Hybrid Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer, GCP

at Lloyds Banking Group

• Job title: Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer, GCP
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £48,987 - £54,430 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, DNS, Firewalls, Google Cloud Platform, Jenkins, SQL, Terraform, Vault
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Manchester, United Kingdom

About the role

• Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer specializing in Google Cloud Platform networking. Pivotal role in developing and enhancing networking foundations for transformation within Lloyds Banking Group.

Responsibilities

• As a Cloud Platform DevOps 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.
• You’ll bring hands‑on expertise, influence technical direction and contribute to the delivery of modern cloud capabilities at scale.
• You’ll be an inspiring, hands‑on engineer with experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering and a history of driving the delivery of technical platforms in enterprise environments.
• You’ll work closely with Networks, Systems and Software Engineering teams to ensure smooth and fast delivery of new designs and capabilities.

Requirements

• Engineering experience building, configuring and optimising GCP networking at enterprise scale.
• Strong knowledge of: Dedicated Interconnect, VPC Peering, Cloud Routers, Firewalls, Google DNS, Cloud NAT, IAM and VPC‑SC.
• Basic understanding of GCP connected workloads such as GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Storage and Google Data/AI products.
• Hands‑on project experience across network deployment, scaling, optimisation, sustaining engineering and technology refresh.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines using Git, Terraform Cloud, HashiCorp Vault, Harness and Jenkins.
• Ability to handle incidents and problems, advancing solutions to improve reliability.
• Experience reviewing and providing feedback on peer code changes.
• Proven ability to develop, deploy and own end‑to‑end product lifecycle within an engineering team.
• Commitment to delivering engineering outcomes in line with Group Controls and Security requirements.

Benefits

• A competitive salary aligned to our Grade E pay structure
• Performance‑related bonus
• Up to 15% employer pension contribution
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working to support work‑life balance
• Generous, flexible benefits package tailored to you
• Private medical insurance
• Access to world‑class learning opportunities, engineering communities and career pathways
• The chance to work with cutting‑edge technology at enterprise scale and directly influence our cloud strategy