Santander UK
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Public Cloud Platform Lead | S4 | Milton Keynes
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We have an exciting opportunity to join the bank as a Public Cloud Platform Lead.
Here you'll be responsible for managing a team of highly skilled cloud infrastructure engineers, leading the continued evolution of the UK's Public Cloud Landing Zone, enhancing its features, whilst partnering across Santander Group on a common capability that will provide pace and efficiency to the Santander's Public Cloud adoption.
You'll be accountable for team leadership, whilst getting into the detail of deliveries within the Public Cloud Landing Zone, collaborating with Architecture to define a vision and clear strategy roadmap for the future.
The difference you'll make:
Taking ownership of the day to day management of the Cloud Engineering function, conducting regular 1:1's, goal setting
Owning, shaping and delivering a cloud engineering roadmap that meets the demands of its customers, across the business functions, Cyber, Data and Architecture
Providing vision and clarity of the cloud engineering roadmap to both your engineering team, customers and senior stakeholders
Engineering delivery (Design, Build & Test) across the core components of our Public Cloud infrastructure. Driving innovation where possible
Liaising with Architecture to ensure cloud technology standards are engineered and delivered to meet architectural standards and patterns
Liaising with technology leadership and the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) to help contribute towards the overall Public Cloud Strategy
What you'll bring:
Strong and demonstrable knowledge with hands-on experience across Public Cloud, with particular focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies
Proven people leadership experience with a track record in leading agile cloud engineering teams
Full appreciation and experience of SDLC, Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps principles
Knowledge of how to engineer & operate a highly resilient Public Cloud infrastructure across multiple regions
Comfortable in reaching technical trade-offs between short-term and long-term business needs, being able to blend vision with pragmatism and realism to help navigate through these trade-offs, involving time, cost, quality, scope and risk
It would also be nice for you to have:
Previous experience of working within a regulated sector
AWS certification to at least Associate level
The ability to operate as a Product Owner for your team where the demand arise
What else you need to know:
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.
By working this way we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we're happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.
This role is based in Milton Keynes and our current expectation is at least 2 days in an office every week.
If you're interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.
Application process
If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be :
1st Stage - A 30 min virtual session with hiring manager to confirm eligibility to proceed to next stage.
2nd Stage - Covering technical and competency based questions
3rd Stage - An hour-long face to face interview at our Unity Place office, Milton Keynes covering additional technical questions and 15 min presentation relating to scenario question (supplied before the interview).
If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.
Inclusion
At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we'll reward you:
As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
£6,000 car allowance per year
Company funded individual private medical insurance
Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
Share in Santander's success by investing in our share plans
Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies
What to do next:
If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply.
If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it's a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we're available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at [email protected] or call 0870 414 9080.
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