Infrastructure Specialist

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Discounted shopping

28 days holiday + bank holidays on top

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is modernising through cloud technology to deliver secure, resilient platforms for engineering teams. We are seeking a DevOps-focused Infrastructure Specialist to join our Private Cloud Platform, working with middleware such as IBM DataPower, IBM MQ and WebSphere/Liberty.

You will design automated delivery capabilities, build pipelines, provisioning, configuration and upgrades, and deliver observable, secure services in a hybrid private cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
• Good knowledge of Git and version-controlled delivery.
• Scripting/automation with Python, Bash, Salt, Ansible or PowerShell.
• Ability to translate requirements into maintainable automation.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration in an enterprise environment.
• Willingness to learn middleware technologies.

Responsibilities

• Turn requirements into automated, reusable deployment and operational patterns.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and self-service tooling.
• Automate middleware lifecycle activities: provisioning, configuration, testing, upgrades.
• Collaborate with platform, product, application, security and supplier teams.
• Create secure, observable solutions with good testing and documentation.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps workflows

Automation scripting

Python

Bash

Salt

Ansible

PowerShell

Git

Security & resilience

Documentation

Collaboration

Tools

Harness

Jenkins

UCD

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Flux

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) at one of the above office locations. Please note that participation in an on-call rota is also a requirement of this role.

What you'll be doing

Lloyds Banking Group is modernising through cloud technology, creating platforms that are secure, resilient and simpler for engineering teams to adopt and manage.

We're looking for a DevOps-focused Infrastructure Specialist to join our Private Cloud Platform team, partnering with Middleware domain experts across technologies such as IBM DataPower, IBM MQ, and WebSphere/Liberty.

You'll help design, build and improve the automated delivery capabilities used to deploy and manage middleware services. Working with experienced Middleware engineers, you'll turn technical requirements and operational practices into reliable pipelines, reusable automation and self-service workflows for business-aligned teams. This includes supporting lifecycle activities such as provisioning, configuration, upgrades, patching and routine operational change.

This is a hands-on, engineering role suited to someone with core DevOps experience who wants to broaden their skills across Middleware and hybrid Private Cloud platforms while delivering tangible automation results.

Day to day you'll

• Work with middleware SMEs to turn technical requirements and operational practices into automated, reusable deployment and operational patterns.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, scripts and self-service tooling that make middleware delivery consistent, repeatable and easier for teams to consume.
• Automate middleware lifecycle activities, including provisioning, configuration, testing, upgrades, patching and operational validation.
• Collaborate with platform, product, application, security and supplier teams to deliver solutions, solve issues and continuously improve services.
• Build secure, resilient and observable solutions using good testing, version control and documentation practices, while learning from experienced engineers across the team.

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

What we're looking for

Practical experience in a DevOps, infrastructure or platform engineering role, with a good grounding in automation and an interest in applying those skills to enterprise Middleware services.

• Hands-on experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and repeatable automated deployments, using tools such as Harness, Jenkins, UCD, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Good working knowledge of Git and version-controlled delivery, including branching, pull requests, peer review and configuration-as-code practices.
• Scripting and automation experience using technologies such as Python, Bash, Salt, Ansible or PowerShell.
• The ability to work with technical SMEs to turn requirements and operational processes into maintainable automation.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills, with an understanding of security, resilience, change and support in an enterprise environment and a willingness to learn middleware technologies.
• Writing clear technical documentation, sharing knowledge and taking ownership of outcomes while seeking support when needed.

Any experience of these would be really useful:

• Containers and container platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• GitOps and infrastructure or configuration-as-code using tools such as Argo CD, Flux, Terraform, Ansible, Salt or Helm.
• Enterprise middleware technologies such as IBM MQ, WebSphere or IBM DataPower.
• Monitoring and observability using tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus or Grafana.
• Testing, solving and supporting secure automated deployments across development and production-like environments.

This is a place for you

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance related bonus
• 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