Join us as a DevOps Engineer
You’ll promote technical and cultural change by accelerating learning journeys and the progressive adoption of our DevOps centre‑of‑excellence tools, practices and standards
You’ll build trusted partnerships with engineering and platform teams to make resilient, commercially focused, commercially focused technology decisions that deliver long‑term value for the bank
Step into a role where you can help build and evolve DevOps capability, culture and ways of working at scale, shaping how engineering gets done across the bank
We're offering this role at vice president level
As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll work closely with feature and platform teams to design, build and operate cloud native platforms and delivery pipelines. You’ll mentor and coach teams to higher levels of DevOps maturity, helping them adopt modern automation, reliability and operational practices that enhance the end customer experience. You’ll also design, build and operate AWS based platforms with a strong focus on Kubernetes. You’ll assess current DevOps and platform capabilities to identify gaps, and support teams in closing them through hands on enablement, reusable patterns and targeted learning.
You’ll also be:
Implementing and supporting GitOps workflows using tools such as Argo CD and GitLab
Building and maintaining infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, primarily Terraform
Supporting Kubernetes networking, security and observability using tools such as Cilium and the Grafana suite
Enabling scalable, efficient and cost aware platforms, including autoscaling approaches such as Karpenter
Demonstrating how to measure, understand and visualise the flow and delivery of value using DevOps and reliability metrics
Contributing to DevOps centre-of-excellence standards, policies, tooling and reference architectures
Making sure platform and delivery decisions are based on robust data, security requirements, return on investment and thoughtful cost management
Our bank builds secure, scalable and reliable platforms that power brilliant customer experiences, and we rely on DevOps leaders who can help us deliver them. We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in building and operating production grade platforms in cloud environments and deploying and supporting business‑critical systems in production. You’ll also bring the ability to work effectively in regulated or complex organisations.
You’ll thrive in this role if you bring curiosity, a strong engineering instinct and the desire to shape platforms and practices that raise the bar for DevOps across the bank. You'll be working in a 24/7 shift.
You’ll demonstrate:
Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
Experience implementing CI/CD and GitOps practices using tools such as GitLab and Argo CD
Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, security and observability, ideally including Cilium, Ingress and the Grafana ecosystem
Experience working with modern DevOps practices, including automation, reliability engineering and continuous improvement
The ability to coach, influence and enable teams, balancing engineering excellence with commercial awareness
Strong experience with AWS and container orchestration using Kubernetes and Helm
Hours
45Job Posting Closing Date:
14/06/2026Skills Required
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
- Experience implementing CI/CD and GitOps practices using GitLab and Argo CD
- Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, security, and observability including Cilium and Grafana
- Experience with AWS and container orchestration using Kubernetes and Helm
- Ability to coach, influence, and enable teams in a DevOps environment
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NatWest Group and has not been reviewed or approved by NatWest Group.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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What We Do
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
