Azure Cloud Engineer Lead

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JOB TITLE: Azure Cloud Engineer Lead SALARY: £86,964 - £102,310 for outside London and £100,657 - £118,420LOCATION(S): Leeds, Edinburgh & London HOURS: Full timeWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our office site. About this opportunity:The Cloud team is on the journey to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group that will be at the core of one of the UK's biggest financial service transformations. We're looking for an Engineering Lead to join our Azure Engineering team within the Cloud Native engineering Lab.The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable Lloyds Banking Group to become the biggest Fintech in the UK.We're seeking a highly experienced, motivated and innovative hands-on Engineering Lead to play a pivotal role in leading and shaping the technical direction of our Azure platform.The ideal candidate will have experience in software engineering and architecture, a passion for technology and commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions. You'll have worked hands-on and broadly with Azure technologies and bring T-shaped expertise in a particular field such as Kubernetes, Networking, API, Databases, Virtual Machines or Serverless. Why Lloyds Banking Group: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. Including you.

What will you be doing with us?

You'll lead or contribute to the architectural design of cloud platform technologies and products across our ecosystem.You'll be able to get hands-on and contribute code on a regular basis - leading by example.Be proficient in leading technical conversations with stakeholders of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter ExpertsBe a great collaborator across internal, external, and 3rd party teamsDrive best-in-class approaches to automation and securityHave the ability to provide education and mentorship covering cloud engineering topics to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskillingBe an SME in a particular aspect of cloud engineering or product category. Why Lloyds Banking Group: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. Including you. What you'll need:SME/Advanced skills in at least one of: Azure Kubernetes Service & Istio, Azure Networking, Azure Databases, Azure API Management, Azure Native VM technologies, Azure Virtualisation Service (certifications desirable).Strong experience of security configuration management via guardrails (Org Policy, Azure Policy, OPA)Strong experience of writing and contributing Terraform/ARM/Bicep to curate cloud infrastructure for enterpriseGreat understanding of Cloud Native engineering principles and experience of delivering systems based on them.Experience of building DevSecOps approach to infrastructure as code and application CI/CDUnderstanding of cloud security best practises and principles for enterpriseUsage of enterprise Secret Management solutions including Azure Key Vault and Hashicorp VaultAppreciation of network security fundamentals - WAF/WAP/Firewalls and ingress/egress patternsExperience of Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps or Harness.io (desirable) About working for us:Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:A generous pension contribution of up to 15%An annual performance-related bonusShare schemes including free sharesBenefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on topA range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.