Hybrid Data Protection Automation Engineer

at Vantage Point Global

• Job title: Data Protection Automation Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, Cyber Security, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sheffield, United Kingdom

About the role

• Data Protection Automation Engineer creating automation solutions for data protection in banking. Collaborating with teams to ensure high-quality and secure software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer software with the customer/user experience as a key objective.
• Actively contribute to the Technology Engineering Practice by sharing Subject Matter Expertise, best practice, and learnings.
• Drive adherence to all standards and policies within the area of Technology Engineering.
• Deliver and support data-related infrastructure and architecture to optimise data storage and consumption across the bank, addressing functional and non-functional requirements in large applications.
• Design and develop applications for internal and external users, focusing on interface and front-end usability.
• Engineer and implement security measures for the protection of internal and external systems, networks, products, and services.
• Establish a digital environment and automate processes to minimise variation and ensure predictable high-quality code and data.
• Provide support in the identification and resolution of all incidents associated with the IT service, as directed by the DevOps team leadership.
• Ensure service resilience, service sustainability, and recovery time objectives are met for all software solutions delivered.
• Keep up-to-date and maintain expertise on current tools, technologies, and areas like cyber security and regulations pertaining to data privacy, consent, and data residency.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant controls and standards.
• Contribute to sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups.
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team and be an excellent individual contributor.
• Design, develop, test, and support automation for data protection services (NetBackup and CommVault) within the bank.
• Design, develop, test, and support reporting and monitoring capabilities for the automation.
• Provide engineering support on the bank’s data protection automation and their use.
• Undertake product evaluation, new features, and versions.
• Produce clear and comprehensive documentation for all automation produced.
• Mentor less experienced members of staff.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience with Ansible/Python
• Highly practiced with the use of collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Hands-on experience in DevOps SCM tooling, with expert-level use of GitHub
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artefacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Comprehensive experience in configuration management and orchestration using Redhat Ansible
• Extensive knowledge of software development languages, including Python and Bash
• Proficient in designing, developing, and testing Rest API services
• Proficient in using third-party API services and understanding how/where to locate their capability

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working hours