You'll bring the drive. We'll provide the challenge.

Tesco Bank offers a new approach to banking. While it's founded on the same ethos of customer service that's driven Tesco to worldwide success, it's shaped by the expertise of professionals like you. As our business grows, we're putting the expertise of professionals like you at the heart of everything we do - giving you the chance to make a wide-ranging impact on a business that's breathing new life into banking.

This role is to:

• To ensure stability and performance of Software Applications which facilitate Tesco Bank business activities within a specific business function.
• To manage risk across the Bank's applications landscape for a specific business function.
• To help manage the Bank's Applications portfolio across a range of third party partners and service providers.
• To review and provide feedback on applications service delivery for a specific business function to ensure they meet service expectations and comply with strategic roadmaps.
• To be an active part of the Applications Management Team and ensure the success of Tesco Bank through a successful management of partners.

To do this you will:

• Maintain and correct issues raised within the applications landscape
• Manage stakeholders and 3^rd party suppliers
• Source ways to deliver better, simpler and cheaper IT services
• Lead and coach members of the team

Experience required:

• Significant experience of managing applications provided in-house or by 3^rd parties.
• Ability to manage multiple applications in a coordinated manner
• Significant experience of working with best practice processes
• Experience of working with 3^rd party suppliers
• Significant experience of operating during a crisis and major incidents.
• Experience working in the Financial Service Industry

Technical skills required:

• Strong Linux system administration skills
• Specific experience of Red Hat distribution would be advantageous
• Application server management experience
• Experience working in virtualised environments
• Middleware experience including Oracle Weblogic, Websphere, JBoss
• Knowledge/experience of Apache webserver.
• Shell scripting / Python / Perl

There's no question that your role offers big challenges - and demands the skills to match. But for experienced IT professionals with a detailed expertise and technical know-how, we also offer a wide range of rewards. We're here to go the extra mile for our customers - and we'll do the same for you. It's simple. As long as you have the hunger to succeed, we'll offer the opportunity for grow.