Infrastructure Specialist zMQ

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution (up to 15%)

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Flexible benefits (discounted shopping

28 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an experienced MQ engineer to support and evolve our z/OS MQ platforms. The role focuses on providing specialist technical support for complex MQ environments and contributing to platform modernization aligned with Group standards.

You will work within a hybrid model, with regular office presence in Edinburgh, Manchester, or Leeds, and participate in DevOps practices, automation and emerging technologies to enhance resilience and service excellence.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of MQ infrastructure on z/OS.
• Experience of MQ system performance tuning, diagnosis and problem resolution.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting business-critical online systems.
• Experience working with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
• An interest in automation, innovation and the evolution of mainframe technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and support for complex MQ environments operating to demanding service levels.
• Contribute to the development of the z/OS MQ roadmap and support the evolution of our platform and engineering capabilities.
• Work closely with stakeholders and customers to support the delivery of the technology roadmap, ensuring service and customer outcomes remain at the heart of everything we do.
• Support and contribute to modern engineering practices, including automation, DevOps and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate across middleware, infrastructure and engineering teams to explore and implement innovative solutions, integrating mainframe technologies with emerging platforms and capabilities.
• Support standardisation, simplification and operational excellence while ensuring processes and controls are adhered to.

Skills

MQ on z/OS

MQ performance tuning

TLS

Automation interest

DevOps

AI interest

Job description

LOCATION(S):

Edinburgh, Manchester, or Leeds

HOURS:

Full-time - 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN:

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Edinburgh, Manchester or Leeds office.

About this opportunity

This is an exciting time to join our z/OS MQ team. We're at a pivotal point in our transformation, evolving from a traditional infrastructure function into a forward-thinking engineering team focused on automation, simplification, service excellence and innovation. We're looking for passionate, creative individuals with good MQ expertise who want to contribute to the future evolution of messaging on the mainframe.

In this role, you'll provide specialised technical support across critical mainframe environments while contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of our MQ platform. You'll help maintain, modernise and evolve our services in line with Group standards, as well as supporting the adoption of modern engineering practices, DevOps principles and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities.

You'll help connect and integrate MQ with a range of modern technologies while ensuring our customers continue to receive resilient, secure and reliable services.

Additionally, you'll provide technical expertise for incident and problem resolution within complex environments, including participation in out-of-hours support and delivery activities when required.

What you'll do

• Provide technical expertise and support for complex MQ environments operating to demanding service levels.
• Contribute to the development of the z/OS MQ roadmap and support the evolution of our platform and engineering capabilities.
• Work closely with stakeholders and customers to support the delivery of the technology roadmap, ensuring service and customer outcomes remain at the heart of everything we do.
• Support and contribute to modern engineering practices, including automation, DevOps and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate across middleware, infrastructure and engineering teams to explore and implement innovative solutions, integrating mainframe technologies with emerging platforms and capabilities.
• Support standardisation, simplification and operational excellence while ensuring processes and controls are adhered to.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

You'll be joining a team responsible for one of the Group's most critical messaging platforms, supporting services that underpin a wide range of business and customer outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to work with experienced engineers, develop your technical expertise, contribute to platform modernisation initiatives and help shape the future of MQ on z/OS as we continue our engineering transformation.

This is a great opportunity for someone with good MQ technical skills who enjoys solving complex problems, working collaboratively and contributing to the continuous improvement of a critical enterprise platform.

What you'll need

• Good knowledge of MQ infrastructure on z/OS.
• Experience of MQ system performance tuning, diagnosis and problem resolution.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting business-critical online systems.
• Experience working with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
• An interest in automation, innovation and the evolution of mainframe technologies.

It would be great if you also had

• Experience or a keen interest in DevOps practices, automation and modern engineering approaches.
• An interest in AI and emerging technologies, and how they can be applied to improve engineering effectiveness and customer outcomes.
• Strong diagnostic skills and the ability to analyse technical information from multiple sources, providing effective solutions in complex environments.

About working for us

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
• 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

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.