Nottingham Trent House 95002 United Kingdom Nottingham Nottinghamshire
Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer Observability
About this role
Youll work with highperforming infrastructure and software engineering teams and some incredible Engineers and Architects supporting the UK business multiyear migration to AWS solving complex problems and leading solution migrations to an already wellestablished public cloud footprint.
What youll do
- Take the lead on the design and delivery of solutions to solve complex problems within our Public Cloud (AWS) environment with a keen view on automation and simplifying / streamlining tasks to enable our application engineering customers and accelerate the delivery of new business features though our Enterprise toolsets.
- Drive the future of Observability within our Public Cloud (AWS) environment rolling out best practice and improving our key metrics like MTTR and MTTD.
- Working with SMEs Engineers Architects and other stakeholders you will lead initiatives from idea stage through design socialisation and approval key decision making handson delivery and handover into Support
What were looking for
- Experience of setting up maintaining and driving observability standards for a complicated cloud based estate
- A capable cloud engineer with a passion for solving complex problems delivering highquality and welldocumented solutions
- Experience with building replatforming or rehosting solutions into the public cloud
- Strong background in scripting DevOps tooling and solution design or full stack development
- Ability to take business and technical requirements through solution design and delivery communicating effectively with different types of audience
- Diverse technical experience ideally including cloud engineering in a major public cloud and general Enterprise Tech
- An effective communicator and influencer able to work in and across delivery teams towards a common goal
- A strong growthmindset interest in learning new technologies tools libraries and frameworks
- Strong understanding of Cyber security principles and how they apply to infrastructure and cloud technologies
- Extensive experience of CICD pipelines
- Understanding of networking principles
- Familiar and comfortable in an agile delivery environment
- Has high standards for engineering excellence
What youll get to learn (any previous experience would be advantageous)
- Observability best practices from industry leading partners.
- AWS to an advanced level (training and certification available)
- Work and grow with some incredible Engineers Architects and Cyber specialists across the UK and wider US business as required
- Learn Capital Ones Enterprisescale approach to adoption of the public cloud
- Solve complex realworld engineering problems in a regulated financial services environment
- Plenty of technical and leadership development opportunities through our internal and external training programmes as well as an Individual Contributor career path
Where and how youll work:
This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office.
We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home.
Were big on collaboration and connection so youll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Whats in it for you:
- Bring us all this and youll be rewarded with a role contributing to the product roadmap for an organisation committed to transformation
- Were continuing our journey into the public cloud and have problems of scale security availability and performance for you to help solve
- We love continuous learning and thats why we give you 10 of your time to work on cutting edge innovative projects that shape the way we will work in the future
- 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 seasonticket loans cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
- Openplan workspaces and facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham headoffice has a fullyserviced gym subsidised restaurant mindfulness and music rooms. In London you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee caf
We are committed to creating a level playing field and seek to create teams that are representative of our customers and the communities we serve.
Wed love to hear from you if you identify with a typically underrepresented group in our industry and are particularly keen to hear from women and ethnic minority candidates.
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 its about what you do not just what you say. Thats 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
Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC