Job Description

About the role

Why should you come and work for an IT Development department within a Building Society?



Well we're evolving and growing. And that brings changes to everything we do. We're taking a good look at what we do and how we can do it faster. More efficient.



We build things here. We make things better. We don't accept the status quo. It's the way work should be, and perhaps a little bit of whatever you want.



Where do you come in?



We want you to help us make our evolution a success. Bring your experience. Bring your passion. Bring your drive. We want it all.



What you'll be doing:



Challenging and improving our CI/CD processes, tools, and approach. Collaborating with development, testing and operations teams to streamline workflows and optimize pipeline efficiency All whilst sharing your expertise and experience.



This role requires you to be one site in Coventry once a week and 2 days per quarter for PI Planning.

Our benefits include:

28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme Annual discretionary bonus scheme Personal pension with matched contributions Life assurance (6 times annual salary)

Find out more about the fantastic benefits of joining Coventry Building Society

here

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We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.



About you

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

You will have a demonstrable knowledge of and related experience within software development environment. You will have experience of working in Agile environments, preferably SCRUM and using tools such as JIRA. Strong experience of code and version control using GitHub or equivalent. You will have a good level of expertise in SonarQube/Cloud, including knowledge of installation, Configuration and maintenance as well as experience in GitHub Actions, or another CI/CD tool. You will also have familiarity within containerization and orchestration of told such as Docker & Kubernetes.

Desirable skills for this role are:

An understanding of Digital.AI Release/Deploy. We have a cloud first strategy so an understanding of Cloud Technologies, preferably AWS - ECS, EKS. We are security conscious and put Cyber at the heart of what we do so experience of security integration scanning tools such as Snyk into CI/CD pipelines is important for this role. You will also have experience of maintaining pipelines using tools such as ArgoCD, GitHub Actions or similar technologies.



About us

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)


Location



Coventry-Binley Business Park