DevOps Apprentice
UKRI IndiaUnited Kingdom4 days ago
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Salary: £24,340 per annum (rising annually throughout the apprenticeship)
Contract Type: Fixed-Term, 24 months
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours
Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Closing Date: Sunday, 2nd February 2026
Interview Date: Feb 2026 / Mar 2026
Start Date: September 2026
Are you curious about what it takes to power world-class science?
Join the Digital Infrastructure Group, where we deliver first-class IT services that underpin the STFC scientific programme and its partners. From High Power Computing Data Centre facilities to advanced networking, cyber security, and cloud technologies, we provide the backbone for ground-breaking discoveries.
As an HPC DevOps Apprentice, you’ll learn how to manage and support the systems that keep our HPC Data Centres running. Your primary focus will be on the daily operation of monitoring tools and supporting critical infrastructure such as HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling) and electrical systems through monitoring, data collection, and creating interactive dashboards.
You’ll work closely with the HPC Data Centre Operations team and collaborate with colleagues, gaining valuable insight into how HPC Data Centres are developed and maintained to meet STFC’s goals and priorities.
About An Apprenticeship At STFC
We’re looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals ready to develop their skills through formal training and hands-on experience. As an apprentice, you’ll gain real-world experience, build technical and professional skills, and contribute to cutting-edge research and innovation in a dynamic, supportive environment.
You’ll be fully supported throughout the programme with regular check-ins from a dedicated Apprenticeship Coordinator, structured training, practical experience, and mentorship from industry professionals. Plus, you’ll have access to workshops, a peer network, and career development support, helping you feel confident and prepared for new challenges.
Why join the HPC team at STFC?
By joining Digital Infrastructure High Performance Computing team, you’ll become part of a team that powers the UK’s most advanced scientific research. You’ll work in a collaborative environment with experienced professionals, gain hands-on experience with HPC Data Centres and enterprise-grade technologies, and develop skills that are in high demand across the industry. If you’re passionate about technology and want your work to make a real impact, this is the place to start your journey.
Qualifications Gained
Level 4 DevOps Engineer: DevOps engineer / Skills England
What You’ll Learn:
The role of a DevOps Engineer is to enable organisations to get valuable working software out in front of active users, both external and internal, in a timely manner and optimised for delivery. The apprentice will learn about all aspects of the development and operations process – the design, build, test, implementation, release and continual iteration of products.
DevOps Engineer - Level 4 Apprenticeship - LearnTech
The learning is delivered remotely on a weekly day release basis via online workshops, self-directed study and mentoring.
What You’ll Be Doing – Day-to-day Responsibilities
As a DevOps Apprentice, you’ll join a small, supportive team working alongside the HPC Operations Team to develop and maintain systems that monitor and capture data across all key Data Centre infrastructure.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll gain a wide range of skills from technical IT expertise to practical, hands-on experience with infrastructure components such as power, cooling, capacity planning, security, and health & safety.
The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).
We Are Looking For The Following:
Employee Benefits
As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK. You can check your eligibility here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y
How To Apply
Part of our application process involves submitting your CV and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address your suitability for the opportunity based how you meet each essential criteria stated in this advert.
Please note that we hold the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.
What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what's possible!
ABOUT US
UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
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 at www.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 .
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, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria, will be shortlisted for interview. 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.
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.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity-driven, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people – and more broadly to the world.
One of Europe’s largest research organisations, we’re trusted to support, enable and undertake cutting-edge projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving ground-breaking advances in science, engineering, computing and technology. Our research seeks to understand the Universe from the largest astronomical scales to the tiniest constituents of matter, yet creates impact on a very tangible, human scale.
For more information about STFC please visit https://stfc.ukri.org/
You can also visit our careers site https://www.stfccareers.co.uk/
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Salary: £24,340 per annum (rising annually throughout the apprenticeship)
Contract Type: Fixed-Term, 24 months
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours
Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
Closing Date: Sunday, 2nd February 2026
Interview Date: Feb 2026 / Mar 2026
Start Date: September 2026
Are you curious about what it takes to power world-class science?
Join the Digital Infrastructure Group, where we deliver first-class IT services that underpin the STFC scientific programme and its partners. From High Power Computing Data Centre facilities to advanced networking, cyber security, and cloud technologies, we provide the backbone for ground-breaking discoveries.
As an HPC DevOps Apprentice, you’ll learn how to manage and support the systems that keep our HPC Data Centres running. Your primary focus will be on the daily operation of monitoring tools and supporting critical infrastructure such as HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling) and electrical systems through monitoring, data collection, and creating interactive dashboards.
You’ll work closely with the HPC Data Centre Operations team and collaborate with colleagues, gaining valuable insight into how HPC Data Centres are developed and maintained to meet STFC’s goals and priorities.
About An Apprenticeship At STFC
We’re looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals ready to develop their skills through formal training and hands-on experience. As an apprentice, you’ll gain real-world experience, build technical and professional skills, and contribute to cutting-edge research and innovation in a dynamic, supportive environment.
You’ll be fully supported throughout the programme with regular check-ins from a dedicated Apprenticeship Coordinator, structured training, practical experience, and mentorship from industry professionals. Plus, you’ll have access to workshops, a peer network, and career development support, helping you feel confident and prepared for new challenges.
Why join the HPC team at STFC?
By joining Digital Infrastructure High Performance Computing team, you’ll become part of a team that powers the UK’s most advanced scientific research. You’ll work in a collaborative environment with experienced professionals, gain hands-on experience with HPC Data Centres and enterprise-grade technologies, and develop skills that are in high demand across the industry. If you’re passionate about technology and want your work to make a real impact, this is the place to start your journey.
Qualifications Gained
Level 4 DevOps Engineer: DevOps engineer / Skills England
What You’ll Learn:
The role of a DevOps Engineer is to enable organisations to get valuable working software out in front of active users, both external and internal, in a timely manner and optimised for delivery. The apprentice will learn about all aspects of the development and operations process – the design, build, test, implementation, release and continual iteration of products.
- Scripting, coding and testing
- Knowledge sharing and collaboration
- Agile working methods
- Release automation and orchestration
- Cloud infrastructure
- Security practices
DevOps Engineer - Level 4 Apprenticeship - LearnTech
The learning is delivered remotely on a weekly day release basis via online workshops, self-directed study and mentoring.
What You’ll Be Doing – Day-to-day Responsibilities
As a DevOps Apprentice, you’ll join a small, supportive team working alongside the HPC Operations Team to develop and maintain systems that monitor and capture data across all key Data Centre infrastructure.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll gain a wide range of skills from technical IT expertise to practical, hands-on experience with infrastructure components such as power, cooling, capacity planning, security, and health & safety.
- Developing system administration skills for Linux operating systems.
- Assist with maintaining and improving production environments, using scripting languages to automate tasks and enhance system functionality.
- Collaborate with the HPC Data Centre Operations team to develop software for both HPC Data. Centre facilities, this includes monitoring software and the use of data transfer protocols.
- Provide support for infrastructure systems, focusing on problem management and incident.
- Conduct proactive monitoring to ensure the health, performance, and security of the HPC Data Centre’s.
- Contribute to the development of the Operations documentation.
- Creating detailed interactive floor plans and diagrams with Visio and Excel.
- Gain experience in 3D modelling and rendering using software such as Blender and Matterport.
- Web page design using HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL.
The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).
We Are Looking For The Following:
- GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade 4/C or above) (S)(Included for all roles)
- Level 3 qualifications such as:
- 2 A Levels (A-C)
- BTEC Level 3
- T-Level or
- A previous Level 3 Apprenticeship. (Please give subjects and results in CV)
- An awareness of basic health and safety (I)
- Enthusiastic and motivated to learn, both in the workplace and through formal training (I)
- Good written communication skills as demonstrated in your CV and cover letter (S)
- Some knowledge of and enthusiasm for computer hardware and/or software (S&I)
- Your CV and/or cover letter should give example(s) of personal or school projects that involved learning about and using a computer system and what you enjoyed
- As a minimum a successful candidate will be able to describe the basic components of a computer system,describe basic software development concepts and/orbe aware of the range of computer operating systems and what they are
- Desire to work in a scientific computing environment (S&I)
- Your cover letter should explain why you have applied for this computing apprenticeship scheme and any activities you are involved in to help you develop personally and professionally
- Ability to examine evidence and data to understand it and solve problems (I)
- As a minimum, a successful candidate will be able to work systematically through straightforward problems, examine data, and link it to their understanding of computer systems in order find the cause of problems
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team(S&I)
- Technical requirements (I)
- An aptitude and desire to identify and automate repeated tasks for efficiency and accuracy
- Passion in programming to develop, implement and improve applications
- Programming skill in scripting language such as Bash, Python, Ansible, PowerShell, or Perl for interacting with our services and devices
- To complete the apprenticeship, you will need to evidence passes at 9-4 or A*-C in GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English. For those sitting their GSCEs in Summer 2026, we would need evidence of your predicted grades.
- When applying for an apprenticeship, there is a set residency eligibility criteria that must be met by the applicant. To check your eligibility please click here .
- The training provider will also ask you to complete an initial assessment during the application process. If you already have a qualification in this subject area or similar please include, as an attachment, your transcript outlining the grade/s achieved and modules covered. By applying for this apprenticeship, you are giving permission for your details to be shared with the relevant training provider.
Employee Benefits
- Your salary will increase annually as you progress through your apprenticeship, in line with policy.
- 30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days).
- Flexible working hours.
- An excellent defined average salary pension scheme.
- Easily accessible public transport links/ free parking.
- Excellent learning and development opportunities.
- Cycle to work scheme.
As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK. You can check your eligibility here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y
How To Apply
Part of our application process involves submitting your CV and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address your suitability for the opportunity based how you meet each essential criteria stated in this advert.
Please note that we hold the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.
What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what's possible!
ABOUT US
UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
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 at www.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 .
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, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria, will be shortlisted for interview. 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.
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.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity-driven, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people – and more broadly to the world.
One of Europe’s largest research organisations, we’re trusted to support, enable and undertake cutting-edge projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving ground-breaking advances in science, engineering, computing and technology. Our research seeks to understand the Universe from the largest astronomical scales to the tiniest constituents of matter, yet creates impact on a very tangible, human scale.
For more information about STFC please visit https://stfc.ukri.org/
You can also visit our careers site https://www.stfccareers.co.uk/
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