Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (VMware)

Lloyds Banking Group

Leeds

On-site

GBP 49,000 - 54,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (VMware) to join the Private Cloud Platform team in a hybrid role based in Manchester or Leeds. The role concentrates on automation-first platform engineering around VMware Cloud Foundation, Dell hardware, and infrastructure-as-code to deliver secure, scalable compute hosting.

You'll drive automation, resilience and security across the platform lifecycle, act as a technical authority, and collaborate with internal teams,

Qualifications

Proven experience as Infrastructure or Platform Engineer in private cloud.
Experience with VMware vSphere / Cloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX.
Designing/operating platforms with automation and IaC.
Source control with Git/GitHub.
Understanding of security, compliance and resilience.
Experience supporting production platforms with high availability.

Responsibilities

Deliver compute hosting platforms across the Private Cloud ecosystem.
Apply platform engineering and IaC to automate, secure and scale services.
Provide technical guidance and collaborate with internal teams and vendors.
Maintain high availability and performance of production systems.

Skills

Infrastructure Engineer

VMware vSphere

Cloud Foundation

vSAN

NSX

Aria Suite

Dell Server Hardware

Automation & IaC

Git / GitHub

Security & Compliance

High Availability

Performance Tuning

Incident Mgmt

Tools

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

Azure VMware Solution

Cisco ACI

Job description

JOB TITLE: Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (VMware)

SALARY: £48,987 - £54,430

LOCATION(S): Manchester or Leeds

HOURS: Full time (Please note that participation in an on-call rota is also a requirement of this role)

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the above office location

What you'll be doing

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

We're looking for Infrastructure Specialists to join our Private Cloud Platform team, specialising in VMware technologies with a particular focus on VMware Cloud Foundation.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team driving our technology modernisation agenda and helping us become the biggest FinTech in the UK. The role is firmly focused on automation-first platform engineering, shaping how infrastructure platforms, including VMware Cloud Foundation and Dell hardware, are built, deployed and operated through infrastructure-as-code. You'll help reduce manual intervention and enable safe, repeatable change at scale.

We're looking for hands-on Infrastructure Specialists to help deliver the next generation of compute hosting platforms across our Private Cloud ecosystem.

Using platform engineering and infrastructure-as-code principles, you'll drive automation, resilience, security and operational excellence across the platform lifecycle.

As a technical authority, you'll provide expert guidance while working with internal teams, partners and vendors to deliver scalable, secure infrastructure solutions.

Why join us?

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

Proven experience as an Infrastructure or Platform Engineer working in a private cloud environment, with infrastructure expertise.

Experience with compute infrastructure technologies, including one or more of the following: VMware vSpehere or Cloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX, Aria Suite, Dell Server Hardware
Experience designing and operating platforms using automation and infrastructure as code
Source Code Management (Git / GitHub)
Understanding of security, compliance and resilience in enterprise environments
Experience supporting production platforms with high availability and performance requirements

You'll should be able to demonstrate experience in:

Supporting and managing enterprise infrastructure platforms
Agile ways of working
Designing or contributing to Hybrid Private Cloud solutions
Backup, restore and disaster recovery processes
Performance tuning and optimisation
Incident, problem and defect management (Level 3 / 4)
Secure configuration and compliance with enterprise standards
Analytical, problem solving and communication skills

Any experience of these would be really useful:

Cisco ACI Networks
SAN Storage
Observability and monitoring tooling (e.g. Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana)

Azure VMware Solution
Certifications in VMware technologies
Experience contributing to platform standards, patterns or internal engineering communities

Experience working closely with product owners and architecture teams

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: