Senior Cloud Engineer
Tandem Bank
- Cardiff
- £75,000-85,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours per week
Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 and up to 20% bonus and benefits
Location: Flexible - Embrace fully remote or hybrid work from any of our vibrant UK offices in London, Cardiff, Durham, Manchester, or BlackpoolAt Tandem, we're not just a bank; we're a movement for positive change. If you're an ambitious and dedicated Senior Cloud Engineer, ready to make an impact, we've got a space with your name on it!Reporting to the Cloud Platform Lead you'll be responsible for improving the both the operational and cost efficiency of our AWS estate. You'll be working on all aspects of modernisation of our cloud systems, converting legacy infrastructure to modern vendor-neutral Terraform IaC and removing waste along the way.We are Tandem - Where impact meets innovationTandem is the UK's greener digital bank on a bold quest to revolutionise the way we save, borrow, spend, and share - all while nurturing our planet, our people and our customers. As one of Europe's fastest growing digital banks, our values of being Brave, Enterprising, Simple, and Together (BEST) ensure our 500-strong team collaborate to drive a brighter, greener future.Tandem also leads the way with a secondary app called Loop. Loop gives customers a simpler, hassle free and awkward free way to share money among friends.Your team: Collaborators in changeTandem is proud to offer a workplace with diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds which leads to a unique company culture for our people and a better experience for our customers.You will join our Cloud Engineering team focused on providing resilient and efficient cloud infrastructure. The team itself is small and dedicated with high levels of skill. You'd be adding your talents to an awesome pool and helping to us to grow the team capability by teaching juniors and helping fellow senior engineers to plan, prioritise and execute as efficiently as possible for the bank.Your Impact: Building a greener tomorrowEssential Experience:
- Strong understanding AWS as a cloud platform with an emphasis on the challenges around running containerised services
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes, as a managed service from AWS as well as running it for yourself on your own provisioned metal
- Strong understanding of everything required to run traditional and containerised workloads on AWS
- Strong understanding of databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS-SQL, Mongo)
- Strong ability with Terraform and the principles of best practice with IaC
- Strong experience with all aspects of networking required to securely run cloud infrastructure
- Good experience with Keycloak and OIDC
- Good experience with Kong or similar REST API gateway technology
- A history of software development (as well as infrastructure management
- A willingness to get “stuck in to the code” rather than needing to wait for,a developer to explain how it works
- Software development experience with one of (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript)
- Previous experience with event-driven microservices
- Previous experience with Apache Kafka
- Previous experience with NodeJS, NestJS, TypeScript
- Previous exposure to or knowledge of the Financial Services or Fintech industry,
- Experience in a transformation environment would be particularly beneficial
- Experience working in a regulated industry or environment
- Experience of working in a start-up or scale-up
- Awesome technical skills
- High levels of personal and professional integrity
- A positive, self-sufficient senior with excellent communication skills, intellect and
- energy
- Highly organised with a flexible approach to working
- Determined to succeed, high energy with humility and a strong personal drive
- A collaborative working style
- A very strong work ethic and a focus on delivery
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holiday
- An additional day off for a 'celebration day' including, but not limited to, birthdays, weddings, religious holidays, graduations etc
- Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday a year
- Healthcare cash plan through Westfield Health worth a minimum of £750 per year
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme and a free helmet
- Salary sacrifice Pension contribution*, 4% employee contributions matched with 4% Tandem contribution (*Subject to salary eligibility)
- Smart Tech scheme (buy goods with 0% interest)
- 10% discount on solar panels
- Tandem Hub for treats, cash back and discounts on UK retailers
- 2 days per year paid volunteering
- Free cereal, snacks and drinks in all offices
- Quarterly team social budgets
- Volunteer 2 days a year for charity