Reliability Engineer

Yorkshire Building Society; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society is seeking a Reliability Engineer to enhance service quality and lead a talented team of DevOps Engineers. This hybrid role involves managing projects while fostering a culture of inclusion and continuous improvement. With a focus on technology integration and individual growth, you'll be pivotal in driving our engineering efforts forward.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Up to 15% bonus on eligible pay

11% pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Access to health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in configuration management and service monitoring.
• Background in development or platform engineering.
• Passion for coaching and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of DevOps Engineers in improving service quality.
• Track and execute improvements in deployment frequency.
• Support strategic direction for adopting new technologies.

Skills

Leadership

DevOps

Technical skills

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

Scripting and automation

Modern monitoring

Networking knowledge

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Grafana

Prometheus

Kibana

DynaTrace

PLSQL

.Net

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Batch

Job description

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Are you an experienced Reliability Engineer/ DevOps Engineering Lead looking for your next move? If you want to be part of a friendly & inclusive team that is passionate about driving things forward, and you enjoy working on a mix of business as usual and projects, we may just have the role for you!

We are thrilled to announce an incredible opportunity for an Reliability Engineer to join our Change Delivery Savings & Payments Engineering team. You will lead a small team of DevOps Engineers and drive forward improvements in release frequency and service quality, spanning across a wide range of supporting technologies at YBS, including technologies which are internally developed as well as supported by partner resources.

This is a hybrid role with a mix of working from home and some onsite presence in Leeds or Bradford office.

About the role

As Reliability Engineer, you will be focused on multiple systems using a varied set of technologies and the integration between these systems, whilst also supporting the strategic direction for adopting newer technologies. You will -

Be accountable for tracking, identifying and executing continuous improvements in the key measures: lead-time, deployment-frequency, mean-time-to-recover, change-failure-rate and SLO/ error budget

Contribute to the development of business cases for larger change initiatives

Understand supported applications including a high-level architectural view of hand-offs and how each technology works

Line manage, coach, develop and mentor a team of DevOps Engineers

As we move more supporting technology to cloud, you will be passionate about personal development to keep up with a breadth of technologies and aligning with newer ways of working, and working to remove technical debt over time

About you

You’ll have a development or platform engineering background with knowledge of DevOps/ SRE, leadership and technical skills within an IT Support environment. What will you bring to the role?

Experience of configuration management and toolsets, service and performance monitoring

Technical skills in the following:

Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery pipelines - tools such as Jenkins & GitLab

Scripting and automation capabilities

Modern monitoring skills and best practices using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, DynaTrace

Testing frameworks

Knowledge of networks and routing.

Knowledge of integrations of services utilising different technologies such as PLSQL, .Net, C#, Java, Sprint Boot, Spring Batch

Experience of integrating and supporting 3rd party systems and components

Passion for coaching and developing others

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.

Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).

Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.

Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.

My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.