MongoDB Engineer

Job title:

MongoDB Engineer

Company

Nationwide

Job description

If you are you looking for an exciting opportunity to really make a difference with great job satisfaction in a fast dynamic and thriving team then come and join our Integration Platform team here at Nationwide. We are at the centre of the society’s tech strategy and the focal point for our current and future Kubernetes platform.As a MongoDB Database Administrator you will be working in project teams designing, building and maintaining MongoDB databases and infrastructure to provide strong business solutions. You will be involved at all stages from design, build to the support of both non-production and production environments. We are creating a learning culture at NBS and ongoing development is important and the opportunity to increase skills in technologies is encouraged. As a part of this role you will have the opportunity to join our many communities to share ideas and collaborate with other professional engineers.We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.For this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London, Swindon, Northampton or Bournemouth offices. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to .If you are based outside of our Swindon and London offices, there is the requirement to attend Swindon or London once a month for workshops, collaboration and ad/hoc meetings.If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.What you’ll be doingWorking within the delivery teams you will work collaboratively with others to build the best solutions for Nationwide using your technical leadership skills and SME knowledge to offer advice/consultancy, build systems and work through problems to provide solid working solutions within the Mongo DB space. Providing guidance and direction to less experienced Engineers to help create fit for purpose designs and/or solutions to meet the team objectives.You may be required to work on-call from time to time.About youYou will have a proven track record in providing technical delivery through the design, build and implementation of MongoDB and ideally you will have in depth knowledge & experience of the following:

• Operating system concepts of Linux
• Configuring and supporting MongoDB OpsManager for Backups and Deployments
• Understanding of MongoDB architecture, replication and sharding
• Supporting document based JSON data structures, exporting and importing documents
• Assisting development and testing teams with troubleshooting within MongoDB and tuning performance, application workload and index recommendations
• Be comfortable working across multiple projects and immersing yourself in a team
• Be ready to share your expertise with our emerging talent
• Experience building relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, gaining their respect and trust based on your knowledge and professionalism
• Have the ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies

Knowledge and Experience of at least three of the below areas:

• Infrastructure as Code – (Ansible or similar)
• LDAP integration
• Kerberos integration
• Experience of/understanding of Red Hat Openshift
• Experience of/understanding of Kafka
• Network and infrastructure security concepts
• Agile project management methodologies and scrum agile framework
• Regulatory environments such as PCI and GDPR
• Network and infrastructure security concepts
• Working with 3rd parties / suppliers

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.The extras you’ll getThere are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

‘Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society’We forge our own path at Nationwide.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.What to do nextIf this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.Recruiting contact: Nikki.frostick@nationwide.co.uk#LI-post

Expected salary

Location

Bournemouth – Swindon

Job date

Thu, 29 May 2025 23:15:33 GMT

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