Private Cloud SRE Manager, Lloyds
£70.9-78.8k
+ An annual performance-related bonus + Share schemes including free shares
2-3 days a week in office
Retail and commercial bank
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Retail and commercial bank
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£70.9-78.8k
+ An annual performance-related bonus + Share schemes including free shares
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To support families and businesses, helping them to take the next step, whatever that may be.
Role
Who you are
- 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 solve across a broad range of platform technologies
- Experience with either Linux or Windows operating systems
- An attitude focused on continuous improvement and reducing manual steps through automation
Desirable
- Experience with automation tools and APIs for infrastructure management
- 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 interest in learning cloud-native practices
What the job involves
- Our Private Cloud SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team is looking for a passionate and experienced engineer to help run and evolve one of the Group’s most critical platforms. As a Private Cloud SRE, you’ll be a key contributor to the stability, performance, and scalability of services that support the Bank’s digital transformation and long-term technology vision
- You’ll work hands-on with container platforms, VMware infrastructure, and observability tooling to ensure our services are resilient and efficient
- You’ll lead and participate in post-mortems, drive automation, and continuously improve the platform through engineering-led solutions. This role also involves working in Agile environments, collaborating across multiple teams and disciplines to deliver high-quality outcomes at pace
- 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
Application process
- End Date: January 20, 2026
Our take
Lloyds Bank, part of Lloyds Banking Group, began operations back in 1765 and is nowadays one of the UK’s leading retail and commercial banks. As with many leading banks, the company has dealt with its share of controversy – including for its handling of PPI complaints in 2015, and the 2009 European Commission ruling that forced it to part ways with TSB – but it has nonetheless stood the test of time and worked to build back its public reputation in the wake of these setbacks.
Of the company’s 26 million customers, over 18 million of them are online, making it the largest UK digital bank. As part of its ongoing digital transformation, the company is seeking to put the cloud at the front of its services and systems, and has cited intentions to invest heavily in overhauling its current technology infrastructure. All this seeks to serve the modern banking customer, and to compete with the fast-increasing number of alternative banking options appearing on the market.
Recently, Lloyds Bank has shown great interest in facilitating innovation in the industry, joining as a partner on FinTech Action Labs (a FinTech accelerator programme) to bring its industry expertise to early-stage FinTechs. As well as investment in digital transformation and AI, the company is enhancing its wealth product and corporate banking offerings, as well as expanding its partnerships with digital banking companies.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
- A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
- A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
- Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
- Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
- Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
- Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
- Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
- Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our 'Your Tomorrow' scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Charlie Nunn
(Group Chief Executive, not founder)Spent nine years at HSBC, including as Group Head of Wealth Management and Digital, and as CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking.
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