUR KEY DUTIES

• Patching our Windows server and endpoint devices
• Remediate issues relating to patching
• Proactively reviewing the Incident and Task queues and taking ownership of issues as appropriate
• Responding to customers and colleagues promptly and keeping them informed
• Prioritising support requests effectively and to the appropriate level of urgency/impact
• Reprioritising effectively in response to changes in volume/new priorities
• Triaging and escalating support beyond your present capability/remit