Senior Technology Architect

We are seeking a visionary Senior CI/CD Architect to lead the design and evolution of our enterprise-wide CI/CD strategy. This role will be instrumental in shaping how applications are built, tested, deployed, and monitored across both cloud and on-prem environments. You'll work closely with product owners, engineering leaders, and platform teams to deliver a scalable, secure, and high-performing software delivery ecosystem.

As a CICD Architect, you'll operate at various levels, including setting strategic technology direction, defining architectural patterns / standards, contributing to solution architecture & governance of architecture / design for the cloud platform as well as consumer cloud solutions.

You'll work in an agile manner with workstreams and feature teams to provide guidance on product development to align with the engineering team or iterate on the long term roadmap to include any new features into platform roadmaps.

This role sits within the CICD Function under Cloud, Digital and Integration Domain, and is responsible for providing centralized CICD capability for our enterprise dual cloud platform (AWS and Azure) and on-prem platform. The platform is a realization of Nationwide's multi-cloud; hybrid-cloud strategy allowing a spectrum of workloads (incl. Important Business Services) to be deployed onto public cloud/On-prem underpinned by centrally managed shared services.

The role within CICD function will be to work with Chief Product owner and build long term enduring CICD roadmap, enabling applications to deliver faster into production and build insights into productivity., As a Senior CI/CD Architect, you will lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale CI/CD frameworks that support secure, automated, and high-performing software delivery across cloud and on-prem environments. You'll collaborate with product owners, engineering teams, and platform leads to define long-term CI/CD strategy and build reusable, standardized pipelines.

Your role will include integrating tools like GitHub Actions, Artifactory, SonarQube, Vault, and ServiceNow into seamless workflows. You'll also drive automation, governance, and observability, enabling faster deployments and deeper insights into delivery productivity. This is a strategic, hands-on role that shapes how applications move from code to production across the organization., Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers' shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think - we're honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better - We don't settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

Do you have experience in Terraform?, At minimum you'll:

• Be a a seasoned CICD engineer with a strong track record of designing and implementing sophisticated, secure, and compliant CICD solution across on-prem and cloud environments (AWS and Azure) within the demanding UK financial services sector
• Have proficiency with GitHub for source control and GitHub Actions for workflow automation
• Be experienced managing artifact repositories such as Artifactory for build outputs and dependencies
• Familiarity with SonarQube for integrating code quality and security scans into pipelines
• Have working knowledge of Hashicorp Vault for secure secrets management in CI/CD workflows
• Experience in building pipelines in CloudBees Jenkins and migration of pipelines across tools
• Experience building pipelines for .NET and Java applications.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, or Python) for custom automation
• Experience in building developer productivity metrics
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible for deployment automation
• Secure handling of credentials and secrets in automated workflows
• Integration of security scanning tools and enforcement of compliance policies in CI/CD pipelines
• Basic understanding of integrating monitoring tools (e.g., Sentinel & Dynatrace) to track service health post-deployment
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes - AKS/EKS) and cloud-native database/analytics solutions is essential
• Proven experience in CI/CD, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
• Proven expertise in designing and scaling CI/CD systems in enterprise environments
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Artifactory and Harness
• Strong knowledge of artifact management, code quality scanning, and secrets management using Hashicorp Vault
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Familiarity with ITSM tools like ServiceNow and observability platforms (Dynatrace, Open telemetry and Sentinel)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• 30 days holiday, pro rata
• From January 2026, all Nationwide colleagues will benefit from private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death.
• Wellhub - access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

As a mutual, we're owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don't see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives. If you're inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you're one of us. At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society. We are Purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly Customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.