Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Data Platform Services (12 month FTC)

Coventry Building Society have an exciting new role for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Data Platform Services, to join our CIDO department.

As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for providing strategic expertise to ensure effective management of the technical and business services for your specialist area. Accountable for the transition and ongoing support of the relevant solutions at CBS to meet business requirements and IT architectural strategy.

You’ll have a proactive approach, with a desire to develop and improve processes, and a willingness and aptitude to learn new systems and further your knowledge. Whilst staying up to date with immerging and relevant technologies. You’ll have knowledge, expertise and experience of administering and working with IBM Cognos – Analytics & Data Modelling. Experience administering PowerBi, Data Gateway and Fabric and expertise and ideally some experience of administering Qlik – Replicate, Compose & Enterprise Manager.

To be successful in this role, it’s essential that you’re able to demonstrate:

• Some knowledge or experience supporting and administering SAS Analytics
• Some knowledge or experience administering and configuring Informatica
• Experience with SSIS, AWS Redshift, AWS concepts & practices, Agile work practices, Service Now and Sharepoint/Jira
• You’ll have knowledge of SQL Server database systems, experience supporting applications/platforms within AWS and Azure and knowledge of systems management procedures in a large commercial, mission-critical environment.
• Experience of capacity planning, performance tuning, proactive monitoring of solutions, ITIL based service management framework and experience of using the Microsoft Office products to create and manage documentation.
• Proactive approach, strong computer literacy, the ability to work individually and within a team, a desire to developing and improving process and a willingness and aptitude for learning new systems and furthering knowledge of existing ones

Desirable skills for this role are:

• You’ll have a good IT Infrastructure skill set with Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 &/or 2022.
• Strong Application Support Skills, Powershell/Ansible scripting experience
• Experience of producing high-quality documentation and user guides for the wider business and be able to work under pressure, thorough and with a good attention to detail.
• Deliver to agreed timescales and a flexible approach to working hours to meet own objectives and assist colleagues in meeting their objectives.

We’re one of the largest building societies in the UK and we share a mutual goal across our branches and our offices to improve the lives of others.

We’re officially recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’ and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing.

At the beginning of the year, The Co-operative Bank officially became part of our Group. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers, and colleagues.

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you’ll build more than just a career with us.

All together, better.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role. 

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We’re proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the

Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.

If you would like to opt in to the scheme please contact our recruitment team when you apply via Get in touch - Coventry Building Society (coventrycareers.co.uk)