As part of Nationwide’s exciting and growing team of Cloud Platform engineers, you’ll have a SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) mindset with the ability to act like a Developer and think like a Systems Operator. We invest in our people to ensure we create multi-functional engineers and retain the skills within the organisation. Our engineers are responsible for the delivery of Cloud technical solutions for assigned missions alongside providing consultancy and support services as required. As part of the Cloud Engineering team, we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our goals.
We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.
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, at either our
Swindon or London
office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. What you’ll be doing
Take the charge in building and managing scalable, self-healing, globally distributed cloud platforms. Drive efficiency, automation, and cost reduction by automating manual and repetitive tasks. Develop features and codified artefacts for platform improvements leveraging automation and infrastructure as code. Provide technical expertise throughout all stages of the product lifecycle. Create and adhere to standards and provide governance to contribute to process improvement. Identify and escalate dependencies, risks and exceptions that will affect implementation of technical artefacts. Share knowledge with peers to contribute to the skills growth of knowledge within Nationwide’s Engineering COE. Lead and influence architectural design decisions of network solutions, features and fixes, ensuring robust connectivity between on-premise and within cloud environments. Oversee DNS configurations and VPN connectivity, ensuring secure and reliable network access. Configure and manage Egress and East/West firewalls, familiarity in Palo Alto and Cisco technologies beneficial. Proactively troubleshoot network issues and provide effective solutions. Must be able to diagnose problems across the network stack and collaborate on resolution. Collaborate with architecture, security, engineering teams and the wider Engineering Centre of Excellence to ensure seamless integration of network solutions within our infrastructure. About you
We are seeking an E2 Engineer (Cloud Platform Engineer) with a strong foundation in networking and a passion for problem-solving. Skilled Cloud Networking Engineers that can demonstrate hands-on or Non-Cloud transferable experience to support our 4c’s (Cloud, Containerisation, Coding, CI/CD). This includes: Experienced designing and implementing Cloud platforms (AWS) for elasticity and scalability. Infrastructure as code and post deployment configuration management knowledge using tools such as Terraform, Ansible. While expertise in these tools is not mandatory, familiarity is preferred. Skilled automating the deployment and monitoring of services in Public Cloud. Implementing changes/improvements to production services, ensuring service uptime. Strong experience in network engineering, with hands-on experience in routing, firewalls, DNS and VPNs. Proficiency in analysing network traffic and developing security policies. Deep understanding of routing principles, including on-premise to cloud routing and vice versa. Expertise in ensuring efficient data flow and resolving routing issues. Familiarity with cloud networking, particularly AWS (VPC's/Security Groups/NACLs/AWS Network Firewall), and hybrid environments is preferred. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex network issues and implement effective solutions. The extras you’ll get
There 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 to do next
If 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.
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Swindon or London
office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. What you’ll be doing
Take the charge in building and managing scalable, self-healing, globally distributed cloud platforms. Drive efficiency, automation, and cost reduction by automating manual and repetitive tasks. Develop features and codified artefacts for platform improvements leveraging automation and infrastructure as code. Provide technical expertise throughout all stages of the product lifecycle. Create and adhere to standards and provide governance to contribute to process improvement. Identify and escalate dependencies, risks and exceptions that will affect implementation of technical artefacts. Share knowledge with peers to contribute to the skills growth of knowledge within Nationwide’s Engineering COE. Lead and influence architectural design decisions of network solutions, features and fixes, ensuring robust connectivity between on-premise and within cloud environments. Oversee DNS configurations and VPN connectivity, ensuring secure and reliable network access. Configure and manage Egress and East/West firewalls, familiarity in Palo Alto and Cisco technologies beneficial. Proactively troubleshoot network issues and provide effective solutions. Must be able to diagnose problems across the network stack and collaborate on resolution. Collaborate with architecture, security, engineering teams and the wider Engineering Centre of Excellence to ensure seamless integration of network solutions within our infrastructure. About you
We are seeking an E2 Engineer (Cloud Platform Engineer) with a strong foundation in networking and a passion for problem-solving. Skilled Cloud Networking Engineers that can demonstrate hands-on or Non-Cloud transferable experience to support our 4c’s (Cloud, Containerisation, Coding, CI/CD). This includes: Experienced designing and implementing Cloud platforms (AWS) for elasticity and scalability. Infrastructure as code and post deployment configuration management knowledge using tools such as Terraform, Ansible. While expertise in these tools is not mandatory, familiarity is preferred. Skilled automating the deployment and monitoring of services in Public Cloud. Implementing changes/improvements to production services, ensuring service uptime. Strong experience in network engineering, with hands-on experience in routing, firewalls, DNS and VPNs. Proficiency in analysing network traffic and developing security policies. Deep understanding of routing principles, including on-premise to cloud routing and vice versa. Expertise in ensuring efficient data flow and resolving routing issues. Familiarity with cloud networking, particularly AWS (VPC's/Security Groups/NACLs/AWS Network Firewall), and hybrid environments is preferred. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex network issues and implement effective solutions. The extras you’ll get
There 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 to do next
If 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.
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Industry:
Financial Services
Specialties:
Retail Financial Services, Mortgages, Savings & Banking
Employees:
10,001+
Annual Revenue:
£3.86B
Founded:
1846
Address:
Pipers Way, Swindon, Wilts, GB, SN381NW
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