Senior Cloud Engineer

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Senior Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer

About this role

As a Cloud Engineer you will work as part of the Tech Delivery organisation supporting the continued development of a growing AWS cloud footprint within Capital One. We are looking for people with a software engineering background to design and implement new features on our API Gateway platform. Working within the wider team you will have the opportunity to use the 'infrastructure as code' approach to improve our infrastructure capabilities, by looking to automate as much as possible and drive efficient working practices as the growth of our Cloud platform continues. Our Cloud Engineers are responsible for complex problem resolution, and we frequently find ourselves working with geographically dispersed teams and massively integrated systems to identify root cause and resolve issues.

What you’ll do

Deliver core features and improvements that the rest of our line of business depends on

Continued support, maintenance and development of our core systems, enhancing our internal Customers’ journeys on their path to CI/CD

Enhance our AWS account design, deployment and validation mechanisms

Design, develop and maintain high quality services

Work collaboratively across teams spanning multiple time zones

What we’re looking for

Someone with previous experience as a software engineer or infrastructure engineer

Familiarity with the concepts of infrastructure as code, test driven development and automated deployment of solutions

Strong scripting and automation skills in various languages (such as Python, Golang and Java. Knowledge of Lua would be advantageous)

Solid understanding of Cloud platforms and their supporting infrastructure.

Strong understanding of High Availability strategies, preferably with Cloud in mind

Good communicator, willing to share and teach amongst peers

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

Good understanding of API's and Micro services architecture 

Experience of modern application development (CICD pipelines etc)

Previous experience of delivering work for multiple stakeholders

Hands on experience in Amazon Web Services

Hands on experience of complex Jenkins pipelines

Agile software development methods and working as part of an Agile Team

A range of DevOps tooling, such as GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins etc

Designing Enterprise solutions.

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position and is based in our Nottingham office.  

We're big on collaboration and connection, and so you will be based in our offices on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

What’s in it for you

Bring us all this - and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation

We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)

Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave

Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies

OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates

Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all

Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech

EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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Who We Are

At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good