Platform Cloud Engineer/Lead Platform Cloud Engineer

Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced engineers at all levels with strong cloud and devops skills to join our team. The successful candidate will be a part of the team responsible for ensuring Canada Life UKs Cloud Platform is best in class!

You will be working at every stage of a product lifecycle deployment, from conception, design, implementation, testing and through to operational support.

CLUK Are currently embarking on a Migration to Cloud so much of the work will be supporting our product teams with these migrations. We have a Cloud First mentality, so where possible re-design is our first choice.

With Automation at the heart of everything the CLUK cloud team are doing, you should have strong understanding of CI/CD tools, and IaC like Bicep.

We currently use Azure, so are looking for mainly Azure experience, though strong experience in any cloud is welcome. CLUK are hoping to move to multi-Cloud in the not-too-distant future.

We have several roles available, ranging in experience from Junior all the way to Lead.

Canada Life operations a Hybrid and Work from Home model - with the expectation of being in the office for meets and events. Office locations include Bristol (preferred), London, Isle of Man.

Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on Azure using BiCep and CI/CD Pipelines
• Develop automation scripts for deployment and maintenance of cloud infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and standards.
• Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Document system configurations and processes
• Provide support to other teams as needed.
• Providing training and guidance for Junior and less experience team members in CLUK

Requirements:
• Experience in cloud infrastructure engineering at larger enterprises
• Strong understanding of Azure and related services
• Experience with BiCep or other IaC deployments, with experience providing IaC as a service to developer teams.
• Strong understand of Ci/CD Pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions (or similar)
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Python
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Microsoft Azure certifications are a plus.

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.

How we work at Canada Life

Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.

We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.

Diversity and inclusion

Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.

"At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all." Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK

We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for.