Google Cloud Network DevOps Engineer

• Working Pattern:
  Some out‑of‑hours work and participation in an on‑call support rota will be required
• We’re investing heavily in modernising our technology and building a cloud platform that is fast, secure, resilient and sustainable. As a Cloud Platform Dev Ops Engineer specialising in Google Cloud Platform networking, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing, optimising and operating the networking foundations that underpin our transformation
• This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward‑thinking engineering team helping Lloyds Banking Group progress towards our ambition of becoming the UK’s largest Fin Tech. You’ll bring hands‑on expertise, influence technical direction and contribute to the delivery of modern cloud capabilities at scale

• A generous holiday allowance:
  You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working:
  Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave:
  Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash:
  This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance:
  Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers:
  Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products:
  Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans:
  Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension:
  We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our ‘Your Tomorrow’ scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.

We’re modernising with cloud – creating a platform that’s quick, secure and resilient for customers, and easy, modern and sustainable for developers. Our core technology focus is on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform We’re looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative Cloud‑focused Dev Ops Engineer to join our Google Cloud team. You’ll be an inspiring, hands‑on engineer with experience in Dev Ops or Site Reliability Engineering and a history of driving the delivery of technical platforms in enterprise environments

Experience reviewing and providing feedback on peer code changes

Basic understanding of GCP connected workloads such as GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Storage and Google Data/AI products

Proven ability to develop, deploy and own end‑to‑end product lifecycle within an engineering team Ability to handle incidents and problems, advancing solutions to improve reliability

Engineering experience building, configuring and optimising GCP networking at enterprise scale

Hands‑on project experience across network deployment, scaling, optimisation, sustaining engineering and technology refresh

Commitment to delivering engineering outcomes in line with Group Controls and Security requirements

Strong understanding of Dev Ops practices and CI/CD pipelines using Git, Terraform Cloud, Hashi Corp Vault, Harness and Jenkins Strong knowledge of:
Dedicated Interconnect, VPC Peering, Cloud Routers, Firewalls, Google DNS, Cloud NAT, IAM and VPC‑SCA degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent relevant experience

Google Cloud Professional certification (Dev Ops, Network or Security)
Intermediate Python development skills and experience hosting APIsExperience writing guardrails in Hashi Corp Sentinel Familiarity with Egress proxies, IP management, on‑prem networking, hardware firewalls, Infoblox, cloud proxy and Entra IDStrong communication and collaboration skills

Experience with high‑traffic monitoring systems such as Dynatrace and Google Cloud Monitoring