IBM Guardium Platform Engineer

This role is an E2 engineering role within Security & Resilience - Security Transformation Engineering Team. It will initially be focused solely on the IBM Guardium product support for security.  An E2 role is expected to have technical expertise, day-to-day operational and escalation support.

IBM Guardium is a critical security and compliance capability used to support database activity monitoring across databases. The platform supports multiple environments, including Development, Testing and Production, and covers key database technologies including IBM Db2 for z/OS, SAP HANA and Microsoft SQL Server.

The post holder will maintain and improve Guardium platform configuration, support incident response, manage operational maintenance activities and ensure that daily operational demands are met to a high standard.

This role focuses on consistent delivery, operational excellence and technical depth to ensure Nationwide’s database activity monitoring capability remains stable, secure, resilient and dependable.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.
 

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this role, you'll be based at your nearest regional office or hub. We value time spent together to connect with colleagues for collaboration so there will be a regular requirement to attend our Swindon site approximately once per quarter. If you are based at an office location, you'll be expected to meet our hybrid working requirement of at least two days a week, or 40% of your working time if part-time, in the office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.
 
If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing

This role is responsible for the day-to-day operation and support of the IBM Guardium platform, including Guardium appliances, Guardium Central Manager, aggregators, collectors, Guardium Installation Manager and Guardium agents/S-TAPs. The role ensures that all components are effectively maintained, configured, governed and continuously improved.

The role will support the ongoing operation of activities including incident management, platform health checks, patching, upgrades, disaster recovery support, certificate management, data archive housekeeping, audit data retrieval, service status reporting and IBM Support coordination.

Engineers in this function collaborate closely with stakeholders such as IT Operations, Infrastructure Hosting, Database Services, Security Operations, IBM Support and wider Security & Resilience teams

About you

As a minimum requirement, you’ll have:

• Hands-on experience managing IBM Guardium or equivalent enterprise database activity monitoring/security platforms
• Knowledge of IBM Guardium architecture, including Central Manager, collectors, aggregators, Guardium Installation Manager and S-TAP agents
• Experience supporting Guardium appliances and agents across enterprise-scale environments
• Ability to diagnose and resolve platform issues, agent connectivity issues, configuration conflicts and integration failures
• Experience managing Guardium patching, fixes, updates, version compatibility and post-change validation
• Understanding of database technologies such as IBM Db2 for z/OS, SAP HANA and Microsoft SQL Server
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux environments, networking basics, secure communications and certificate management
• Experience with platform integrations, including SIEM, access management, monitoring or operational tooling
• Background in an operational “run” environment for key infrastructure or security services

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind

• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand

• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development

• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

Qualifications

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• 25 days holiday, pro rata

• Private medical insurance

• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

• Access to an annual performance-related bonus

• Training and development to help you progress your career

• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

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We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. 

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Disability Confident 

We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level. 

That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support. 

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The hiring manager for this role is Roy Wilson, and the main recruitment contact is Anoop Gosai.

Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title on our internal systems will be Engineer E2.