Target Group

DevOps Cloud Engineer Hybrid Permanent Up to £45,000 At Target Group, we design and build platforms that power some of the UK's most critical financial services. We're not just about technology - we're about people, partnerships and progress. We're looking for a DevOps Software Engineer with a passion for cloud engineering, automation and secure by design platforms. This role brings together expertise across AWS cloud infrastructure, DevOps engineering, networking and security, giving you the opportunity to shape highly scalable, resilient and secure cloud native platforms. We welcome candidates from a range of DevOps specialisms - whether your strength is AWS engineering, platform automation, cloud networking, security, or a blend of all four. What's it like to work here? You'll be part of a collaborative DevOps community that truly values engineering excellence and wellbeing. Regular 1:1s with meaningful feedback on your contribution Recognition for a job well done via our My Recognition portal A supportive, fun culture where curiosity and innovation are encouraged Clear pathways to grow and progress your career Engineers trusted to design, automate and own solutions end to end What will you be doing? You'll work as an embedded DevOps Software Engineer within our platform teams, designing, building and operating secure, scalable AWS environments. Design and engineer AWS cloud platforms using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, API Gateway and CloudFront, aligned to AWS Well Architected principles. Automate everything through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation), enabling fast, reliable and repeatable delivery. Build and operate modern platforms using containerised, serverless and microservice based architectures. Design and maintain cloud networking and connectivity, including VPCs, routing, transit gateways, hybrid VPNs and multi account patterns. Embed security by design, implementing IAM, encryption, firewalling, traffic inspection, WAF and Zero Trust aligned controls. Ensure reliability and observability through effective monitoring, logging, alerting and incident response practices. Optimise cloud performance and cost, applying FinOps best practices such as cost monitoring, rightsizing and savings plans. What are we looking for? You bring experience in: AWS cloud services across compute, networking, storage and security Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation) CI/CD pipelines and Git based workflows Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS) Scripting or programming (Python, Bash, PowerShell) Cloud networking fundamentals (VPCs, routing, DNS, load balancers, firewalls) Desirable (but not essential) Experience with large scale data or analytical platforms Cloud security or network security engineering experience Multi cloud exposure (Azure or GCP) Mentoring or technical leadership experience AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security, FinOps) Knowledge of Zero Trust, SIEM/SOC or Control Tower environments Core Benefits Competitive salary of up to £45,000 per annum dependant on skills and experience 30 days holiday plus bank holidays - from day one Hybrid working policy Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (employer matched up to 6%) Company paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind) Group Life Assurance Group Income Protection Discretionary annual bonus scheme Annual pay review Flexible & Lifestyle Benefits My Flex benefits platform - access to a wide range of voluntary benefits Technology Buying Scheme (salary sacrifice) Gym Flex - discounted gym and health club memberships Dental Insurance Critical Illness Cover Health Cash Plan Cycle to Work scheme Tastecard / Coffee Club Employee Discount Scheme across hundreds of retailers Wellbeing & Support Wisdom Wellbeing - confidential health and wellbeing support, including EAP Free flu vaccinations and eye tests, plus contributions towards glasses Recognition Scheme celebrating successes across the business Free mortgage advice and support Charitable payroll giving Access to a GP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through GP24 Everest Funeral Concierge Free Bereavement and Probate Advice and Support Enhanced parental leave Why Join Target You'll be joining a team that genuinely: Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal Invests in your development with regular feedback and support Cares about wellbeing as much as delivery Encourages curiosity, innovation and best practice We're committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive culture through the execution of our D&I strategy, community relationships, our people & leaders. If you're a DevOps Engineer who loves cloud technology and wants the freedom to specialise, grow and make a real impact - we'd love to hear from you. Grow your future with Target Group.

Target Group is seeking a DevOps Cloud Engineer for a hybrid position with a salary of up to £45,000. The successful candidate will design and maintain secure, scalable AWS environments and automate processes using CI/CD pipelines. This role offers a collaborative environment focused on engineering excellence and employee wellbeing, along with competitive benefits including private medical insurance and a pension scheme.

Target Group is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help modernize core systems through innovative solutions and strategic mentoring. Located in Cardiff with a hybrid working model, this role involves interpreting system requirements, leading technical initiatives, and ensuring quality delivery across teams. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in IBM i development, mentoring capabilities, and a desire to shape technology landscapes. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum.

Senior Software Engineer (RPG / IBM i) Permanent Cardiff/Hybrid Up to 50,000 At Target Group, we don't just build platforms - we build outcomes that matter. As part of our continued investment in modernising our core systems, we're looking for a Senior RPG Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, shaping quality solutions and developing others along the way. If you're passionate about IBM i, enjoy being hands on with development while influencing design and quality, and want to play a key role in opening up legacy systems through APIs and modern integration - this could be the role for you. What can you expect? As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll sit at the heart of our Software Engineering capability, interpreting system requirements, designing robust solutions and ensuring high quality delivery across our onshore and offshore teams. You'll be a technical leader rather than a people manager - mentoring others, guiding delivery, reviewing code and acting as a gatekeeper for quality. Alongside this, you'll work on exciting modernisation initiatives, helping Target evolve our IBM i estate to support API driven integration, third party services and new digital channels. What you'll be doing People & Leadership Providing guidance and support on program design, development, testing and documentation Informally coaching and mentoring less experienced engineers across onshore and offshore teams Leading and participating in peer code reviews, ensuring quality before release to testing Supporting offshore teams by clarifying requirements and removing blockers Owning your personal development and staying current with industry and IBM i advancements Technical & Delivery Translating system requirements into clear, well engineered designs and solutions Producing complex functional and technical specifications Designing and building large or complex RPG programs and enhancements using agreed standards Reviewing and approving code artefacts prior to release Supporting and enhancing existing systems, investigating defects and delivering fixes Planning and executing thorough testing to ensure error free delivery Actively contributing to Software Engineering standards, tools and policies Financial & Planning Taking ownership of development solutions for critical components of projects Estimating and planning work, tracking progress and highlighting risks or issues Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, performance and value Customer Taking part in client and user meetings, presenting solutions clearly and confidently Supporting users in defining acceptance criteria and tests Identifying and resolving customer issues within agreed timescales What we're looking for Essential technical experience Strong IBM i and iO/S knowledge Languages and technologies including: CL RPG/400, RPG IV, ILE, Free Format RPG SQL & IBM i Stored Procedures MQ Query/400 Development tools: RAD/i VS Code Jira & Confluence Rocket Aldon DevOps for i Desirable (but not essential) Experience using AI code assistants Knowledge of latest IBM i features (iO/S 7.6) Performance tuning and optimisation on IBM i Core Benefits Competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience 30 days holiday plus bank holidays - from day one Hybrid working policy Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (employer matched up to 6%) Company paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind) Group Life Assurance Group Income Protection Discretionary annual bonus scheme Annual pay review Flexible & Lifestyle Benefits My Flex benefits platform - access to a wide range of voluntary benefits Technology Buying Scheme (salary sacrifice) Gym Flex - discounted gym and health club memberships Dental Insurance Critical Illness Cover Health Cash Plan Cycle to Work scheme Tastecard / Coffee Club Employee Discount Scheme across hundreds of retailers Wellbeing & Support Wisdom Wellbeing - confidential health and wellbeing support, including EAP Free flu vaccinations and eye tests, plus contributions towards glasses Recognition Scheme celebrating successes across the business Free mortgage advice and support Charitable payroll giving Access to a GP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through GP24 Everest Funeral Concierge Free Bereavement and Probate Advice and Support Enhanced parental leave Why Join Target Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal Invests in your development with regular feedback and support Cares about wellbeing as much as delivery Encourages curiosity, innovation and best practice We're committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive culture through the execution of our D&I strategy, community relationships, our people & leaders. Grow your future with us If you're ready to take the next step in your IBM i career and play a pivotal role in shaping Target's technology landscape, we'd love to hear from you.

Target Group is seeking a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer in Cardiff to lead the design and optimization of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. This role involves hands-on engineering, mentoring, and defining best practices in automation, security, and infrastructure. The successful candidate will have extensive AWS experience, especially in cloud networking and automation tools. A competitive salary of up to £50,000 and a flexible benefits package are offered, including 30 days holiday, hybrid working, and private medical insurance.

Target Group is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Java) to join their team in Cardiff. This permanent role offers a competitive salary of up to £50,000 and a hybrid working model. The successful candidate will lead projects, mentor junior engineers, and develop robust software solutions. Experience with Java, Spring, and API design is essential. Target Group values trust, collaboration, and continuous learning, making it an exciting place to grow your career.

Senior Software Engineer (Java) Permanent Cardiff/Hybrid Up to 50,000 At Target Group, we're passionate about using technology to improve financial services - but more importantly, we're passionate about people, partnerships and progress. We're entering an exciting phase of modernisation and transformation, opening up our longstanding platforms through API driven services, cloud technologies and new digital channels. To help us shape the future, we're looking for a Senior Java Software Engineer who combines technical excellence with a collaborative, people first mindset. What can you expect? As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll sit at the heart of our engineering capability. You'll be responsible for translating business and system requirements into robust designs and high quality software solutions, while acting as a guardian of code quality and engineering standards. This is a hands on engineering role, but with real influence. You'll spend time: Analysing complex problems Designing scalable, secure solutions Guiding our offshore development teams Reviewing and approving code before release You won't have direct line management responsibility, but you'll play a key role in mentoring, coaching and developing other engineers, shaping best practice across our global teams. My Team - What's it like here? You'll be joining a team that: Values trust, collaboration and openness Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal Provides regular feedback and career support through meaningful 1 to 1s Cares deeply about wellbeing, flexibility and continuous learning We believe great engineering happens when people feel supported, challenged and empowered. What you'll be doing People & Leadership Coach and mentor less experienced engineers across onshore and offshore teams Lead code reviews and design discussions Support offshore teams by providing clear requirements and removing blockers Take ownership of your personal development and stay current with industry trends Engineering & Delivery Interpret requirements and create complex functional and technical designs Design and develop large scale, high quality Java applications Act as a gatekeeper for quality, ensuring standards are met before release Investigate and resolve defects, incidents and performance issues Define and execute testing strategies to deliver reliable, error free solutions Process & Standards Ensure solutions align with company standards, security principles and best practice Contribute to software engineering policies, tools and ways of working Support modernisation initiatives, APIs and third party integrations Customer & Stakeholder Engagement Take part in client and user meetings, clearly presenting options and solutions Support users with acceptance testing and problem resolution Deliver outcomes that solve real customer challenges What we're looking for Technical skills Java 21, J2EE Spring ecosystem: Spring Core, MVC, Boot, Batch, Apache Camel, Hibernate REST API design and SOAP services Front end technologies: AngularJS, React, JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript JUnit 5, Mockito Application servers (WebSphere and/or Tomcat) Containerisation, serverless, AWS (and on prem environments) Relational databases: DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL or similar Secure coding principles and cloud security concepts Tooling: Git, Maven, Eclipse/IntelliJ, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory Core Benefits Competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum 30 days holiday plus bank holidays - from day one Hybrid working policy Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (employer matched up to 6%) Company paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind) Group Life Assurance Group Income Protection Discretionary annual bonus scheme Annual pay review Flexible & Lifestyle Benefits My Flex benefits platform - access to a wide range of voluntary benefits Technology Buying Scheme (salary sacrifice) Gym Flex - discounted gym and health club memberships Dental Insurance Critical Illness Cover Health Cash Plan Cycle to Work scheme Tastecard / Coffee Club Employee Discount Scheme across hundreds of retailers Wellbeing & Support Wisdom Wellbeing - confidential health and wellbeing support, including EAP Free flu vaccinations and eye tests, plus contributions towards glasses Recognition Scheme celebrating successes across the business Free mortgage advice and support Charitable payroll giving Access to a GP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through GP24 Everest Funeral Concierge Free Bereavement and Probate Advice and Support Enhanced parental leave Why Join Target Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal Invests in your development with regular feedback and support Cares about wellbeing as much as delivery Encourages curiosity, innovation and best practice We're committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive culture through the execution of our D&I strategy, community relationships, our people & leaders. Grow your future with us. If you're a Senior Java Engineer who wants to make an impact, shape modern platforms and help develop others, we'd love to hear from you.

Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer Permanent Hybrid (flexible) Up to £50,000 At Target Group, we build secure, scalable technology that powers critical services - and we're looking for a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer to help lead the next phase of our cloud and platform journey. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands on technical leader who thrives in AWS, DevOps automation, cloud networking and security. If you enjoy shaping engineering standards, mentoring others and building resilient platforms that enable modern delivery at scale, we'd love to hear from you. What can you expect? As a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer, you'll be a technical leader responsible for designing, building, securing and optimising cloud infrastructure and networking on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. You'll lead by example through hands on engineering while providing technical direction, standards and guidance across our DevOps and cloud engineering community. From shaping highly scalable, resilient and cost efficient platforms to influencing tooling, automation and operational excellence, you'll play a key role in how we build for the future. Working closely with DevOps, Security, SRE, platform and delivery teams, you'll help shape secure by design architectures, drive best practice in automation and reliability, and support a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement. What you'll be doing Acting as a senior technical authority for DevOps, cloud engineering and AWS platform design Leading the design, deployment and optimisation of secure, scalable and highly available AWS architectures Defining engineering standards, patterns and best practices for infrastructure, networking, security and automation Providing technical leadership for AWS networking, including VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, load balancing and hybrid connectivity Championing Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps approaches using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or GitLab CI Embedding security, observability, compliance and reliability into cloud-native and hybrid platforms Mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions and helping raise capability across the wider engineering community What we're looking for We're looking for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership and collaboration skills - someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and supporting others to do their best work. Extensive hands on AWS experience across compute, networking, storage and security Deep expertise in AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ALB/NLB and PrivateLink Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Terragrunt and/or CloudFormation Proven experience with CI/CD, GitOps, containerisation and Kubernetes/EKS, plus strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell Desirable (but not essential): Experience supporting large scale data or analytics platforms Knowledge of Zero Trust and identity centric security models Experience with SIEM/SOC tooling and cloud threat detection capabilities Exposure to AWS Control Tower, Organisations and multi account governance AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security Specialty or FinOps related accreditation A degree in Computer Science, IT, Cloud Computing or a related discipline Why join Target? We're proud to offer a competitive and flexible benefits package, designed to support your wellbeing, lifestyle and career growth: Core Benefits Competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience 30 days holiday plus bank holidays - from day one Hybrid working policy Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (employer matched up to 6%) Company paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind) Group Life Assurance Group Income Protection Discretionary annual bonus scheme Annual pay review Flexible & Lifestyle Benefits My Flex benefits platform - access to a wide range of voluntary benefits Technology Buying Scheme (salary sacrifice) Gym Flex - discounted gym and health club memberships Dental Insurance Critical Illness Cover Health Cash Plan Cycle to Work scheme Tastecard / Coffee Club Employee Discount Scheme across hundreds of retailers Wellbeing & Support Wisdom Wellbeing - confidential health and wellbeing support, including EAP Free flu vaccinations and eye tests, plus contributions towards glasses Recognition Scheme celebrating successes across the business Free mortgage advice and support Charitable payroll giving Access to a GP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through GP24 Everest Funeral Concierge Free Bereavement and Probate Advice and Support Enhanced parental leave Life at Target You'll be joining a team that genuinely: Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal Invests in your development with regular feedback and support Cares about wellbeing as much as delivery Encourages curiosity, innovation and best practice We're committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive culture through the execution of our D&I strategy, community relationships, our people & leaders. Grow your future with us!