DevOps Engineer

Job title:

DevOps Engineer

Company

Nationwide

Job description

If you are you looking for an exciting opportunity to really make a difference with great job satisfaction in a dynamic and thriving team, then come and join the Credit Risk DevOps Platform team here at Nationwide. We are at the forefront of providing the services that underpin the society’s credit decisioning functionality and you will be part of a team at the focal point of our current and future Risk Hub AWS cloud platform.This role is within the Central functions Credit Risk area, which is responsible for provide credit risk decision across Nationwide.At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.For this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to .If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.What you’ll be doingAs a DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation and ongoing development of our Risk hub cloud platform.Working alongside the delivery teams you will interact collaboratively with others to build the best solution for Nationwide. Utilising your SME knowledge to offer advice/consultancy, develop new systems and work through problems to provide solid working solutions within the Kubernetes / API space. Providing guidance and direction to less experienced Engineers to help create fit for purpose designs and/or solutions to meet the team objectives. You may be required to work on-call from time to time.About youYour responsibilities will include:

• Implementing Continuous Integration (CI) via tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions to enhance our development pipeline capabilities.
• Utilising Infrastructure as Code (IAC) principles with Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Creating and maintaining automation scripts using Groovy and Python.
• Demonstrating the ability to rapidly acquire and apply new technologies.
• Leveraging AWS services, including API Gateway and S3, to enhance our cloud infrastructure.
• Managing and optimising serverless application like aws lambda.
• Managing and optimising our Kubernetes container platform (EKS on AWS).
• Overseeing the Kubernetes upgrade process to ensure seamless transitions
• Working with SonarQube, snyk and advanced GitHub security tools to bolster code quality and security.

We are looking for in depth knowledge & some hands-on experience of the following.

• Continuous Integration tools like Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform in an Enterprise Context
• Automation using Groovy/Python
• Cloud AWS Services like API gateway, S3, lambda and IAM
• Serverless Architecture
• Experience to work with and deploy .Net based API
• Kubernetes Container platform

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight – This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better – This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done – This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.The extras you’ll getThere are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

What makes us differentNationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank.As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.What to do nextIf this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up to date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.#LI-Post

Expected salary

Location

London – Swindon

Job date

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 07:33:49 GMT

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