Senior Technical Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Technical SpecialistBusiness Unit: Chief Information Office, Digital SolutionsLocation: Gosforth, Newcastle Upon TyneSalary: Starting from £42,000 - £52,500 per annum DOEContract Type: PermanentDisrupt the status quo. It’s a simple statement that tells you everything about our ambition. It’s about thinking what money could be, instead of what it’s always been. Thinking this way gives us so many opportunities to make our customers happier. We’re not like other banks – and we want you to help us be even more exceptional.Enabling customers to access their services digitally has never been more important.In Digital Solutions we are proud that we are the team that deliver these channels that enable our customers’ access to their personal and business banking services when and how they want to. We deliver across web and mobile across a range of technologies. We believe in collaboration, with Agile delivery practices being at the heart of everything we do.We love what we do and it’s a truly exciting time to join the team!So, what’s missingWe are looking for a Senior Technical Specialist why cares deeply about not just what we do but also why and how we do it. We are looking for someone who is ambitious and loves the techy side of being a technologist but also someone who will ensure that the customer experience is always at the heart of it.Day to day you’ll…We are in the process of implementing a Tribe and Squad model and you will take a lead role in helping to shape this and also operate within in of the Tribes delivering work in Sprints.You will contribute to standard Agile planning ceremonies (sprint planning, sprint retrospective) as well as Daily Stand Ups. You will support the Scrum Master and Product Owner in managing the Product Backlog and ensuring that key metrics such as time remaining and velocity are understood and followed by the team. Alongside the team you will develop and test software for one of our key digital channels. Any experience of being a Chapter Lead would be hugely beneficial.We are looking for people who can not only help us continue to disrupt the banking sector but also ensure we deliver ground breaking experiences for our customer and support us becoming better at what we do!If you have a commitment to empowering teams to work in a collaborative way adopting automation and Agile methodologies then you will fit right in. We aren’t perfect (who is) so we iterate and improve as we go. We are looking for people who can not only help us continue to disrupt the banking sector but also how we become better at what we do!To be successful you’ll need to bring:If you are like us you are probably a multi technologist, with a strong background in the technical design and implementation of digital channels for blue chip organisations. We have a technology mix with Java at the core and a healthy mix across integration (ESB / IIB), database (Oracle), application server (JBoss, Weblogic), front end (React, Angular JS) and containerisation technologies (Docker / Kubernetes). You’ll be comfortable with navigating this mix to help us shape our technology approach and delivery.Continuous delivery and DevOps are a fundamental part of our approach. Experience of implementing an engineering approach that has tooling and automation embedded is key, particularly across both mobile and web across our whole technology stack.We are advocates of coaching and mentoring and as a senior member of the team we would encourage you to provide support to other team colleagues as well as having the autonomy for your own work.We are a people focused team and we believe that your attitude and approach are as important as the experience and skills that you will bring.If you think you have what it takes to Live a Life More Virgin join us.RED HOT Rewards for your hard work!

A generous holiday package and the option to buy more!

Private Medical Insurance - with the option to extend to family members.

Pension! A market leading pension – we’ll top up your contributions too.

Flexible benefits – customise your rewards to work for you!

Inclusion at Virgin MoneyInclusion is at the heart of everything we do here at Virgin Money. It’s good for you, it’s good for us and it’s amazing for our customers. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on your diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to be the best we can possibly be. Got any questions about this or need some support with your application We’d love to hear from you so get in touch with our friendly team at orPoint to note…At the minute, depending on which team you are joining, lots of us are working from home. This is something that may change over time, and if so, we will come together in one of our hub locations, giving you the chance to meet your new colleagues in person. We will of course, make sure you have the IT equipment to access our systems and to interact digitally with your new team and colleagues, but we thought it best to let you know this in advance, so you can make sure you are set up to work safely and productively. If you have any questions on this let us know! Now the legal bit…If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing 3 years worth of satisfactory references.