Cloud Enablement Engineering Lead | S4 | Cloud CoE

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As a Cloud Enablement Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in defining and implementing cloud infrastructure best practices within Santander.

This role involves working on high-priority projects and requires an understanding of the AWS technical landscape, with opportunities to specialize in specific areas which will also aid within your career development with us at Santander.

Additionally, you will oversee cloud enablement processes to ensure seamless integration of cloud services.

The difference you’ll make:

• Setting the standard by establishing and enforcing best practices and standards in AWS infrastructure engineering

• Taking ownership of technical considerations, including tooling, technology, best practices, development, service availability, risk, and reliability

• Creating and maintaining a shared services catalogue to enable multiple teams to reuse AWS components consistently and securely

• Defining best practice standards and developing, testing, deploying and maintaining modules that implement these standards, while identifying opportunities for efficiency and optimization

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Proven expertise in AWS and Terraform with a track record of designing and implementing robust cloud solutions

• Experience managing engineering teams, providing leadership, guidance, and mentorship

• Skilled in cloud enablement processes to ensure effective integration of cloud services

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Familiarity with GIT for version control and collaboration

• Experience with CI/CD environments to streamline deployment processes

• Knowledge of Azure and its integration with AWS services

• Understanding of the software development lifecycle, from planning to deployment and maintenance

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be :–

1st Stage – Technical Interview – this will a 30min technical interview with one of the team

2nd Stage – A one-hour formal interview where we will ask both technical and competency-based questions. This can be done virtually or face to face depending on your situation.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.  We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.

• £6,000 car allowance per year.

• Company funded individual private medical insurance.

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.

• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.

• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans. 

• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.