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DevOps Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group, City Centre, Manchester

DevOps Engineer

£75780

Lloyds Banking Group, City Centre, Manchester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 5 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: e5b5e38ec3944ca3a7875bec96ad430c

Full Job Description

  • Taking responsibility for delivering a prescribed budget for own area of the organisation and/or conducting complex analyses on budget progress in other areas while working within established systems.
  • Identifying shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then delivers a plan for a small element of a change management programme with guidance from a project/programme manager
  • Highlighting shortcomings and suggesting improvements in current IT Security processes, systems and procedures within assigned unit and/or discipline.
  • Delivering prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by working within established knowledge management systems.
  • Setting short term objectives and helps manage the performance of direct reports by working within performance management systems.
  • Defining, delivering, and adapting specialised products/services to meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.
  • Providing specialised training or coaching in area of expertise to others throughout the lab.
    • Why Lloyds Banking Group From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

    We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with a solid IT background and expert skills in DevOps Engineering. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise and great passion for coaching and developing people in a "player-coach" model. They will also lead and participate in Engineering Guilds and Working Groups to actively promote the DevOps brand in LBG.,
  • Proven experience in a DevOps Engineer role, with a focus on infrastructure design and reliability engineering
  • Strong understanding of cloud computing principles and experience with GCP
  • Proficient hands-on experience in architecting and building ephemeral environments utilising public Cloud Platforms (preferably GCP)
  • Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (BASH/Python)
  • Demonstrable experience of event stream platforms such as Kafka
  • Proven experience working with service mesh platforms (Istio)
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes)
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform)
    • It would be great if you also had:
  • System of Record - Cloud Postgres SQ, Confluent Kafka, TM Vault Domain API's via APIgee
  • Streaming Service - Cloud SQL, Confluent Kafka, K-Stream Application.
  • System of Engagement - Apigee, Cloud Spanner, Domain Read API's.
  • System of Insight - ETL: Cloud Fusion & DBT, Orchestration: Cloud-Composer, Data Product - Big Query.
  • Migration - ETL: Cloud Fusion & DBT, Orchestration: Cloud-Composer, Confluent Kafka, Steaming Service: K- Stream Application, Results-BQ, Power BI / Tableau

    Closely aligned to Everyday Banking, the Core Banking platform (CBP) has responsibility for the maintenance and development of the systems which host all of the core banking products for the Lloyds Banking Group brands. Over the coming years the Next Gen Insights Lab which sits within the CBP will build out the LBG Core Banking strategic Systems of Engagement (SOE) and Systems of Insight (SOI) , as well as migration and decommission of legacy systems., 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 underrepresented 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
  • 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
    • 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.