Work for an organisation steeped in history with a front row seat for the digitalisation of the financial sector, and the rise of rise of fintech and regtech. A core organisational strength, with our people at our centre, Technology enable the Bank of England to deliver its mission by providing a hugely diverse set of technical solutions and platforms. From supporting critical systems which underpin the UK economy, to evolving data analytics, reinventing our online presence, and introducing a fully digital workplace. Be part of a team that’s constantly evolving, just like our industry.
 
We take pride in our people, with backgrounds and experiences as diverse as the solutions they provide. You’ll enjoy flexible working opportunities, a strong sense of community and well-being, and a collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK. All of which add up to make the Bank a hugely rewarding place to work.
 
Department Overview

The Bank of England prides itself on being an employer of choice and ensuring it remains on the leading edge in Cyber, Data Analytics and Payments. Few organisations pair over 300 years of heritage with the opportunity to work with state of the art technologies in these areas. Unlike many, we provide both engineering and development in-house. This internal expertise allows us to really understand the diverse needs of our historic institution and work using agile methodologies to meet them. We are constantly evolving, and there has never been a more exciting time for you to get involved.

This role is part of a growing Cloud and Data Platforms domain, which is leading the Banks evolution and adoption of strategic platforms. The domain is responsible for the entire platform lifecycle from build, development, automation and support in order to deliver a suite of services used across the organisation. We are responsible for designing and building our platforms, operating them and working with our business users to ensure they have everything they need to be successful.  The domain comprises of four core pillars; Cloud Platform, Data Engineering, Data Platform and A&V Platform. 

The Bank has started gaining a greater foothold in cloud services over the last few years.  As we grow, we are evolving our operating model to allow us to run our services more optimally.  This is a senior role within our forming central cloud operations team, which will be responsible for the day to day operations of the platform.

The team will be responsible for monitoring elements of the Azure platform and troubleshooting any issues which may fall from there.  The team will have responsibility for running certain features in the platform, such as build of golden images, managing subscriptions or upgrades of Kubernetes. 

Experience in IT operations is important for this role.  We have strict change controls to manage systems in a controlled way, and experience in running this type of service is essential, preferably with cloud.

We do not expect new joiners to have skills across all of the technical areas we are looking towards, but we do want you to enjoy learning and will support you to fill technical gaps. We are looking towards our Microsoft partnership to support us with this education.

You will need to be an excellent teammate, be happy to document and showcase your work to the team enabling them to understand and support your work.  We would want you to collaborate closely with those in the immediate team and colleagues in other Technology teams.

The job will work on flexible hours, but you would be part of a monday-friday daytime support rota so at times your working hours may be more rigid.  Along with other team members, you will also be part of a 24/7 on-call support rota.

Do you think that you would be able to meet this exciting challenge?

• Experience of operating platforms in a controlled environment with strict change control
• An enjoyment to challenge yourself in learning new technologies
• A preference to automate
• Preference to work as part of a team rather than individually
• Available to be part of a 24/7 on-call support rota
• Microsoft Azure and CAF knowledge
• Microsoft Azure administration skills / certification
• Windows / Linux Admin

• Experience in managing Kubernetes environments
• A knowledge of Networks
• Automation scripting (e.g. Terraform)

The Bank values diversity and inclusion – we want to reflect the society we serve better, we want the best people to work for us and we want our workplace to be inclusive.  We value all forms of diversity, including but not limited to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion and sexual orientation.  One way we support diversity and inclusion is through our staff-run networks.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive working environment, and are open to considering how the role might be carried out with flexible working. The job will work on flexible hours, but you would be part of a monday-friday daytime support rota so at times your working hours may be more rigid.  Along with other team members, you will also be part of a 24/7 on-call support rota.

Where a role can be carried out from home, we are working towards colleagues spending at least half of their time in the office, so that we can all benefit from working together in person, while maintaining the flexibility offered by home working. From September 2022, we expect colleagues to spend a minimum of 40% of their working time in the office per month.  Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them and their team.

We are also committed to making adjustments for candidates and employees where possible, and have partnered with external expert organisations to support us in this.  We are a member of the Disability Confident scheme, summarised here, and people who wish to apply under this scheme should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.

We anonymise applications so hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information when reviewing your submission, including your CV. Please fully complete the application form questions as requested, as any incomplete submissions may not be reviewed.

The Bank of England is a distinctive institution and our rewards are one of the things that set us apart. As well as enjoying a competitive salary you will work in a collaborative, inclusive environment, with a subsidised restaurant, flexible working opportunities and plenty of wellbeing initiatives.  

This specific role offers a base salary between £47, 550 - £59, 850 per annum, along with our comprehensive benefits package as follows:

•    A non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/95th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/50th) or decrease (to 1/120th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.
•    A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
•    A 7% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
•    25 days annual leave with option to buy up to 13 additional days through flexible benefits.
•    Private medical insurance and income protection.