Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud - Coventry Building Society : Job Details

About the roleRegarded as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Cloud and responsible for providing strategic expertise to ensure effective management of the technical and business Services for their specialist area. The Senior Cloud Engineer will look for improvement opportunities within the team and its processes/procedures on a continuous basis.  You will have a strong background in implementing and supporting new infrastructure within medium-large enterprises. You also enjoy developing code and have made the leap to bring these two aspects together to automate the delivery of new infrastructure solutions, making it easy to deploy. An effective team member who provides support and guidance to peers and other team members and contributes to team efficiency through the creation of accurate technical documentation.Provides technical guidance on implementation and maintenance of new Cloud technology into the CBS estate, particularly focused on CBS Digital Spine,Responsible for independently troubleshooting and resolving product and service incidents, supporting less Senior team members in this area when issues are escalated.Undertake technical tasks such as maintaining scripts, automated code, reviewing logs, assisting build and configuration activity and maintaining the technical estate.Effectively prioritise tasks to ensure high priority activities are completed firstSupporting change and implementation where appropriate technical competence has been reached and maintaining an enterprise view.The role also includes the provision of assistance to the Architecture, Development and Support teams to implement and support solutions into the CBS estate. Looks for improvement opportunities which involve coaching, mentoring, planning, supervising, supporting and training of team members.Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday a year  plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society here.We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.About youYou will show a willingness to learn, a desire to embrace new technology and open to a challenge.  You are able to deliver clear and logical documentation for team members and end users to follow. Able to work under pressure whilst remaining thorough, with a good attention to detail.  Able to deliver to agreed timescales and show a flexible approach to working hours to meet own objectives and assist colleagues in meeting their objectives. You are able to complete tasks to agreed levels of quality, within stated timescales with no supervision.Essential skills

• Experience of working in a complex, pressurised production environment with proven delivery experience.
• Solid experience of continuous iIntegration concept and experience (goCD, Github Actions or similar)
• Solid experience of core Infrastructure as Code for Cloud in AWS or Azure
• Previous experience of supporting virtualization technologies (or equivalent)
• Scripting/automation skills, particularly Terraform, PowerShell, BASH, Ansible Tower
• Experience in use of CBS core platform systems (Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD)
• Familiarity with the concept of infrastructure/software development paths such as AGILE and LEAN

About usAs a mutual, we’ve always worked together to improve the lives of others. Now one of the largest Building Societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our wellbeing.We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability and sexual orientation, but also of personality and the way we think. By being yourself, you’ll make us stronger. You can build so much more than a career.Come and make a difference in our Society, that’s been voted a ‘Great Place to Work’ by our teams.Flexibility and why it mattersWe understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.