Are you a security engineer looking to work with diverse cutting-edge, cloud-based technologies, industry leading vendors and across different internal teams?
Do you have a proven track record in providing technical support through the design, build and implementation of complex security solutions?
Do you relish working across multiple change initiatives and immersing yourself in a team that will stretch and test you?
You will help form our Cloud Security Operations team, which provides design, build and production support for the shared security services we offer on our public cloud platforms. You will provide strong technical support, enabling technical decisions to be made with confidence and at pace.
Nationwide is undergoing a digital transformation journey; our cloud adoption is presenting opportunities for improving our overall security posture by baking security into the pipeline at the earliest point.
For us, it's not just about having the right security background, you need to be pragmatic, be able to work collaboratively and be driven to learn and succeed.
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you'll be located at our nearest regional hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events in one of our office sites. This is anticipated to be once per month in Swindon. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.
What you'll be doingWorking in partnership with our Cloud Ops team, you will:
- Support and continuously enhance our existing security services for Cloud.
- Provide technical support at all stages of the delivery lifecycle; building solutions, maintaining and fixing those solutions, and interpreting their outputs.
- Keep us safe by helping to ensure that our solutions meet security controls.
- Capture and share knowledge and ensuring use of documentation within engineering teams. Take part in meetings to gather or present information.
- Be able to comment and even challenge our work when better solutions may exist.
In addition, you will:
- Contribute to the ongoing maintenance of security engineering principles, patterns and standards to reflect best practice and effective use within the organisation.
- Build a network with other engineers/SMEs to understand best practice and emerging trends within engineering.
- Act as an engineering advocate across Nationwide, identifying good practices to adopt and sharing experiences.
About youAs a minimum you'll:
- A good understanding of securing public cloud technologies (particularly Azure or AWS). You will be given training across Cloud platforms.
- Have experience of infrastructure as a code.
- Have good knowledge of privileged access management, vulnerability management, secure remote access, and secrets management and have some experience of the tools we might use to implement those things.
- Build good working relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, gaining their respect and trust based on your knowledge and professionalism.
- Have the ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies.
- Practical, hands-on experience in cloud and cloud security technologies.
- Working with 3rd parties / suppliers.
- Familiarity with Change and Incident Management.
Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:
- Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers' shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
- Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think - we're honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
- Push for better - We don't settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
- Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.
You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.
The extras you'll getThere are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- A personal pension - if you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top up by a further 16%
- Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
- Life assurance worth 8x your salary
- A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Wellhub - Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
- Access to an annual performance related bonus
- Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
- 25 days holiday , pro rata
Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of societyWe forge our own path at Nationwide.
As a mutual, we're owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don't see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.
If you're inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you're one of us.
At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.
We are Purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly Customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.
What to do nextIf this role is for you, please click the 'Apply Now' button. You'll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.
We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.
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