Assistant Site Reliability Engineer- Next Gen Core Lab
Location: Manchester
Time Type: Full time
Posted On: 4 Days Ago
End Date: November 15, 2024
Salary Range: £45,954 - £51,060
Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary:
Lloyds Banking Group is on a mission to build the bank of the future. We need your help to do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we are redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mindset are changing to craft a true agile, product-focused, engineering-led organisation.
Job Profile Summary:
An exciting opening has arisen for an Assistant Site Reliability Engineer within the Core Banking System Platform. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team within the Next Gen Core/Next Gen Insights Lab. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our Core Banking System, specifically Thought Machine Vault.
A typical day in this role would include:
* Assisting in the automation of operational processes and systems.
* Supporting service recovery during outages through incident and problem management.
* Participating in post-mortems for incidents to identify root causes and areas for improvement.
* Contributing to the implementation of new SRE practices to enhance service levels.
* Helping manage DevOps tooling services, ensuring compliance and risk management.
* Collaborating with Engineering Teams to understand challenges and deliver value through DevOps solutions.
* Promoting security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards.
* Working with other teams to ensure smooth integration and delivery.
* Communicating with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide updates.
* Identifying opportunities for performance improvements in systems and applications.
* Assisting in capacity planning to ensure systems can handle future growth.
About You:
* Experience as an SRE, Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or in a similar software or cloud role.
* Experience with CI/CD tools – Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Harness.
* Understanding of Monitoring tools – Dynatrace/Splunk/Grafana/Prometheus.
* Strong problem-solving skills and experience in incident management and resolution.
* Understanding of SRE concepts and principles.
* Good analytical skills and the ability to work methodically.
* Programming and scripting experience.
It would also be great if you had experience of:
* Familiarity with Cloud Platforms – GCP, AWS, Azure.
* Basic knowledge of Containerization – Kubernetes/Docker.
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools e.g., Chef, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet.
* ITIL or Service management experience.
* Exposure to Agile work practices.
* Basic understanding of Application Lifecycle Management and Software Delivery Lifecycle.
* Knowledge of disaster recovery planning and high availability design.
* Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
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.
As a function we're committed to the principles of Flexible Working and want to find the right person for the job. We'll welcome applications from candidates interested in working the role as a job share or applying for the role on reduced hours.
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
* 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
We are focused on creating a values-led culture and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all can make a real difference, together.
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