Description
Public Cloud Assistant Infrastructure Engineer
Salary:£47,790 - £53,100
Locations:Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Halifax & Edinburgh
Hours:Full time
Agile Working Options:Hybrid – at least two days per week (40% of your time) in one of our offices.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're all driven by our purpose, to Help Britain Prosper. It's why we exist - it's our reason to get out of bed in the morning. The choices we make, our success and our future really matter.
But the world is changing, fast. And we're changing too. It's never been a more exciting time to join us as we transform our business to shape finance as a force for good.
Our team
Modernising using cloud builds a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.
Our core technology focus is on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
ThePublic Cloud Services Labdelivers centrally managed, secure and scalable cloud services across Azure and GCP. We focus on engineering excellence, automation and AI‑driven efficiency to provide clear, ready‑to‑consume platforms that make it easy for teams to onboard and run critical workloads. Our priority is a great customer and developer experience—simple engagement, strong documentation, and reliable, well‑operated services.
You’ll assist with the design, build, and operate secure, automated cloud platform capabilities that support both API Gateway solutions and a broader set of Integration cloud products. Your work will enable product teams to deliver API-first services at pace, employing reusable patterns and robust integration tools.
Responsible for:
1. Build and operate platform capabilities using Infrastructure‑as‑Code and modern CI/CD; partner with architecture and feature teams to evolve our cloud roadmap and platform products.
2. Embed a secure‑by‑design approach and controls from design to runtime, safeguarding colleagues and customers.
3. Define and operate against SLOs/SLIs; implement actionable observability, performance tuning and automation to reduce toil.
4. Enable API‑first delivery with reusable patterns and golden paths for API producers/consumers; contribute to documentation and enablement.
5. Contribute to communities of practice, upholding Platform Engineering standards expected at Grade D.
What you’ll need
Core skills (cloud‑agnostic)
6. Track record delivering large‑scale systems with performance, availability and fault‑tolerance; experience setting SLOs/SLIs.
7. Infrastructure‑as‑Code with Terraform (minimum) and one or more modern CI/CD systems (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Harness).
8. Containers & orchestration (Kubernetes).
9. Scripting in Bash, PowerShell or Python.
Basic understanding in Azure
10. ARM/Bicep/Template Spec
11. AKS
12. Application Gateway
13. Azure Storage
Desirable
14. API Management (policies/C# basics)
15. Harness experience in CI/CD
16. Dynatrace
17. Docker/buildah/Podman
18. Relevant Azure certifications
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
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.