Senior Workload Automation & DevOps Specialist

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

Job summary

A leading financial services group in the UK is seeking a Senior Technical Application Specialist to join their Observability & Data Transfer Lab. The role focuses on workload automation and migration to modern platforms, demanding skills in DevOps practices and container orchestration. Ideal candidates will have strong technical expertise and the opportunity for career growth and progression in a supportive environment. The position offers a salary between £70,929 and £78,810, with a hybrid work model in Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, or Edinburgh.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong experience with workload automation tools, such as IBM Workload Automation.
• Hands-on knowledge of container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Familiarity with deploying applications in a cloud-native environment.

Responsibilities

• Join the Observability & Data Transfer Lab and automate critical systems.
• Support migration from traditional TWS scheduling to modern platforms.
• Collaborate in a hybrid working environment with at least two office days a week.

Skills

Workload automation tools

Container orchestration

Helm charts

YAML

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps principles

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Job description

A leading financial services group in the UK is seeking a Senior Technical Application Specialist to join their Observability & Data Transfer Lab. The role focuses on workload automation and migration to modern platforms, demanding skills in DevOps practices and container orchestration. Ideal candidates will have strong technical expertise and the opportunity for career growth and progression in a supportive environment. The position offers a salary between £70,929 and £78,810, with a hybrid work model in Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, or Edinburgh.