Senior Devops Engineer

lloyds banking group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK banking group is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support its cloud transformation initiatives. The role involves developing CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud infrastructure on GCP, and ensuring security compliance. Ideal candidates will have strong DevOps expertise, CI/CD tools proficiency, and experience with automation. The position offers hybrid working, competitive salary, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Flexible benefits for lifestyle

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in DevOps engineering.
• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, or Bash.
• Practical experience with automation tools and IaC platforms (e.g., Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and oversee infrastructure on GCP.
• Automate recurring processes to improve efficiency.

Skills

DevOps engineering

CI/CD tools proficiency

Scripting skills (Python, Bash)

Automation and IaC tools

Cloud services familiarity (GCP)

Containerization and orchestration

Security and compliance knowledge

Teamwork abilities

Monitoring and observability tools

Proactive and autonomous work

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

Spinnaker

GitHub

Job description

Overview

End Date Tuesday 07 October 2025

Salary Range £70,929 - £78,810

Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share

We support flexible working – for more information on flexible working options, please contact the recruiter.

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Devops Engineer

Salary: £70,929 - £78,810

Location: Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds or Bristol

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re moving to the next stages of our digital transformation, and it’s our job within the Chief Security Office (CSO) to ensure that we keep our customers, colleagues and assets safe from threat.

Join our engineering team and play a pivotal role in the Security Data and AI Lab, where you’ll help shape the Group’s cloud strategy and drive innovation through advanced data and AI solutions. By leveraging cutting-edge cloud infrastructure, your contributions will have a direct impact on our product operations, unlocking significant opportunities to enhance customer service and propel business growth. This work forms the cornerstone of our organisation and is essential in building the Bank of the Future.

The sheer pace and scale of change taking place in the data space means there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us. With a modern technology toolset at our fingertips, we'll build even more opportunities to get the most from our data.

The ideal candidate will have expertise with cloud platforms and a solid background in implementing and managing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Day to day responsibilities include:

• Develop, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline application development and deployment processes.
• Compose, implement, and oversee scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Automate recurring processes to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Work closely with development, operations, and product teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications.
• Engage with the team Product Owner and other leadership team members in crafting and solutioning products for customers
• Monitor delivery pipeline performance, solve issues, and optimise to ensure high availability.
• Enforce security protocols and uphold compliance standards throughout the cloud environment.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure configurations, deployment processes, and operational procedures
• Promote and support Agile methodologies, encouraging a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Act as a lead engineer for more junior DevOps engineers on the team, being a point of contact for referral and mentoring
• Generally, support the growth of a strong team by mentoring early career engineers and building a network across the DevOps community.

In addition, any experience of these would be useful:

• Knowledge of Kubeflow deployments or experience delivering platforms built for AI use cases e.g. through Vertex AI
• Experience migrating capabilities from one cloud platform to another
• Understanding and experience using vault capabilities

What you’ll need

• Demonstrated expertise in DevOps engineering.
• Proficiency in working with CI/CD tools including Spinnaker, Jenkins, Harness, Terraform, GitHub, Docker or similar.
• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, or Bash.
• Practical experience with automation tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platforms (e.g., Terraform).
• Familiarity with cloud services, particularly GCP
• Demonstrated background in containerisation and orchestration with Kubernetes experience and knowledge a must-have
• Knowledge of constructing secure systems while following enterprise security and compliance guidelines.
• Solid teamwork abilities, capable of persuading and coordinating varied teams towards a common goal.
• Knowledge of artefact repositories and their role in software delivery.
• Knowledge of Monitoring and Observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Dynatrace).
• Proactive individual capable of working autonomously, advancing various development projects simultaneously.

In addition, any experience in the following would be useful:

• Knowledge of Kubeflow deployments or experience delivering platforms built for AI use cases e.g. through Vertex AI
• Experience migrating capabilities from one cloud platform to another
• Understanding and experience using vault capabilities

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.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

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.