Engineering Lead - CaaS
Date:
24 Jan 2025 Location:
Edinburgh, GB Company:
Royal London Group Job Title: Engineering Lead – CaaS Contract Type: Permanent Location: Edinburgh or Alderley Park Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based Closing date: 6th February 2025 The Engineering Lead oversees a team of DevOps Engineers to develop, manage and continuously improve core platform capabilities for Containers as a Service (CaaS). In this role you will ensure that the best practices are adhered to and use techniques such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), unit testing, CI/CD and code reviews. This role will support with troubleshooting of complex issues around networking, databases, storage, serverless components and cloud VMs. About the role Define and implement container-based services including registry and image management, security, and operational container platforms. Deploy and manage container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes/K8S or services such as Azure AKS. Use Infrastructure as Code including Terraform. Run unit tests against newly created Infrastructure. Produce consistent and reliable infrastructure for all environments. Perform Azure networking, security, load balancing, databases, storage, server and serverless technologies. Work closely with Development and App Support teams. Work closely with Group teams including Cloud Platform (Azure), networking, security and VMware. About you Experience in implementing and operating container platforms and services in a controlled environment at scale, defining and implementing container orchestration services (E.g Kubernetes/K8S, VMware Tanzu or Openshift). Experience in Terraform; able to create reusable modules, that is scalable and easily maintainable. Experience in Azure cloud, good understanding of virtual networks, subnets, firewalls, and Azure policy. Experience of creating cloud images using Packer or similar tools. Good understanding of infrastructure redundancy, scalability, and cost optimisation. Experience of using Git source control, CI/CD processes, YAML builds, Azure cloud scale set build servers. Experience of infrastructure monitoring and alert management. Strong troubleshooting skills around Azure networking, storage, databases, security, and cloud resources. Strong interpersonal skills enabling effective collaboration and effective engagement with stakeholders within RL and external third parties. About Royal London We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our
People Promise
to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. Inclusion, diversity and belonging We’re an
Inclusive
employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London.
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Date:
24 Jan 2025 Location:
Edinburgh, GB Company:
Royal London Group Job Title: Engineering Lead – CaaS Contract Type: Permanent Location: Edinburgh or Alderley Park Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based Closing date: 6th February 2025 The Engineering Lead oversees a team of DevOps Engineers to develop, manage and continuously improve core platform capabilities for Containers as a Service (CaaS). In this role you will ensure that the best practices are adhered to and use techniques such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), unit testing, CI/CD and code reviews. This role will support with troubleshooting of complex issues around networking, databases, storage, serverless components and cloud VMs. About the role Define and implement container-based services including registry and image management, security, and operational container platforms. Deploy and manage container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes/K8S or services such as Azure AKS. Use Infrastructure as Code including Terraform. Run unit tests against newly created Infrastructure. Produce consistent and reliable infrastructure for all environments. Perform Azure networking, security, load balancing, databases, storage, server and serverless technologies. Work closely with Development and App Support teams. Work closely with Group teams including Cloud Platform (Azure), networking, security and VMware. About you Experience in implementing and operating container platforms and services in a controlled environment at scale, defining and implementing container orchestration services (E.g Kubernetes/K8S, VMware Tanzu or Openshift). Experience in Terraform; able to create reusable modules, that is scalable and easily maintainable. Experience in Azure cloud, good understanding of virtual networks, subnets, firewalls, and Azure policy. Experience of creating cloud images using Packer or similar tools. Good understanding of infrastructure redundancy, scalability, and cost optimisation. Experience of using Git source control, CI/CD processes, YAML builds, Azure cloud scale set build servers. Experience of infrastructure monitoring and alert management. Strong troubleshooting skills around Azure networking, storage, databases, security, and cloud resources. Strong interpersonal skills enabling effective collaboration and effective engagement with stakeholders within RL and external third parties. About Royal London We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services. Our
People Promise
to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. Inclusion, diversity and belonging We’re an
Inclusive
employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London.
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