Cloud Designer

Cloud Designer

• Competitive salary
• Up to 25% annual bonus
• 80% remote working

About the role

We are seeking a Cloud Designer to join our team to help drive the adoption of Azure across IT solutions through the application of deep, hands-on architectural expertise and guidance.

In this position you will:

• Maintain end-to-end low-level technical system designs and best practices design patterns for NFUM’s Public Cloud that meet NFUM’s Business Objectives.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure Public Cloud Infrastructure requirements are understood and translated in to appropriate best practice design patterns.
• Design, create, control and evaluate technical component designs and enforce the integrity of the end-to-end solutions throughout the delivery lifecycle ensuring any solutions are fit for purpose.
• Consult, advise, challenge and provide deep architectural expertise and guidance to senior business stakeholders on Azure across NFUM IT solutions and influencing NFUM more widely to support and drive cloud adoption.
• Assist in the creation of high-level Public Cloud architectural solutions and blueprints including design governance submissions relating to Public Cloud components.
• Provide 3rd/4th line operational support of projects consuming Public Cloud services including acceptance into service activities to handover new developments into support.
• Serve on project, technology, and solution review boards to ensure all Public Cloud documentation and designs are in line with current internal standards, roadmaps, and frameworks.

We understand how important a positive work-life balance is to you. At NFU Mutual, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home. To help you give your best in the office and at home, we’re open to discussing what this might look like for you.

About you

Proactive and self-driven, we are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic and willing to learn while being open to new ideas. To join our team you will ideally have:

• Demonstrable experience of working in DevOps / Agile teams with experience of DevOps tooling and implementing DevOps Tool Chains.
• Strong understanding of and experience in delivering world class operational support and incident resolution in both on premise and Cloud based environments.
• Experience in a Financial Services, insurance, investments and or pensions environment. (Desirable).
• Effective internal and external, including third party supplier and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to effectively plan and deliver complex activities Ability to troubleshoot complex, technical solutions within a Hybrid Cloud Environment
• A proven track record of successfully designing Microsoft Azure solutions with a strong background in Azure and Office 365 Services and Toolsets (desirable)

Benefits and Rewards

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus (up to 25% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Private medical insurance + options to add family members
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and are one of only 39 companies across the globe, and the only organisation with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2022 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.