- 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.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Oversee the management of a run-time environment of containerized applications using Kubernetes, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- 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.
- Oversee integration and automation of security processes and security controls into the CI/CD pipeline.
- 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 HTTP 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.
- Experience using observability tools and metrics to drive operational excellence.
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
- 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.
- 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
- Access to an annual performance related bonus
- Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
- Gympass – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
- 30 days holiday, pro-rata
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Lead Platform Engineer - Southampton, 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. This role will report 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. 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 hybrid working here.
What you'll be doing
About you
We need someone with expertise in the following:
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.
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 get
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
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