Senior Google Cloud Engineer

End Date Thursday 01 June 2023 Salary Range £61,911 - £89,427
Agile Working Options Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working Job Description Summary . Job Description Senior Google Cloud Engineer Lloyds Banking Group Salary & Benefits: £61,911 - £68,790 (depending on experience) Location: Halifax (We're flexible on location and can also consider candidates based out of Bristol, Manchester, Leeds & Edinburgh) 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. We'll also give you a broad remuneration package which includes:

• A performance share bonus
• A generous pension contribution
• A flex cash pot you can adjust to suit your lifestyle
• Private health cover
• A minimum of 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Various share schemes including free shares

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading bank with over 30m customers, and its biggest digital bank, with over 18 million active online customers. We've placed a bold transformation programme and a multi-channel approach to banking at the heart of our strategy to be the best bank for customers, backed by significant investment in our platforms and people over the next three years. Where does this role sit Working in Cloud Services on one of the Group’s flagship projects to deliver a strategic platform on Google Cloud Platform that will enable the business to realise the next generation of services that form the Bank’s vision for 2023 and beyond! Perhaps you can make it possible. This role will blend both deep domain and technical expertise within the Cloud topics requiring you to be ‘hands-on’ and able to lead from the front – setting an example of behaviours and practices for the team members. An advocate for Engineering, providing a voice to engineers within the teams, identifying and supporting their teams in resolution of impediments and issues as well as continually developing themselves in line with the industry.
What you’d get involved with:

• Collaborative working with the business and other engineering teams to find opportunities for, then leads the design, build and release of enterprise-class solutions
• Ensuring released services are resilient and optimised for cost and scalability
• Helping to define the Cloud Technology Roadmap
• Suggests and implements improvements to existing business practices
• At this level the role is looking for leadership and blend of both deep domain and technical expertise within a team in a "player-coach" model.

What’s needed to be considered for this job? Essential:

• Ability to write scripts in the following languages: BASH, Python, Groovy
• Recent practical experience using Google SDK to deliver APIs + automation
• Delivered platforms based on the principles of Infrastructure as Code usingTerraform
• Pipeline + automation: Understanding of Jenkins and how to extend it
• Recent experience using Kubernetes
• Experience working with a broad set of Google Cloud products & services
• Source code management using Github
• To understand and be able to write, parse, and process JSON and YAML
• A firm understanding of Cloud Security
• GCP Associate Cloud Engineer certification

Desirable:

• Knowledge of either GoLang or Github Actions
• Any other Google Cloud Platform formal certifications
• Although we're not using Azure we're still keen to talk to people with Azure certifications who have a desire to move over to GCP
• Knowledge of service meshes (Istio preferred)

About you:

• Recent experience designing and delivering hybrid-cloud platforms and services, automated API systems with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and agile delivery models
• Able to follow and iteratively improve domain-owned services as GCP and other cloud-based products mature + develop new features where other emerging technologies present an opportunity
• Ability to work with architectural, business and other engineering leads to shape, design and engineer solutions
• Continuous curiosity to learn and develop themselves
• Technology agnostic and are willing to adapt their approach in pursuit of the best solution

What you'll get in return: We have the scale to provide genuine opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career.
We can offer working outside the traditional 9:5 a with flexible and hybrid working patterns and care about what might work for you... We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. Being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our recruitment process. We’re proud to have received the following industry recognitions that show our commitment to inclusion:

• Working Families - Top 10 Employer
• The Times - Top 50 Employer for Women
• Business Disability Forum - ‘Gold Standard’ and ‘Best Workplace Adjustments Process’

So if you possess the skills we're seeking then get in touch, we'd love to hear from you... 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.