End Date Thursday 16 May 2024 Salary Range £68,202 - £102,303 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary. Job Description JOB TITLE: Cloud Architect SALARY: £68,202 to £83,358 depending on experience LOCATION: Edinburgh, Bristol or Leeds HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site About this opportunity: We recognise our tremendous potential in helping Britain prosper. To do this, we need to unlock the great power in our data - which is where you come in. We are looking for an Architect with excellent skills to help to shape and define our solution landscape across the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business. We are building contemporary, services-driven architecture which creates opportunities to digitise & deliver excellent customer journeys, business outcomes and meets group strategic goals. We need to simplify and redefine our technology and data landscape. And we need to deliver a set of flexible, future-focused core platform capabilities to the benefit of all our customers. You can help shape this future. Job Summary: Act as a key partner to our software engineers, ensuring that our architecture roadmap is a key input into our technical delivery, as well as listening, understanding, and responding to the needs of the engineers. Aim to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring, and supporting engineering teams. You will understand technology implications for people and process, and you will bring this to your holistic view of design. To be considered for this job we would like you to have the following: We encourage people from a range of role and industry backgrounds but do need to see the following as a minimum for consideration. Essential Skills & Experience Must have: Hands on software development experience with one or more modern programming languages Technical knowledge and experience in the domains of database management, data integration, cloud/SaaS integration, cybersecurity, and authentication. System design for Highly available distributed systems Working experience of cloud architecture (GCP, Azure or AWS) Experience of both batch and event driven architecture Preferable: Great interpersonal skills and a good communicator with technical and non-technical people Experience with ETL and ELT Experience in working with product oriented teams Don’t worry if you don’t tick all these boxes; we’re open minded and keen to invest in enthusiastic and positive people 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. 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 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.