Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist in Manchester. This role involves leading the architectural design of advanced infrastructure technologies, working hands-on with Kubernetes and hybrid cloud solutions. The ideal candidate must demonstrate strong expertise in cloud-native principles and automation tools. Competitive salary and hybrid working options are included.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Performance-related bonus

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an infrastructure Engineer in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Experience working in enterprise-scale environments.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design of infrastructure platform technologies.
• Be hands-on in building and maintaining hybrid products.
• Design and deliver OpenShift 4.x clusters.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

Cloud-native principles

Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD)

CI/CD pipelines

Excellent communication

Job description

End Date

Thursday 14 August 2025

Salary Range

£70,929 - £78,810

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810

LOCATION(S): Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our locations noted above.

About this Opportunity:

We are modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.

You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable us to become the biggest Fintech in the UK.

We're seeking a highly experienced, motivated and innovative hands-on Infrastructure Specialists to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping the technical direction of our team.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in infrastructure engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must. You will have worked hands-on and broadly with VMware technologies and bring your expertise to one of our specialist teams; Networking, Storage, Databases (Oracle, SQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB), and other infrastructure technologies.

Day to day, you'll:

• Lead the architectural design of infrastructure platform technologies and products across our ecosystem.

• Be hands-on, working on building and maintaining our hybrid products and services in your specialist area

• Lead technical conversations with partners of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management and other Domain Experts

• Be a great collaborator across internal, external, and 3rd party teams

• Drive best-in-class approaches to automation and security

• Have the ability to provide education and mentorship covering infrastructure engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling

• Be an SME in a particular aspect of infrastructure engineering, bringing your skills to our specialist teams whilst working to expand your knowledge across the hybrid cloud platform

Why Lloyds Banking Group

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. Including you.

What you’ll need

Proven experience as an infrastructure Engineer working in a hybrid cloud environment across the following areas:

• Proven experience as a Kubernetes Engineer in enterprise-scale environments.

• Experience of working in cross-functional teams, using Agile ceremonies and tooling to manage work, prioritise outcomes, and deliver value at pace

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containerisation, and cloud-native principles.

• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or ArgoCD.

• Experience with Serverless, Confidential Containers and Istio service mesh.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mentality.

• Ability to work independently and take accountability for quality and delivery.

Your key responsibilities would be:

• Design and deliver OpenShift 4.x clusters on VMware or bare metal, including air-gapped environments.

• Collaborate across internal and external teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient container platforms.

• Drive best-in-class automation practices using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.

• Take ownership of engineering work, including testing, documentation, and defect resolution.

• Identify and address issues proactively, creating backlog stories and contributing to sprint planning.

• Provide regular updates to partners and raise blockers when necessary.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. 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. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know

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.

• 30 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.

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.