Description
Cloud Engineer – Azure (Cloud Platform)
Location:Manchester
Salary & Benefits:£70,929 - £78,810
At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by our purpose –Helping Britain Prosper. It shapes how we work, the decisions we make and the impact we seek to have for our customers and communities.
The world is changing quickly, and we’re changing too. It’s an exciting time to join us as we modernise our technology platforms and reshape the future of finance as a force for good.
About the Team
Our Cloud Platform team is a well‑established, solution‑focused engineering community at the heart of one of the largest digital transformations in UK financial services.
We’re modernising the bank’s next‑generation cloud platform and partnering with product teams to enable secure, scalable cloud solutions across:
1. Analytics
2. GenAI / Machine Learning
3. Databases
4. Storage
5. Serverless HPC
6. Application workloads
We focus on product curation, data‑platform capabilities, automation, quality assurance, and embedding AI into cloud engineering workflows to improve both developer experience and operational outcomes.
About the Role
We’re building a cloud platform that isquick, secure and resilient for customers – and modern, easy and environmentally conscious for developers.This role focuses on delivering end‑to‑end Azure infrastructure solutions for internal engineering teams.
Core technical focus areas include:
7. Azure:AKS, Azure Policy, Batch, Key Vault, SQL, Storage Accounts, API Management
8. Engineering fundamentals:Networking, Security, IAM, Platform Engineering
9. Tooling:Terraform, CI/CD (Harness / GitHub Actions), PowerShell, Azure CLI
10. Developer experience:Git workflows, Backstage, reusable patterns
11. Observability:Dynatrace
This is a hands‑on engineering role where you’ll design, build and maintain secure and scalable Azure foundations, drive automation across deployment and operations, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. Participation in an out‑of‑hours support rota is required..
About You
You enjoy building solutions that make other engineers’ lives easier. You’re collaborative, curious and comfortable working with ambiguity as part of a fast‑moving platform organisation.
You partner closely with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Security and Architecture teams. You value automation, standardisation and repeatability, and you act as a role model and mentor for early‑career engineers.
Key Responsibilities
12. Design, build and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure foundations
13. Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and automated deployment patterns
14. Develop CI/CD pipelines using Harness CI and PowerShell to automate delivery
15. Translate security and control requirements into policy‑as‑code guardrails using Azure Policy
16. Create and enhance “Golden Paths” using Backstage templates, scaffolding, documentation, automation and service catalogue improvements
17. Collaborate closely with security, risk, architecture and delivery teams to meet regulatory requirements without slowing innovation
18. Drive operational excellence across monitoring, incidents, problem management, cost optimisation and reliability; participate in out‑of‑hours support
19. Prototype and implement GenAI and agentic‑AI automation (e.g., AI‑assisted deployments, documentation automation, policy reasoning) using tools like Copilot Studio
20. Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement
Essential Skills & Experience
21. Experience in Platform Engineering with a consistent track record building and operating Azure solutions
22. Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Harness, or similar)
23. Experience with configuration‑management tooling for automation and policy enforcement
24. Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash)
25. Strong ownership approach with the ability to lead delivery of features or platform components
26. Skilled in Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) using Terraform
27. Experience leading cloud‑service product lifecycles
28. Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
29. Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and adapting to change
What You’ll Get in Return
We’re committed to equal opportunity and to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Your growth and wellbeing matter to us.
You’ll receive:
30. A performance‑based share bonus
31. A flexible benefits allowance
32. A generous pension contribution
33. Private health cover
34. Up to 30 days annual leave (plus ability to purchase more)
35. Access to colleague share schemes
If this sounds like the kind of work you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Working With Us
We’re committed to inclusion every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want colleagues to feel they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
If you’d like reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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.