Public Cloud Assistant Infrastructure Engineer

Company Overview

As part of our ongoing transformation journey, we're building the bank of the future—and we're looking for passionate engineers to help us get there. Our Cloud Engineering team is seeking a motivated Cloud Engineer with hands‑on experience in cloud‑native technologies and a strong desire to grow in a collaborative, engineering‑led environment.

Lloyds Banking Group is driven by a clear purpose: to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues focus on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. You’ll have the opportunity to shape the financial services of the future while learning and growing.

• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of Kubernetes‑based infrastructure on GCP/Azure.
• Assist in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and testing workflows.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Collaborate with the team to implement security best practices and access controls.
• Participate in troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure issues.
• Engage in team ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.

• 1‑3 years of experience in a Dev Ops, SRE, or cloud engineering role.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Git Lab CI, or Git Hub Actions.
• Familiarity with scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Go.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform.
• Understanding of cloud computing concepts and GCP/Azure services.
• Eagerness to learn, take initiative, and contribute to team success.

• Experience with Istio ingress and egress gateways, mTLS enforcement, sidecar injection, and telemetry.
• Familiarity with Anthos Config Management for Git Ops‑driven resource provisioning.
• Exposure to Backstage Git Ops workflows for platform automation.
• Experience with Harness CI/CD pipelines for secure and scalable deployments.
• Understanding of OPA Gatekeeper policies for tenant isolation and policy enforcement.
• Awareness of Aqua Security for container runtime protection.
• Knowledge of shared services such as CoreDNS, cert‑manager, Dynatrace, Cloudability, and Infoblox.
• Experience with GCP or Azure cloud platforms.
• Exposure to service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Dynatrace).
• Basic understanding of networking, security principles, and Linux systems.
• Awareness of agile methodologies and Dev Ops culture.

• Performance share bonus
• Generous pension contribution
• Flex cash pot
• Private health cover
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Share schemes including free shares