Kubernetes Engineer

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to really make a difference with great job satisfaction in a fast dynamic and thriving team, then come and join our Integration Platform team here at Nationwide. We are at the centre of the society’s tech strategy and the focal point for our current and future Kubernetes platform.

As a Kubernetes Engineer, you will be working in delivery teams building and maintaining OpenShift container platforms to provide strong and resilient business solutions. You will be involved at all stages from design, build, configure, test and support. Ongoing training is important and the opportunity to increase skills in automation technologies such as Ansible and Terraform is encouraged. At Nationwide, we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job, you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London, Swindon, Northampton or Bournemouth offices. Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an internal applicant based in a different location we would welcome your application and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working within the delivery teams you will work collaboratively with others to build the best solution for Nationwide using your team leadership skills and SME knowledge to offer advice/consultancy, build systems and work through problems to provide solid working solutions within the Red Hat space.
• Providing guidance and direction to less experienced Engineers to help create fit for purpose designs and/or solutions to meet the team objectives.
• You may be required to work on-call from time to time.

About you:

You will have a proven track record in providing technical delivery through the design, build and implementation of Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes systems as well as skills in various automation technologies. You will have in depth knowledge & experience of the following:

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration
• Automation using Ansible or Terraform
• Deploying/maintenance of Service Mesh
• Be comfortable working across multiple projects and immersing yourself in a team
• Be ready to share your expertise with our emerging talent
• Build good working relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, gaining their respect and trust based on your knowledge and professionalism
• Have the ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies

Knowledge and Experience of at least three of the following areas:

• RHCSA and/or RHCE certification
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux sysadmin
• Red Hat Performance Co-Pilot (PCP)
• Ansible and/or Ansible Tower certification
• IBM Turbonomic
• Network and infrastructure security concepts
• Agile project management methodologies
• Regulatory environments such as PCI and GDPR
• Working with 3rd parties / suppliers

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together:

• Feel what customers feel: We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind.
• Say it straight: This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better: This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done: This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

What to do next:

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.