Senior Networks Technology Architect

1 month ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Nationwide Building Society Full time

You’ll be part of a small team of technology architects responsible for the Society’s cloud strategy & architecture. Your primary focus will be on Cloud Networking, however you’ll frequently collaborate on and contribute to the broader network domain.


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 spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, at one of our offices. 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.


What you'll be doing

You’ll operate at various levels, including setting strategic technology direction, defining architectural patterns / standards, contributing to solution architecture & governance of architecture and design.


As Senior Technology Architect for Networks you'll collaborate with current & potential vendors to ensure we understand their product capabilities & roadmap and fully exploit the Society’s investment in its network. You'll also collaborate with engineering, delivery & operational teams to ensure your guided by a deep understanding of their challenges and that the Society’s strategy & architecture are well understood.


We work in an agile manner with workstreams and feature teams. The person who takes up this opportunity will provide guidance on product development to align with the network in place or iterate on the network to cater for new features.


You'll assure the product development done by the workstreams and feature teams to ensure that they consume networks (Cloud and route back to on-prem) in a secure and efficient manner.


About you

  • You’ll have broad technical knowledge across AWS and Azure networking with demonstrable experience building an enterprise level landing zone.
  • You'll possess a certification in Networking and / or in Security in AWS or Azure
  • You’ll have experience defining cloud networking controls – Ingress, Egress Firewalls, Network IDPS, WAF, DNS Firewalls
  • You’ll have experience selecting cloud networking technology solutions.
  • Understanding of Data Centre, Branch, Campus & Network Security technologies.
  • You’ll understand how networks intersect and interact with the broader infrastructure / application spaces, and the demands they place on the network.
  • You'll be comfortable communicating and presenting at all levels across the Society.
  • You'll have deep technical knowledge and demonstratable experience across core routing and WAN technologies including: IPSec VPNs, WAN transports, Data Centre Interconnects (DCI), Internet routing (peering and transit) and DDoS mitigation solutions.
  • You'll also have knowledge of:
  • SD-WAN and NFV technologies, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Colo / Carrier Neutral Facility (CNF) design, and cloud interconnect products from major CSPs (AWS/Azure) and SaaS providers.

Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of Network automation, IaC, Ansible, Terraform, Python, GitOps, Palo Alto Networking soluitons
  • CCIE certified

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

  • Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
  • Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
  • Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.


The extras you'll get

There 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
  • Gympass – 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
  • 30 days holiday, pro rata

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