Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is hiring a Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (Storage) to join the Private Cloud Platform team. The role is based in Leeds or Manchester with a hybrid pattern of at least two days in the office per week.

The team focuses on modernizing cloud infrastructure to support 28 million customers, offering a generous pension, annual bonus, share schemes, and flexible working options. The candidate will work across storage technologies, perform data migrations, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Storage Engineer with cloud expertise.
• Expert knowledge of Storage/SAN technologies and services (Hitachi, Dell, IBM NetApp).
• Strong problem-solving abilities and experience supporting storage technologies and tools.
• Experience writing technical build documents.
• Solid knowledge of SAN, NAS, VSAN, iSCSI, and S3 technologies.
• Solid knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Solid knowledge of networks and firewalls.
• Solid knowledge of backup technologies.
• Solid knowledge of block, file, and object storage (Dell PowerScale, NetApp NAS, or Dell ECS).
• Experience in service build and associated methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience with large-scale data migrations.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with colleagues at all levels to deliver an outstanding cloud platform.
• Contribute to or lead the analysis, build, and delivery of infrastructure systems.
• Use agile workflows and tooling such as JIRA.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Engineering to gather and interpret internal client needs for roadmaps.
• Adhere to secure-by-design principles, contributing to security and automation discussions.
• Understand risk processes and mitigate risk.
• Operate as a self-starter, manage workload and plan next tasks.

Skills

Storage Engineering

Cloud Environments

SAN Storage

Hitachi

Dell Storage

IBM NetApp

Networking

Windows/Linux

Backup Tech

iSCSI/S3

PowerScale

JIRA

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Salary: £44,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Storage Engineer with expertise in cloud environments.
• Expert knowledge of Storage/SAN technologies and services, including Hitachi, Dell, IBM NetApp storage, Brocade, and Cisco switches.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and experience supporting storage technologies and tools.
• Strong experience writing technical build documents.
• Solid knowledge of SAN, NAS, VSAN, iSCSI, and S3 technologies.
• Solid knowledge of operating systems, including Windows and Linux.
• Solid knowledge of networks and firewalls.
• Solid knowledge of backup technologies.
• Solid knowledge of block, file, and object storage, ideally Dell Power series, NetApp NAS and/or Dell ECS.
• Experience in service build and associated methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience with large-scale data migrations.

Responsibilities

• Liaise and collaborate with colleagues at all levels, up to executive level, to deliver an outstanding cloud platform.
• Contribute to or lead the analysis, build, and delivery of best-in-breed infrastructure systems.
• Use agile workflows and tooling such as JIRA.
• Work closely with Product Owners and Engineering colleagues to gather and interpret the needs of internal client customers and feed into product roadmaps and vision.
• Understand and follow secure-by-design principles, contributing to discussions on security, automation, and engineering approach.
• Understand risk processes and identify, articulate, and provide steps to mitigate risk.
• Operate as a self-starter, manage workload, and identify and plan next tasks.

Technologies

• Cloud
• Cisco
• IBM
• Support
• JIRA
• Linux
• Security
• Windows
• DevOps
• Firewall

More

We are Lloyds Banking Group, modernizing through cloud technology to build a platform that is fast, secure, resilient, and easy for developers to use. We are seeking a Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (Storage) to join our Private Cloud Platform team and help advance our technology modernization agenda as we work toward becoming the largest Fintech in the UK. This is a full-time role based in Leeds or Manchester, working a hybrid pattern of at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, in the office. We support flexible working options, including hybrid working and job share, and offer workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities in line with our flexibility policy. We are transforming at pace, investing in our people, data, and technology to better serve our 28 million customers. Our benefits package includes a generous pension contribution of up to 15%, an annual performance-related bonus, share schemes including free shares, adaptable lifestyle benefits such as discounted shopping, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn, and develop.

last updated 40 week of 2026