End Date Thursday 24 October 2024 Salary Range £68,202 - £75,780 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary. Job Description JOB TITLE: GCP Product Site Reliability Engineer SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax or Manchester HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: At least two days per week (or 40% of your time) at one of our offices listed above. About this opportunity The Cloud Platform team is on the journey to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group that will be at the core of one of the UK's biggest financial service transformations. We're looking for a GCP Cloud Product Service Reliability Engineer to join our Cloud SRE within the Cloud Platform. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable Lloyds Banking Group to become the biggest Fintech in the UK The role is delivering against SRE GCP Public Cloud technology roadmaps, collaboratively working with other engineering teams to build, release and evolve enterprise-class solutions, that are reliable and evergreen as cloud technologies continue to mature at a fast-pace. The role requires engineers to be responsible for the operations of a large set of Cloud products and services (including 24x7 coverage by participating in pager-duty/on-call rota) Day to day you'll be involved with: Hands-on engineering, maintaining our Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipeline-based product and services by responding to change, implementing enhancements & improving reliability and customer experience Observability, investigating & fixing service issues, with an engineering mindset – resolving via code changes and implementing improvements to prevent repeat issues Implementing further automation and reducing toil, by utilising existing Cloud tooling or implementing new technologies Why Lloyds Banking Group 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. What you’ll need: Certifications and experience working with GCP products Strong DevOps understanding, including experience of Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines, such as Terraform and Jenkins, or alternatives such as Azure DevOps Ability to quickly understand, update and write code in languages such as Python, Groovy, BASH, PowerShell A strong understanding of Cloud security and networking Experience in problem-solving, able to demonstrate logical thinking and excellent troubleshooting skills Demonstrate a passion to continue to learn and develop your engineering skills Strong understanding and demonstrable use of source control practice and collaborative working as part of an engineering team Experience of developing for, or administrating Kubernetes clusters in a production environment Experience in automating/scripting to remove toil Any experience of these would be really useful Candidates with less direct experience in cloud engineering, who can demonstrate strong skills in other areas such as sysadmin, software engineering or other technology/engineering disciplines who also are able to quickly adapt and pick up new skills will also be considered 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 performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping Up to 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.