Lead DevOps Engineer

JOB TITLE: Lead DevOps Engineer - Prudential & Analytics Platform

SALARY: £86,964 - £102,310

LOCATION(S): Leeds

HOURS: [Full-time]

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Leeds Office

About this opportunity…

A great opportunity has arisen to be part of a team within P&A platform working in the Strategic Lab as a Lead DevOps engineer; you'll play a key leadership role in our continued transformation journey by and you'll get involved with…

• Cloud Architecture

• Testing & Automation

• Code Management

• Documentation and Design

• Participation in Communities of Practice, Guilds and improvement working groups and shares learning to members of their team and across the testing community.

Prudential & Analytics (P&A) is on an exciting journey and there is no better a time to join us. The investments we are making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects; fresh possibilities have provided new ways for our people to work, learn and thrive.

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What we're looking for…

A confident and passionate DevOps engineers who will push the boundaries and help us build products that easily integrate.

You'll have a broad understanding across all aspects of the software delivery lifecycle and related domains. Ideally, you'll be highly conversant with the concepts around APIs including deep understanding of API Gateways, REST & GraphQL, with strong hands-on experience in DevOps and automation.

You should also have a good understanding of related technologies and fields such as Cyber Security, Networking, DevOps, Docker/Kubernetes, and experience of Cloud providers such as AWS, GCP or Azure, and productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams.

What we need from you:

• Detailed knowledge of and experience in DevOps/Continuous delivery and best practices, to be able to confidently design and implement solutions.

• Expertise in using DevSecOps tools and frameworks for managing infrastructure as code (IaC), Terraform.

• Expertise in Shell Scripting, YAML templates

• Strong understanding and expertise using configuration management and CI/CD automation practices and tools Jenkins, Harness, Spinnaker, Gradle, Nexus, Maven, Git

• Expertise in source code management, branching and deployment strategies.

• Cloud technologies and infrastructure : Hands-on experience with at least one of the 3 main cloud providers Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) is essential.

• ?Experience in developing cloud and container-based solutions such as Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher and automating deployment of applications to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

• Experience with cloud services like container registry, secret management, networking.

• Strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.

It would be great if you also had:

• Development experience using Java/NodeJS and strong understanding of SDLC.

• Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including experience with building/integrating developer SDLC tools

• Strong experience of continuous monitoring such as Dynatrace, Splunk etc

• Strong experience of integrating continuous testing tools such as Selenium, Cucumber and other tools like SonarQube into CI and CD pipelines

• Experience of an API Management Platform (e.g. Apigee, API Connect or similar)

• Knowledge of Cyber security and techniques, such as OIDC, OAuth, SSL/TLS, and encryption to build secure and robust solutions.

What you'll get to learn (any previous experience would be advantageous)

• Working with the cloud/GCP and the opportunities that it brings.

• Solving real world problems and being comfortable working in a complex regulated environment.

Our focus is to ensure we are 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 is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

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

* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

* An annual performance-related bonus

* Share schemes including free shares.

* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

* 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

Join our journey.