Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (VMware)

Lloyds Bank plc; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job sharing

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist for Private Cloud focused on VMware technologies, including Cloud Foundation, with a strong emphasis on automation-first platform engineering. The role involves building, deploying and operating compute hosting platforms across the Private Cloud ecosystem, ensuring security, resilience and scalable operations.

The position requires hands-on expertise with VMware and Bare Metal platforms, scripting, and IaC, working within a hybrid

Qualifications

• Proven infrastructure or platform engineering experience in private cloud environments.
• Experience with VMware technologies (vSphere, Cloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX).
• Ability to design/operate platforms using automation and infrastructure-as-code.
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub for source control.
• Understanding of security, compliance and resilience in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting production platforms with high availability and performance requirements.
• Experience with Agile ways of working.
• Knowledge of Hybrid Private Cloud solutions.
• Experience with backup, restore and disaster recovery processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate and continuously improve services running on VMware and Bare Metal platforms.
• Lead automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives to reduce manual intervention.
• Provide expert guidance while collaborating with internal teams, partners and vendors.
• Support and manage enterprise infrastructure platforms with a focus on reliability and security.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Automation & IaC

Security & compliance

High availability

Agile practices

Hybrid cloud

Scripting & automation

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware Cloud Foundation

vSAN

NSX

Aria Suite

Dell Server Hardware

Git / GitHub

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

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

End Date

Sunday 06 September 2026

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

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. You’ll design, build, operate and continuously improve services running on VMware and Bare Metal platforms. 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.
• Cisco ACI Networks.
• SAN Storage.
• Observability and monitoring tooling (e.g. Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience modernising legacy platforms.
• Scripting and automation (e.g. Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Experience working with regulated or financial services environments.
• 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.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

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.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance related bonus
• 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

About Lloyds Banking Group

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. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.

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