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JOB TITLE: Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist
SALARY: £72,702 – £80,780
LOCATION: Leeds or Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About this opportunity
We are modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.
We're looking for Private Cloud Infrascructure Specialists (Automation Engineers) to join our Private Cloud Platform. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable us to become the biggest Fintech in the UK.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in database platform engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must. You will have worked hands-on with Oracle database technologies and bring your expertise to our specialist team.
About us
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…
Job Description
On a day to day basis you will:
Lead or contribute to the architectural design of cloud platform technologies and products across our ecosystem.
You’ll be hands-on, working on building and maintaining our private cloud products and services.
Be proficient in leading 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 cloud engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling.
Be an SME in a particular aspect of infrastructure engineering or product category.
What you’ll need
Essential Skills
Proven experience as an Automation Engineer with Expert knowledge of Cloud Environments and tooling VCF/ARIA (vRA, vRO, vROPs, SALT)
Ability to write, troubleshoot and correct issues to exacting coding standards
Strong troubleshooting skills and support experience with automation technologies and tools.
Strong experience in writing technical design and support documentation.
Desirable skills:
Familiarity with automation tooling; Teraform, Ansible, GitHub
Good understanding of Virtualisation technologies and principals
Good understanding of Operating systems or Middleware/Databases (Windows & Linux or SQL, Postgres, MQ, WAS).
Good understanding of Networks / Firewall.
Experience of Service Design & associated methodologies.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Interviews for this role will take place on the 1st and 2nd December 2025.
About working for us
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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
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
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
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.
Top Skills
What We Do
Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper. We do this by creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good.
We're part of an ever-changing industry and are currently on a journey to shape the financial services of the future, whilst supporting our customers’ changing needs.
The scale and reach of our Group means we can offer a broad range of opportunities to learn, grow and develop. Our values-led culture and approach to inclusion and diversity means we can all make a real difference together.
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