Principal Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Nottingham - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the strategic direction operational excellence and hands-on execution of DevSecOps practices across multiple teams and platforms.
Reporting into our Delivery Director you will be accountable for the outcomes of DevOps delivery. As a senior member of the CTO leadership team you will govern best practices foster a DevOps culture and influence programs to ensure understanding of business and engineering goals.
DevOps Strategy and Leadership
- Shape the DevSecOps strategy product engineering and infrastructure goals.
- Lead DevSecOps teams.
- Promote best practices in CI/CD infrastructure as code observability and platform reliability.
- Guide the use of DevSecOps principles and ensure security is embedded in all stages of the delivery lifecycle and provide reports.
InfoSec and Compliance
- Ensure full accountability for Information Security compliance across the Identity & Fraud platforms and services
- Govern adherence to internal policies and external standards ensuring compliance with all relevant security and operational frameworks.
- Leverage working knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001 to support certification efforts and embed best practices into delivery workflows.
- Use familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to assess security posture across ID&F.
- Lead risk management activities including identification assessment mitigation reporting of security and compliance risks.
Governance & Technical Oversight
- Provide technical leadership across multiple delivery platforms (e.g. Azure AWS Kubernetes or Terraform).
- Guide standardisation with the wider organisation.
Service Excellence & Operational Resilience
- Ensure high availability scalability and resilience of delivery platforms.
- Lead incident response and post-mortem processes to lead learning and improvement.
- Guide cost optimization and efficiency through platform engineering and automation
- Lead Experian Compliance and Security policies for the ID&F organisation
Qualifications :
- Degree-level qualification in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Managed and scaled DevOps or platform engineering teams in enterprise-grade agile environments.
- Experience in regulated or enterprise environments
- Exposure to FinOps cost optimization or platform product thinking
- Azure/AWS/GCP Architect or DevOps Engineer certifications
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines GitOps observability and platform reliability engineering
- Governance and risk management knowledge including change management incident response and operational resilience
Additional Information :
- Hybrid working
- Great compensation package and discretionary bonus
- Core benefits include pension bupa healthcare sharesave scheme and more
- 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.
We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI work/life balance development authenticity collaboration wellness reward & recognition volunteering... the list goes on. Experians people first approach is award-winning; Worlds Best Workplaces 2024 (Fortune Top 25) Great Place To Work in 24 countries and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.
Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experians DNA and practices and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work irrespective of their gender ethnicity religion colour sexuality physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, ... View more
