
Azure Cloud Engineer
Lloyds Banking Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Manchester • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £72,702 - £80,780 per year
About the role
- Design, build and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure foundations
- Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and automated deployment patterns
- Develop CI/CD pipelines using Harness CI and PowerShell to automate delivery
- Translate security and control requirements into policy‑as‑code guardrails using Azure Policy
- Create and enhance “Golden Paths” using Backstage templates, scaffolding, documentation, automation and service catalogue improvements
- Collaborate closely with security, risk, architecture and delivery teams to meet regulatory requirements without slowing innovation
- Drive operational excellence across monitoring, incidents, problem management, cost optimisation and reliability; participate in out‑of‑hours support
- Prototype and implement GenAI and agentic‑AI automation (e.g., AI‑assisted deployments, documentation automation, policy reasoning) using tools like Copilot Studio
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement
Requirements
- Experience in Platform Engineering with a consistent track record building and operating Azure solutions
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Harness, or similar)
- Experience with configuration‑management tooling for automation and policy enforcement
- Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash)
- Strong ownership approach with the ability to lead delivery of features or platform components
- Skilled in Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) using Terraform
- Experience leading cloud‑service product lifecycles
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
- Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and adapting to change
Benefits
- A performance‑based share bonus
- A flexible benefits allowance
- A generous pension contribution
- Private health cover
- Up to 30 days annual leave (plus ability to purchase more)
- Access to colleague share schemes
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Hard Skills & Tools
AzureTerraformCI/CDPowerShellPythonGoBashInfrastructure-as-Codeconfiguration-managementGenAI
Soft Skills
ownershipleadershipcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilitycontinuous improvementoperational excellenceproblem managementcost optimisationinnovation