Senior Cloud Governance Technician

Business Unit: Technology Operations & Cyber Security
Salary Range: £45,000 – 58,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits

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Our Team
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the newly formed Cloud Governance team as part of IT Service Protection. This multidisciplinary role is a great opportunity to engage across the Business, IT Development & Change, and Support pools to ensure safe delivery of Cloud changes through prescribed governance principles to our most important production IT Services.

Reporting directly to the Cloud Governance Manager, you’ll support the Cloud governance manager in overseeing and maturing the Cloud governance framework for onboarding, developing, and maintaining cloud technologies and solutions.

This is an important role in protecting quality of Cloud Service and managing risk, with the opportunity to engage across the whole of COO and the various CIO Towers within, including TOCS.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing the continuous cloud governance process
• Monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting cloud governance requirements
• Maintaining a cloud governance strategy/process across all cloud providers to ensure consistency and effective cloud risk management
• Responsible for highlighting any risks and/or dependencies arising that will impact the delivery of the bank’s strategy
• Participate and advise on cloud adoption across the bank
• Building effective relationships with key cloud risk and control owners
• Maintaining the regulatory roadmap & updates that impact cloud governance
• Aligning with VM risk framework & associated processes
• Producing reports based on key performance indicators that show compliance with governance policies and controls
• Keeping the bank safe whilst enabling change

We need you to have

• Firm understanding of cloud governance frameworks and their practical application
• Broad knowledge of IT Infrastructure, systems and services with a particular understanding of cloud technologies and their associated challenges
• Knowledge of operational Service Introduction and Change Management processes
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with and influence diverse stakeholders across different teams and seniority levels
• Understanding of managing operational risk
• Ability to work autonomously and effectively, demonstrating initiative and motivation to find solutions and drive progress

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Previous or current experience in a Service Management and/or Change Management background
• Hold industry recognised Project and ITIL qualifications
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall project methodologies

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.