Technical Application Specialist

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

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in the UK is seeking a Technical Application Specialist to enhance their Monitoring & Alerting team. This role involves analyzing and improving service processes, mentoring team members, and leveraging cloud-focused observability tools. The ideal candidate will have experience with Dynatrace and cloud DevOps tooling, alongside strong collaboration skills. Join a company committed to modernizing financial services and an inclusive work culture.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Range of wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience on the pipeline delivery and management of Dynatrace on cloud platforms.
• Previous experience of design/delivery solutions for Dynatrace implementations.
• Strong scripting skills across languages such as Python, PERL, and JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Analyze technical information and provide effective solutions.
• Install and maintain products ensuring compliance with standards.
• Mentor junior team members to develop their skills.

Skills

Observability with cloud focus

Collaboration and influencing skills

Proactive workload management

Tools

Dynatrace

GitHub

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Spinnaker

Job description

Overview

End Date Thursday 16 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 us.

Job Description Summary

This is an exciting time to join the Technology Tools team. We're on a journey to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group that will be at the core of one of the UK's biggest financial service transformations. We are looking for a Technical Application Specialist to join our Monitoring & Alerting team within Operations & Service Enablement.

Job Description

You'll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team whose purpose is to drive our tech modernisation agenda and enable Lloyds Banking Group to become the biggest Fintech in the UK.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in observability, specifically cloud-focused, a passion for technology and a commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Using diagnostic skills to analyse technical information from a range of sources, providing effective solutions and strategies for improving both service and processes in complex environments.
• Install and maintain products and services to ensure high standards, policies and service levels are adhered to.
• Analyse application and performance, review existing deployments and identify gaps or improvements.
• Evaluate, plan and lead on new Systems Management technologies and initiatives, keeping customer interests at the heart of what we do.
• Input into risk processes and conform with SOX and ITEC processes.
• Mentor and nurture junior team members, developing their knowledge and skills.

Qualifications

• Experience on the pipeline delivery and management of Dynatrace on cloud platforms
• Previous experience of design/delivery solutions for Dynatrace implementations / configuration integrations / APIs.
• Cloud DevOps tooling skills – GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps & Spinnaker.
• Scripting skills across languages such as PERL, BASH, SHELL, HTML, XML, C, SQL, JavaScript, JSP, XSLT, Python & Jython
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills to work with a wide range of colleagues.
• Proactive, able to balance workload and priorities, and to identify next steps while engaging senior management.
• It would be great if you also had Technical knowledge of traditional platforms UNIX, Linux, Windows & VMWare; networking skills (TCP/IP, SOAP, WAN/LAN, switches/routers/firewalls/VPNs), HTTP/HTTPS.

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 among the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a Working with Cancer initiative. We especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. If you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, please let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Apply today and find out more.

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.