DevOps Engineer
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Lloyds Banking Group
Listed on
14th March 2019
Location
London
Salary/Rate
£61902 - £70150
Type
Permanent
Start Date
ASAP
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We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer who can work within a dynamic team, to build, test, release and support microservices, using a DevOps toolchain.A successful candidate will be a hands on software engineer taking on a technical engineering role, supporting the building, developing and maintaining of a highly productive software engineering team instilled with the ethos of delivering high quality solutions. He will take ownership for backlog items, quality of build and test and ensure error free deployments into the Production estate, seeking methods (tooling / reviews) to ensure high standards are maintained in line with expectations for High Availability, Group Critical solutions and will contribute to the support of the new platform.
He/She will also have a proven track record in Software Engineering, integration and introduction of 3rd Party packages/tools, coupled with solution configuration, message transformation and rules-based engineering into a production environment. He/She will have strong interpersonal skills, proven development and support experience with a thirst for developing self and mentoring colleagues to maximise their potential.
Essential Skills & Requirements
* Strong Software Engineering including a support and service background
* Experience of agile, dev ops and non-agile development practices; automated build, continuous integration, code quality metrics, configuration management, etc.
* Technical and practical usage skills in Urban Code, Jenkins, Springboot, MQ, Websphere, Unix, Java, WAS and Jira/Confluence
* Experience of Payments schemes and services
* Experience of working in a Agile/feature team is also an advantage
* Identification and ownership of Operational Risks to Risk Manager
* Strong technical contribution and technical direction setting within your area of expertise
* A source of knowledge and practical implementation of High Availability systems
* Experience across the entire development lifecycle from inception, through build to live is essential
* Mentoring/coaching of colleagues and contributing to building a strong team culture
Additional information
This role is a London based but the successful candidate would be expected to undertake some occasional travel depending on team demands.
Skills
Key accountabilities
* Support the leadership team in setting the strategic direction for how new DevOps tools, methods and standards are deployed across the platform
* Ensure that software is managed and configured/developed in a way which is consistent with - and exploits where possible - the collective frameworks, patterns and best practices that exist across the wider Engineering community
* Foster knowledge sharing within your team and the wider platform to provide solutions for complex business problems where no precedent may exist, and ensure implementation of solutions where appropriate
* Delivery of change, within and outside of value stream
* Support to the Scrum Master and Product Owner in development of the feature team capability
* Capable of co-ordinating a small team of 10+ colleagues and partners and providing technical direction
* A trusted advisor in PAS and platform related matters to stakeholders external to Engineering team, E.g. BUCF, Audit, Global Payments
* Engineering Leadership on 3rd Party relationships with partner, industry and software suppliers
* Mentor and develop software engineers, providing clear and constructive feedback and creating opportunities for learning and growth
