Azure Cross Product SRE Lead

End Date Wednesday 24 May 2023 Salary Range £73,616 - £92,020
Agile Working Options Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working Job Description Lloyds Banking Group Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Halifax, Bristol, Manchester – For many of our office based colleagues, we work in hybrid ways which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Salary & Benefits: The base salary banding for this role is £85,208 to £106,510 in London and £73,616 to £92,020 outside of London plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices flexibility to suit your lifestyle and ensure a good work-life balance. Who are Lloyds Banking Group and where does this role sit? Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s largest Digital, Retail and Commercial Bank with a focus on Helping Britain Prosper. We’re on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation. Cloud Services is looking for an Azure Cross Product SRE Lead in the SRE and Service team. Cloud Services offer a range of products and services to consumers of our cloud platforms. The Azure Cross Product SRE Lead will lead end to end platform design assurance to ensure designs are aligned with SRE principles and act as the first point of contact for critical incidents to carry out initial triage and decide on the best course of action. This role will also support the Product SREs to ensure the right balance of prioritisation between run, change and improve work. Specific activities which you’ll be responsible for include things like;

• Carry out regular design reviews with an end to end platform view to make sure all designs are aligned with SRE principles and deliver operational resilience requirements of the workloads
• Ensure designs produced by different product teams are aligned to SRE principles
• Be the subject matter expert for critical incidents to lend your end to end platform expertise to investigate the incident and decide on the best course of action
• Contribute to the constantly evolving SRE framework, principles and ways of working
• Support the product SREs to ensure the product teams have the right balance of run, improve and change stories in each sprint and address any SLA, SLO failures or increased incident levels
• Train & mentor the junior SRE's in the latest platform and product features & technology developments

What do we need to see from applicants

• Solid understanding of the SRE role and principles
• Experience working with a wide range of products in Azure
• Solid hands-on experience of using infrastructure as code to deploy products into Azure
• Negotiating skills to influence technical and leadership decisions to achieve the right consumer outcomes and operational needs
• A good understanding of public cloud security
• Desire to learn and cross skill to other public cloud platforms

Desirable skills to have

• Experience in managing risks and controls across technical platforms
• Depth of experience in a broad set of Azure services and products
• Experience managing teams in a large, complex, highly regulated industry
• Previous experience running a team, managing a public cloud estate
• Azure Certifications

What can I expect in Return? We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both professionally and personally to optimise your potential! As a new colleague to the team, you’ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued. We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process, just let us know. Together we’ll make it possible! At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.