Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

JOB TITLE:  Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

SALARY: £72,702 – £80,780

LOCATION: Leeds or Manchester

HOURS:  Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

We are modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.

We're looking for Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialists (Network Engineers) to join our Private Cloud Platform.  You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable us to become the biggest Fintech in the UK.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in database platform engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must. You will have worked hands-on with Oracle database technologies and bring your expertise to our specialist team.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

Job Description

On a day to day basis you will:

• Lead or contribute to the architectural design of cloud platform technologies and products across our ecosystem. 

• You’ll be hands-on, working on building and maintaining our private cloud products and services. 

• Be proficient in leading technical conversations with stakeholders of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter Experts. 

• Be a great collaborator across internal, external, and 3rd party teams. 

• Drive best-in-class approaches to automation and security.  

• Have the ability to provide education and mentorship covering cloud engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling. 

• Be an SME in a particular aspect of infrastructure engineering or product category. 

What you’ll need

Essential skills:

• Proven experience as a Network Engineer with expertise in cloud environments. 

• Expert knowledge of Networking technologies and services (NSX, VXLAN, ACI, BGP) 

• Strong troubleshooting skills and support experience with network technologies and tools. 

• Strong experience in writing technical design documents. 

Desirable skills:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. 

• Experience in developing, maintaining and supporting networks in NSX. 

• Good understanding and familiarity with automation tooling; Terraform, Ansible, Github. 

• Monitoring the automation of network deployment and configuration. 

• Good understanding of VXLAN/Geneve technologies. 

• Good understanding of VMware virtual infrastructure. 

• Experience of Service Design & associated methodologies. 

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. 

• Experience of large scale data migrations. 

Interviews for this role will take place on the 1st and 2nd December 2025.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!