About the role

  • Cloud Engineer focusing on Google Cloud Platform at Lloyds Banking Group, delivering secure, scalable solutions for various workloads. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to modernize banking infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain secure, scalable GCP infrastructure foundations, including IAM policy, key management, network patterns (PSC/PSA), and observability for services such as BigQuery, Composer, Vertex AI, AlloyDB, Spanner and Cloud Run
  • Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and automated deployment patterns for analytics, AI/ML, database and serverless products
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines using Harness CI and Python to automate delivery and reduce manual effort
  • Translate threat‑model and policy requirements into policy‑as‑code guardrails (Wiz / Rego / Custom Org Policy / CEL)
  • Create and evolve self‑service Golden Paths via Backstage templates, scaffolding, documentation and automation hooks
  • Partner with security, risk, architecture and delivery teams to meet regulated‑industry standards while maintaining engineering pace
  • Improve operational excellence across monitoring, incident response, problem management, cost optimisation and reliability, including participating in OOH support
  • Prototype and productionise GenAI and agentic‑AI automation (e.g., AI‑assisted deployments, documentation generation, policy reasoning) using tools including Gemini on GCP and Copilot Studio
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies and support continuous improvement of workflows, tools and processes

Requirements

  • Experience in Platform Engineering with a consistent record of delivering and operating solutions on GCP
  • Hands‑on experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Harness or similar
  • Understanding of configuration‑management tools for infrastructure automation and policy enforcement
  • Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
  • Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Go or Bash)
  • Ability to take ownership of features and products through to successful delivery
  • Experience handling cloud‑service products through their lifecycle
  • Strong written and verbal communication, able to explain technical concepts clearly to varied audiences
  • Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, dynamic and evolving environment

Benefits

  • A performance‑based share bonus
  • A flexible benefits pot
  • A generous pension contribution
  • Private health cover
  • Up to 30 days annual leave (with the option to purchase more)
  • Access to colleague share schemes

Job title

Google Cloud Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£70,929 - £78,810 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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