Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Principal Associate)

Capital One; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Nottingham is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. The role involves supporting the engineering and development of the AWS cloud platform, with a focus on 'infrastructure as code'. Responsibilities include delivering core infrastructure, enhancing AWS account design, and collaborating with teams across time zones. A strong background in AWS and experience with DevOps tooling is essential. The company offers a flexible hybrid working model and attractive benefits.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Generous holiday entitlement

Access to training programmes

Subsidised restaurant

Fully-serviced gym

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Amazon Web Services is required.
• Experience in delivering developments for multiple stakeholders is important.
• Knowledge of Agile methods and practices is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core infrastructure from code for business operations.
• Support, maintain, and develop core systems for CI/CD.
• Design and maintain high-quality Core Infrastructure services.
• Collaborate across teams spanning different time zones.

Skills

Experience in Amazon Web Services

Understanding of APIs and Microservices

Experience with Puppet

Experience with Jenkins pipelines

Agile software development methods

Tools

GitHub

Artifactory

Job description

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

About this role

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineers work as part of the Tech Delivery organisation supporting the engineering and continued development of a growing AWS cloud footprint within Capital One. As a contributor to a focused Core Infrastructure delivery team you will ensure the 'infrastructure as code' approach, looking to automate as much as possible and drive efficient working practices as the growth of our Cloud platform continues. Our Cloud Engineers are responsible for complex problem resolution, and frequently find themselves working with geographically dispersed teams and massively integrated systems to identify root cause and resolve issues.

What you'll do

• Deliver core infrastructure from code that the rest of our line of business depends on
• Continued support, maintenance and development of our core systems, enhancing our internal Customers' journeys on their path to CI/CD
• Enhance our AWS account design, deployment and validation mechanisms
• Design, develop and maintain high quality Core Infrastructure services
• Work collaboratively across teams spanning multiple time zones

What you'll get to learn

• Good understanding of API's and Micro services architecture
• Experience of modern application development (CICD pipelines etc)
• Previous experience of delivering work for multiple stakeholders
• Hands on experience in Amazon Web Services
• Hands on experience of Puppet as a configuration management tool
• Hands on experience of complex Jenkins pipelines
• Agile software development methods and working as part of an Agile Team
• A range of DevOps tooling, such as GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins etc
• Designing Enterprise solutions for core infrastructure

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position and is based in our Nottingham office. We've adopted a flexible hybrid working model - one that creates the opportunity to work in your own way, but also provides great spaces for in-person collaboration.

We're big on collaboration and connection, so you'll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

What's in it for you

• Bring us all this - and you'll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation
• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)
• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance - with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms.

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it's about what you do, not just what you say. That's why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH - Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies
• OutFront - to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates
• Mind Your Mind - signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all
• Women in Tech - promoting an inclusive environment in tech
• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry
• Enabled - focused on supporting associates with disabilities and neurodiversity

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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