Engineer (Cloud Service, Engineering Lead) - Babergh, Suffolk, United Kingdom - Nationwide Building Society

Description

This role will drive the design and implementation of the next generation Ingress Gateway control plane and data plane.

Reporting to the Cloud Platform Technology Lead and will work with our Container Platform Engineering lead, who is our domain technical expert with deep knowledge on Kubernetes technology, systems, and trajectory of innovation.

You'll be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing service mesh architecture within our cloud infrastructure.

The role will oversee the application and platform engineering function, working closely with the cross-functional teams, and stakeholders to ensure the stability, scalability, and efficiency of the platform.

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 our Swindon or London office.

You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .

Collaboratively develop and drive the overall Cloud and Hybrid Service mesh engineering strategy, aligning it with organizational goals and industry best practices.

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing platform engineering team.
Foster a collaborative and innovative culture within the team, promoting continuous learning and development.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product and security, to ensure a holistic approach to platform engineering.
Stay abreast of emerging threats and technologies to proactively address potential risks.
Design and guide the implementation of resilient and scalable solutions across multiple cloud platforms.
Experience building and leading large scale distributed systems especially in cloud environments.
Strong knowledge with network technologies such as TCP/IP, DNS, TLS termination and proxies.
Experience building and designing services using Istio, Gloo technologies.
Experience and passion for service ownership, building reliable self-healing services.
Hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure management, with expertise in Kubernetes across AWS , Azure and Openshift technologies.

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.

So, it's a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.

A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top up by a further 16%
~ Life assurance worth 8x your salary
~ A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
~ Access to an annual performance related bonus
~ Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
~ 30 days holiday, pro-rata

Nationwide 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.

As a building society, we're owned by our members – that's our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us.