Google Cloud Network DevOps Engineer

Lloyd's; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer to join their team. This role involves engineering and optimising GCP networking at scale, focusing on modern cloud capabilities. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in DevOps, strong knowledge of GCP technologies, and a collaborative mindset. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

A competitive salary aligned to our Grade E pay structure

Performance-related bonus

Up to 15% employer pension contribution

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Hybrid working to support work-life balance

Generous, flexible benefits package tailored to you

Private medical insurance

Access to world-class learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience engineering GCP networking products using Infrastructure as Code.
• Intermediate Python development skills and experience hosting APIs.
• Experience with high-traffic monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Engineering and optimising GCP networking for enterprise scale.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git.
• Collaborate with networks and systems engineering teams.

Skills

Engineering experience building, configuring and optimising GCP networking at enterprise scale

Strong knowledge of GCP technologies

Strong understanding of DevOps practices

Experience with Bash and/or Python

Strong Terraform proficiency

Ability to handle incidents and problems

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent

Google Cloud Professional certification

Tools

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform

Dynatrace

Job description

Overview

Working Pattern: Some out-of-hours work and participation in an on-call support rota will be required. We're investing heavily in modernising our technology and building a cloud platform that is fast, secure, resilient and sustainable. As a Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer specialising in Google Cloud Platform networking, you'll play a pivotal role in developing, optimising and operating the networking foundations that underpin our transformation. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking engineering team helping Lloyds Banking Group progress towards our ambition of becoming the UK's largest FinTech. You'll bring hands-on expertise, influence technical direction and contribute to the delivery of modern cloud capabilities at scale. We're modernising with cloud - creating a platform that's quick, secure and resilient for customers, and easy, modern and sustainable for developers. Our core technology focus is on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

We're looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative Cloud-focused DevOps Engineer to join our Google Cloud team. You'll be an inspiring, hands-on engineer with experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering and a history of driving the delivery of technical platforms in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Engineering experience building, configuring and optimising GCP networking at enterprise scale.
• Strong knowledge of: Dedicated Interconnect, VPC Peering, Cloud Routers, Firewalls, Google DNS, Cloud NAT, IAM and VPC-SC.
• Basic understanding of GCP connected workloads such as GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Storage and Google Data/AI products.
• Hands-on project experience across network deployment, scaling, optimisation, sustaining engineering and technology refresh.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines using Git, Terraform Cloud, HashiCorp Vault, Harness and Jenkins.
• Ability to handle incidents and problems, advancing solutions to improve reliability.
• Experience reviewing and providing feedback on peer code changes.
• Proven ability to develop, deploy and own end-to-end product lifecycle within an engineering team.
• Commitment to delivering engineering outcomes in line with Group Controls and Security requirements.
• Proficient in maintaining enterprise-scale GCP networking and cross-cloud/on-prem connectivity.
• Able to work closely with Networks, Systems and Software Engineering teams to ensure smooth and fast delivery of new designs and capabilities.
• Experience with Bash and/or Python for infrastructure development.
• Strong Terraform proficiency.
• Able to engineer GCP networking products using Infrastructure as Code to enable new features.
• Comfortable collaborating with architecture, business and engineering teams.
• Naturally curious, proactive and motivated to continuously develop with modern tooling and methods.
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
• Google Cloud Professional certification (DevOps, Network or Security).
• Intermediate Python development skills and experience hosting APIs.
• Experience writing guardrails in HashiCorp Sentinel.
• Familiarity with Egress proxies, IP management, on-prem networking, hardware firewalls, Infoblox, cloud proxy and Entra ID.
• Experience with high-traffic monitoring systems such as Dynatrace and Google Cloud Monitoring.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

About Lloyds Banking Group

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.

Data, Privacy and Diversity

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.

Benefits

• A competitive salary aligned to our Grade E pay structure
• Performance-related bonus
• Up to 15% employer pension contribution
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working to support work-life balance
• Generous, flexible benefits package tailored to you
• Private medical insurance
• Access to world-class learning opportunities, engineering communities and career pathways
• The chance to work with cutting-edge technology at enterprise scale and directly influence our cloud strategy

Equal Opportunity

You\'ll be joining a diverse and growing cloud engineering community where your ideas are valued and your work makes a meaningful impact. We\'re committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. We\'re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we celebrate difference in all its forms. We work hard to ensure every colleague feels they belong, can be themselves and can thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, we\'ll support you to ensure a positive and inclusive experience.