Senior DevOps Engineer

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

Job summary

A major financial services provider in Halifax is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their Strategic Enablement Lab Team. This role focuses on building applications for millions of customers and enhancing internal operations. The successful candidate will implement and maintain DevOps pipelines and mentor team members. The position offers a salary ranging from £70,929 to £78,810 per annum, with a hybrid work model and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Proficiency in managing and deploying applications on public cloud (GCP preferred).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration using Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for DevOps implementations ensuring stability and performance.
• Spearhead the migration of Group applications from Google 1.0 to Google 2.0.
• Drive automation of repetitive tasks.
• Mentor early career engineers to enhance their skills.

Skills

Managing and deploying applications on public cloud

Groovy programming language

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform

System administration (Ansible)

Container orchestration using Kubernetes

Network segmentation and subnetting

Helm for managing Kubernetes applications

CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Spinnaker/Harness)

Configuring and managing firewalls

Information/network security principles

Managing secrets and certificates

Building rapport with stakeholders

Coaching and mentoring fellow team members

Risk management skills

Job description

End Date Thursday 15 January 2026

Salary Range £70,929 - £78,810

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

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Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineer

SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810 per annum

LOCATION: Halifax

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 one of our office sites

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Strategic Enablement Lab Team within our Colleague Channels Platform in Halifax. This greenfield engineering-focused lab team was recently stood up to build new applications that benefit not just our 20 million mobile banking customers, but our internal teams as well. Alongside a collaborative team, you will work closely with product teams to support new applications on the route to go-live.

The Senior DevOps Engineer will hold accountability for design, implementation, maintenance and support of DevOps pipelines, tooling/automation to shape how we deliver code to customers and colleagues. This will include recommending the right pipeline and tooling choices appropriate for their Strategic Enablement Lab Team accountabilities, in line with Lloyds Banking Group Strategy.

Our Strategic Enablement Lab team is growing at an ambitious rate, which will create opportunities for the Senior DevOps Engineer to either grow into Line Management or enhance their DevOps skillset even further.

Day to day, you will

• Accountable for DevOps implementations at a Feature team/Lab level, ensuring all services/implementations are stable, scalable and performant.
• Ensuring service levels are appropriate for all DevOps services consumed by the Feature/Lab team.
• Spearhead and support the migrating all Group applications from Google 1.0 to Google 2.0.
• Utilising endorsed technologies and applying common build patterns to minimise technical debt.
• Application creation and application maintenance.
• Adhering to Group policies and frameworks for build and release.
• Drive relentless automation of repetitive and tedious tasks (TOIL).
• Actively contribute to Platform level roadmaps around DevOps pipelines, tooling and technology.
• Support building a strong team by mentoring early career engineers to advance their technical skills, and by undertaking technical interviews to enable us to hire new engineers.
• Liaise with Central DevOps function and build your network across the DevOps community within the Group.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever‑changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you’ll need

• Proficiency in managing and deploying applications on public cloud (GCP preferred; AWS, Azure).
• Strong knowledge of Groovy programming language.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Demonstrable knowledge of system administration (Ansible).
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Understanding of network segmentation and subnetting.
• Experience with Helm for managing Kubernetes applications.
• Proficiency with multiple CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Spinnaker/Harness).
• Knowledge of configuring and managing firewalls for security.
• Strong understanding of information/network security principles and practices.
• Experience with managing secrets and certificates, such as using HashiCorp Vault.
• Ability to build rapport with internal stakeholders such as Product Owners.
• Prior experience coaching and mentoring fellow team members for knowledge sharing.
• Strong risk management skills.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Understanding of service mesh concepts and implementations (Istio).
• Experience with private and hybrid cloud environments.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation tasks.

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.

Benefits

• 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

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

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.

Data Privacy

We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited 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.

Diversity Commitment

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.