1. Experts by Nature
Demonstrates strong technical expertise across enterprise infrastructure, including Windows Server, identity and access management, networking, cloud/hybrid services, and end user technologies. Acts as a senior authority, resolving complex issues while balancing stability, security, and performance in line with DDaT standards and Met Office policies.
Provides technical leadership and assurance across services and projects, ensuring solutions are robust, supportable, and aligned to architectural and organisational priorities.
2. Live and Breathe It
Experienced in delivering complex infrastructure change from design through to implementation and handover. Brings strong insight into modern, cloud-first and hybrid environments, ensuring services are resilient, secure, and fit for purpose.
Effectively manages multiple priorities and projects, maintaining delivery momentum while adapting to evolving business needs. Takes ownership of outcomes, ensuring risks are managed and benefits realised.
3. Better Together Communication & Stakeholder Management
Communicates complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Builds strong relationships across Digital Workplace, security, architecture, service management, and suppliers.
Confidently influences technical direction, providing clear recommendations and keeping stakeholders informed and engaged throughout delivery and operational change.
4. Better Together Leadership & Team Development
Supports and develops engineers through mentoring, coaching, and feedback. Provides day-to-day technical leadership, assists with prioritisation, and contributes to performance management.
Promotes a collaborative and inclusive culture, encouraging shared ownership, continuous learning, and capability development across the team and wider DDaT community.
5. Experts by Nature Secure and Compliant by Design
Owns infrastructure security and compliance across the Windows estate, ensuring alignment with policies, standards, and regulatory requirements. Maintains high patch compliance, with vulnerabilities remediated within agreed SLAs.
Implements and oversees monitoring and remediation processes, driving continuous improvement. Works closely with security and operational teams to embed compliance into daily operations while balancing stability and availability.
When providing evidence for each criteria please use at least one example for each.
