Job Details:

Title DevOps Lead Z-Platforms

Salary £86,964 to £112,541

Location Edinburgh (preferably), Halifax, Chester, Manchester

Hours Full-time 35hrs

Working Pattern Hybrid 40% in one of our Hub sites, with regular presence in Edinburgh

There are excellent opportunities for driven individuals to take on a DevOps Engineering role, helping to deliver exciting customer driven solutions. From our Central DevOps team we lead the way in defining the best of new technology offerings, working closely with our Engineering Leads to collectively drive the tooling agenda whilst balancing the requirements of the UKs leading retail bank. The ultimate measure of success for us is demonstrating these best of breed software and platform solutions so that we can continuously improve how we deliver market leading applications for our customers.

We have a vacancy in our industry leading Z Platform team and are looking for suitable candidates who can help us evolve the engineering experience on the platform, bringing in new technology (e.g. OpenShift) and to continue accelerating our journey to make the Z platform the engineering platform of choice.

With our breadth, reach and diversity, we can offer excellent opportunities for career growth and development. And we're looking for people who can seize those opportunities; you'll get plenty of support but it's about taking the initiative, building relationships and making it happen. Do this and you can help us make a positive difference to our customers, our colleagues and our communities.

What we're looking for a 'teammate' who can build relationship and work productively with others across a variety of domains, disciplines and locations

Someone who is passionate about technology and its application to real-world problems

Someone who has confidence to express own opinions, and be pragmatic about modifying them when appropriate

Essential Skills:

Technical experience of working on the Z platform, e.g. COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, Endevor
Technical experience of working with DevOps tooling such as CI/CD technologies, Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes/etc..), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Chef/Puppet/Ansible), Source control platforms (GitHub/Endevor/etc..)
Solid core OS level skills (e.g. UNIX/LINUX/Windows/ZOS) with supporting industry standard scripting skills
Experience of coaching and mentoring teams to adopt latest techniques

Key responsibilities

Thought leadership in all aspects of DevOps tooling. This will involve defining and contributing to the overall strategy of the Group
Working with Engineering teams to upskill their capabilities in their relevant technology area
Taking ownership of specific problems and delivering customer focused outcomes
·Be an ambassador for the DevOps brand both internally and externally

It is essential that you bring the right mind-set to the role. We understand in such a diverse and disparate world no one person can be an expert in all aspects of all DevOps tooling. If you have the right technical background, a willingness to be part of a team dedicated to transforming the landscape and are willing to develop yourself then we're keen to hear from you.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: