Senior Automation Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Automation Engineer with a focus on infrastructure delivery automation. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain automated systems that enhance our infrastructure deployment processes. Along with this, automation plays a pivotal role in the other landscapes of platforms like patching, operations, compliance and products. You'll collaborate with various teams to drive efficiency, scalability, and reliability through automation technologies. The ideal candidate is experienced in infrastructure automation tools and scripting, with a keen eye for optimising workflow and will be tasked to deliver solutions aligned with the Automation roadmap and aligned to our corporate strategy. This position will give you an opportunity to work and collaborate with other teams across Santander. The difference you'll make:

• Being a subject matter expert and taking on a consultative role as it pertains to infrastructure automation
• Setting standards/guidelines for IT Automation, both of the code itself and the level of documentation
• Assisting other teams to resolve automation challenges as part of a centre of excellence for Infrastructure Automation
• Training other members or juniors on automation technologies
• Understanding the I AM Risk principles and follow and promote the risk culture within area of responsibility
• Carrying out the role to be responsible for identifying, assessing, managing and reporting risk using the appropriate Company procedures and channels
  
  These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:
• Programming and coding experience
• Agile, cloud and DevOps - building infrastructure in the cloud using Ansible & Terraform
• Ability to explain to senior management complex technical concepts
• Broad and comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within systems infrastructure and platforms
• Leads and influences team members on technical decisions and design, ensuring they have the right technical abilities to effectively achieve performance goals and objectives
• Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognise, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application, or operation
It would also be nice for you to have:
• Degree in computer science or other technical programme with exposure to programming or equivalent
• Experience in computer science or engineering or equivalent
• Banking background experience would be highly advantageous
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).

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.

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.