Public Cloud Assistant Infrastructure Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Public Cloud Assistant Infrastructure Engineer

SALARY: £48,987-£54,430

LOCATION(S): Halifax or Leeds

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Halifax or Leeds office location

What you'll be doing

As a Public Cloud Assistant Infrastructure Engineer, you'll support the design, build and operation of cloud-based infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure. Working as part of an agile engineering team, you'll help deliver secure, scalable and resilient platforms that support critical services across Lloyds Banking Group. You'll gain hands‑on experience operating and enhancing Kubernetes‑based environments, building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, and contributing to Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform. You'll also play a key role in monitoring platform performance, troubleshooting issues, supporting incident resolution activities, and helping to implement security controls, access management and governance standards. Alongside your day-to-day engineering responsibilities, you'll contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, platform enhancements and agile ceremonies, while developing your expertise in modern cloud and DevOps practices. With training and support provided, you'll also participate in an on‑call rota, helping to ensure the stability and reliability of our cloud platforms.

Why join us?

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

What we're looking for

• 1–4 years’ experience in a DevOps, SRE, cloud or infrastructure engineering role
• Hands‑on experience or strong working knowledge of Kubernetes and container technologies
• Experience using CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or similar)
• Ability to write or maintain scripts using Python, Bash or Go
• Experience or exposure to Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
• Understanding of cloud computing concepts and services on GCP and/or Azure
• Basic understanding of Linux systems, networking and security principles
• Strong collaboration skills and a willingness to learn new tools and technologies

And any experience of these would be great

• Experience with Istio service mesh, including ingress/egress, mTLS and telemetry
• Familiarity with GitOps approaches (e.g. Anthos Config Management, Backstage workflows)
• Experience with Harness or similar enterprise CI/CD tools
• Exposure to OPA Gatekeeper or policy‑as‑code tooling
• Awareness of container security tools such as Aqua Security
• Knowledge of shared platform services (e.g. CoreDNS, cert‑manager, Dynatrace, Infoblox, Cloudability)
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus or Dynatrace
• Understanding of agile and DevOps ways of working

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways. So, if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and establish a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance related bonus
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact?

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