Hybrid Private Cloud SRE Manager

at Lloyds Banking Group

• Job title: Private Cloud SRE Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £70,929 - £78,810 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Linux, OpenShift, Puppet, VMware
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Leeds, United Kingdom

About the role

• Private Cloud SRE Manager enhancing platform technologies with a focus on stability and scalability at Lloyds Banking Group. Leading automation, observability, and engineering-led solutions in a hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance a wide range of platform technologies, including VMware infrastructure, container platforms and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift), databases, and applications.
• Use Infrastructure as Code to manage environments and support CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve observability using tools such as Dynatrace, ensuring proactive monitoring and alerting.
• Lead and contribute to post-mortems to identify and implement long-term fixes.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the platform stack, including infrastructure, networking, storage, databases, and applications.
• Work in Agile teams, collaborating with engineers, architects, and product owners across the organisation.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, including Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD.
• Experience with container platforms and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Hands-on experience with VMware technologies in a production environment.
• Familiarity with observability platforms, such as Dynatrace.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot across a broad range of platform technologies.
• Experience with either Linux or Windows operating systems.
• A mindset focused on continuous improvement and reducing manual steps through automation.
• Experience with automation tools and APIs for infrastructure management would be really useful.
• Exposure to configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet).
• Leadership or mentoring experience in technical teams.
• Certifications in VMware or any major cloud provider (e.g., Azure, GCP, AWS).
• Background in system administration or software engineering with a strong aptitude for learning cloud-native practices.

Benefits

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