Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

We're seeking a highly experienced, motivated and innovative hands-on Engineers to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping the technical direction of our Hybrid platform., Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too. Day to day, you'll:

• You'll lead the architectural design of infrastructure platform technologies and products across our ecosystem.
• You'll be hands-on, working on building and maintaining our hybrid products and services in your specialist area
• You'll lead technical conversations with stakeholders of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter Experts
• Be a great collaborator across internal, external, and 3rd party teams
• Drive best-in-class approaches to automation and security
• Have the ability to provide education and mentorship covering infrastructure engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling
• Are an SME in a particular aspect of infrastructure engineering, bringing your skills to our specialist teams whilst working to expand your knowledge across the hybrid cloud platform
  
  The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in infrastructure engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must. You will have worked hands-on and broadly with VMware technologies and bring your expertise to one of our specialist teams; Networking, Storage, Databases (Oracle, SQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB), and other infrastructure technologies., Proven experience as an infrastructure Engineer working in a hybrid cloud environment specialising in one or more of the following technologies:
• VMware (including NSX and VMware ARIA suite)
• Storage & Backup (SAN, NAS, vSAN)
• Databases (MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
• Operating Systems (Windows & Linux)
• Networking (DHCP / WINS / DNS)
• Middleware (MQ, WAS)
• Automation Tooling (Chef / Terraform)
You will be able to demonstrate a familiarity and working experience of:
• Supporting & managing enterprise infrastructure systems
• Agile ways of working
• Cloud platforms such as Azure and Google Cloud
• Designing or contributing to solutions for a Hybrid Cloud Environment
• Backup / Restore and Disaster recovery processes
• Defect Management
• Performance Optimisation
• Technical fault-finding Level 3 & 4
• Security best practises and compliance standards
• Mentoring Colleagues and supporting technical development of other
• Service design and associated methodologies
• Problem solving and communication skills
Any experience of these would be really useful
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure VMware Solution (AVS) Specialist
  
  Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Up to 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.