Job Description

About the Opportunity Job Type: Permanent

Title: Technical Specialist - Cloud Platform Security

Department: Cybersecurity - Cloud Platform Security

Location: UK/Dublin/India/Asia

Reports To: Product owner - Cloud Platform Security

Grade: 4

We're proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our : Cybersecurity team and feel like you're part of something bigger.

Department Description

The Technology function within the Technology, Finance and Investment Admin department provides IT services to the Fidelity International business, globally. These include the development and support of business applications that underpin our revenue, operational, compliance, finance, legal, marketing and customer service functions. The broader organisation incorporates Infrastructure services that the company relies on to operate on a day to day basis including data centre, networks, proximity services, security, voice, incident management and remediation.

Working within the global Cybersecurity function the CET have global responsibilities following a plan, build and run mentality with clear priorities and agile operating model. The team is responsible for the engineering and deliver of common cloud platform security controls utilising a mix of cloud native capability and suitable 3rd party technologies.

Purpose of the Role

A Technical Specialist within the CET will be responsible for engineering and supporting the security components required to enable our business to build services within our chosen CSP and the long term ownership of their strategic development.

The Technical Specialist will be expected to implement quality based solutions, looking for opportunities to collaborate with all FIL teams, especially Technology Product SMEs, Infrastructure Architects & Delivery contacts in support of the Product roadmap taking forward agreed patterns.

The candidate will play a key role in showcasing the capabilities of the CET's core services available to FIL developers & application POD's whilst being fully hands on to program, identify & resolve technical issues & continually improve the quality innovation of the team.

Key Responsibilities

This position requires a strong flexible, approachable self-starter with willingness to learn technical programming skills, who shows courage through technical implement to deliver quality based solutions in a complex environment which includes assisting like minded teams with architecture, design decisions, coding, trouble shooting and any other technical issues related to the core cloud network servies we provice.

• Technical engineer with responsibility of delivering secure, automated, self serviced, innovative & cost efficient core services reliably and repeatedly into the CSP's using programming methodologies aligned to the strategic roadmap set by the CET Product Owner.
• Enable customers to understand & use the services in the most effective way to realise business benefit quickly using all means possible supported through a global operating engineering product model.
• Show courage of conviction to evanglise change within the FIL Infrastructure teams through collaboration and empathy, driven from a position of trust, patience & knowledge. Identify new improvements / requirements on cloud, propose solutions and agree with the wider CET.
• Actively coach & support other team members through pairing, encouraging an open collaborative working culture within & outside the team.
• Illustrate a sound technical understanding of all cloud based technologies, both from an infrastructure & development perspective ensuring practical experience can substantiate this understanding to benefit influencing others to adopt cloud.

Experience and Qualifications Required

The ideal candidate will have

• A solid understanding of cloud engineering fundamentals and principles such as access control, detection & monitoring.
• A strong development & infrastructure engineering background with hands on experience of cloud based technologies across multiple cloud providers focusing on delivering services that are loosely coupled, highly scalable & codes to cope with failure at every level.
• Excellent knowledge of creating & managing continuous delivery pipelines enabling continuous integration using test driven development with high coverage in a multi-tenant, full stack Production enterprise cloud configuration where rolling intra-day upgrades are BAU, security & audit requirements are met by default.
• Excellent python skills with clear logical & practical use of innovative yet keeping it simple coding capability.
• Very good knowledge of using Terraform and it's use to deliver IaC services.
• A technical, pragmatic engineer who can follow best practise agile Kanban based Product teams using pointed MVP value add stories enabling rapid agile delivery to our customers. Demonstrative effective problem solving skills across the entire stack using traditional RCA methods rather than just relying on tools.
• Full transparency of work with others to ensure maximum knowledge transfer & collaboration across the global teams. Highly motivated team player that forms strong relationships with colleagues with excellent interpersonal skills.
• A keen evangelist with interests in technology, security, cloud native application development and an active open source contributor & public speaker.

Feel Rewarded

For starters, we'll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We'll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we'll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work - finding a balance that works for all of us. It's all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com