Infrastructure Engineer, VP (SRE)

NatWest Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in Bengaluru seeks a VP-level Infrastructure Engineer to design self-service database products for public and private cloud environments. You’ll collaborate on roadmaps, manage lifecycle, and ensure compliance with bank requirements while applying automation to testing and production readiness.

You’ll lead in applying SRE practices, DevOps tooling, and IaC (Terraform) to drive reliability, performance, and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development or automation scripting (Python or Shell).
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and IaC tooling.
• Familiarity with Agile practices and ability to contribute to Release Train planning.
• Experience with AWS and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, automation tools, and SRE principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of intuitive, self-service database products for cloud environments.
• Collaborate with product owners to develop roadmaps and manage lifecycle.
• Incorporate customer feedback, feature requests and production issues into plans.
• Maintain database-related technologies in compliance with bank requirements.
• Provide operational support and promote infrastructure as code solutions.

Skills

Software development

Automation scripting

Python

Shell

Agile

AWS

Kubernetes

DevOps

Terraform

GitLab

SRE

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

Join us as an Infrastructure Engineer for Database Platforms

• Join us and collaborate in building the best possible database platforms for public and private cloud environments
• Improve our products as you apply automation to provide testing and a route to live
• This is your chance to share thought leadership and best practice across the bank, while you’re developing solutions
• We're offering this role at vice president level
  

What you'll do

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll take the lead on designing intuitive, self-service database products that make all the difference to our customers, as well as our strategic targets. This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your career in a highly innovative and supportive environment.

You’ll collaborate with product owners to create roadmaps and manage the lifecycle, taking customer feedback, new feature requests and production issues into consideration. As you continue to manage the selection, creation and maintenance of database-related technologies, you’ll ensure that our solutions comply with the bank’s requirements and responsibilities.

You’ll also:

• Identify new ways to solve problems and enhance performance using tech tools
• Provide operational support for pattern or product-related issues, and contribute to the delivery of infrastructure as code solutions
• Build awareness of design-thinking tools and techniques across the bank to improve products
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure that we continue to deliver the best possible service
  

The skills you'll need

To thrive in this role, you’ll have experience in software development or automation scripting, such as Python or Shell. You’ll be knowledgeable about the software development lifecycle, with experience of utilising modern infrastructure as code via tooling.

We’ll expect you to bring a good understanding of Agile working practices and toolsets, with the ability to create the vision for the Release Train, feature team, platform and domain.

In addition, you’ll have:

• Experience of working with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS, with significant overall experience in technology and engineering environments
• Experience in the Kubernetes ecosystem, with a strong focus on reliability, availability, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with experience diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues in production environments
• Experience of applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and working within ITIL-based service management frameworks
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and automation tools, including Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Python scripting, and GitLab
• Strong collaborative and communication skills, and the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly