Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Network (18 month FTC)

Regarded as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and responsible for providing strategic expertise to ensure effective management of the technical and business Services for their specialist area.  Accountable for the transition and ongoing support of the relevant solutions at CBS to meet business requirements and IT architectural strategy. Responsible for the creation, quality and governance of technical and standards documentation to maintain a stable and consistent environment.

This role will take a lead in the Service area, providing technical leadership, oversight of service performance for the team and being a point of escalation. You should be able to work in a high demand environment and have the personal resilience to thrive and motivate the team.

We’ll require you to be available for out-of-hours support on a rota basis and be based on site for a minimum of two days per week, to maintain team engagement and service focus.

We are looking for an ambitious self-driven technical SME to join our Infrastructure Practice in a senior role to help Coventry Building Society develop and run its technical infrastructure. We want you to bring a wealth of experience to help us deliver on our plans to support our technical transformation and deliver excellent Service to our member and colleagues.

This role will take a lead in the Service area, providing technical leadership, oversight of service performance for the team and being a point of escalation. You should be able to work in a high demand environment and have the personal resilience to thrive and motivate the team.

To be successful in this role its essential you have:

• Network Architecture design supporting infrastructure and software design principles.
• Knowledge of systems management procedures in a large commercial, mission-critical environment.
• Capacity planning, performance tuning, proactive monitoring of solutions.
• Extensive experience with Palo Alto.
• F5 BigIP load balancing devices
• F5 WAF administration
• Cisco switching and routing protocols to CCNA/CCNP
• Cisco wireless networking
• Cisco CATALYST, Nexus, and SAN switches
• Checkpoint / Cisco ASA firewalls
• F5 BigIP load balancing devices
• Cisco ISE, Prime, DCNM, APIC-EM toolsets
• Cisco ACI networking
• AWS/Azure
• Solarwinds enterprise monitoring
•  ITIL based service management framework

As a mutual, we’ve always worked together to improve the lives of others. As one of the largest building societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our well-being.

We’re serious about race, age, faith, disability, sexual orientation, and equity for all. By being yourself, you’ll make us stronger.

You can build so much more than a career. Come and make a difference in our Society, that’s been voted a ‘Great Place to Work’ by our team.

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)