Infrastructure Specialist - Cisco ACI

lloyds banking group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a technical professional to enhance their Data Centre network capabilities. The role requires expertise in Cisco Data Centre Network architecture and Advanced Cisco Infrastructure. You'll help redesign and automate network solutions to support a dynamic environment. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary, bonuses, and generous benefits, ensuring opportunities for career growth and support in a collaborative workspace.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Group performance related annual bonus

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private health cover

Various share schemes, including free shares

Qualifications

• Technical experience with Cisco Data Centre Network architecture and design.
• Hands-on experience in deploying and operating Advanced Cisco Infrastructure (Cisco ACI).

Responsibilities

• Build a scalable, software-defined, automated solution for managed networks.
• Redesign current network to improve automation and management.

Skills

Cisco Data Centre Network architecture

Cisco ACI (Advanced Cisco Infrastructure)

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD

Scripting languages (Shell, Python, Ansible)

Terraform

Modern networking components

JIRA/Confluence

ServiceNow

Checkpoint Firewalls

F5 Services (GTM, LTM, WAF)

Job description

End Date Sunday 04 January 2026

Salary Range £47,790 - £53,100

Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Job Description Summary

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s biggest Retail, Digital and Mobile bank with over 30 million customers, so we have a big responsibility to help Britain prosper.

The world is changing at pace and our daring new £3bn strategy is responding with the foundations of having built a market-leading digital bank.

And it's the role of our Chief Information Office (CIO) to provide the backbone infrastructure upon which this bank operates.

Job Description

About the challenge

We're looking to build a new dynamic, scalable, software-defined and automated solution that will enable managed networks and boundary controls within the LBG data centres. We're embarking on a bold redesign of the current network incorporating features that allow it to be better automated, easier to manage, secure and centred around applications and application flows. And with your help we can make it possible...

Want to know more?

• Our Data Centre network team is a part of the LBG networks journey to a more flexible and automated network.
• In order to deliver securely and at pace we’re redefining the delivery and operational capabilities of the team, based on DevOps principals and technologies.
• And this Technical role will be pivotal in growing, integrating and optimising our toolsets for the future...
• The role needs someone with a can-do mindset, someone willing to learn new skills on the job and who relishes a challenge.
• You’ll be able to look at the big picture to enable the team to take the Software Defined Data Centre idea from a proof of concept through to a fully integrated and managed service within the bank.

So, what about you?

We know that people don't always fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experiences, and knowledge - it's what makes you, you!

But we're specifically looking for the following:

• Technical experience with Cisco Data Centre Network architecture and design
• Technical hands‑on experience in deploying and operating Advanced Cisco Infrastructure (Cisco ACI).

We’d also love to see experience across some of the following:

• A modern Engineering background using the latest tools and techniques. Experience of infrastructure as code and CI/CD
• Scripting languages such as Shell, Python or Ansible
• Terraform and cloud native provisioning templates.

Other useful skills could include:

• An understanding of modern networking components
• JIRA/Confluence, ServiceNow - Incident, Change and Problem Management
• Knowledge surrounding the integration of Checkpoint Firewalls; and F5 Service (i.e. GTM, LTM, WAF, etc) onto Cisco ACI.

About working for LBG

The environment we work in is fast paced, collaborative and dynamic: we also have fun along the way! We're hybrid working – so you'll need to live within a commute of a hub location to get in one or two days a week and there may be elements of out of hours working which is well compensated. But with a supportive and nurturing Leadership team we have the scale to provide you with ongoing opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career with us as well you receiving…

• A competitive salary
• A Group performance related annual bonus
• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• 27 days holiday plus the bank holidays on top
• Private health cover
• Various share schemes, including free shares

We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process.

We’re simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit.

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.

So if you have the technical background we’re seeking and this opportunity appeals then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you…