Senior Infrastructure Engineer
| Posting date: | 30 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £70,929 to £78,810 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4AP |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Lloyds Banking Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 134040_1748617094 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: Senior Infrastructure Engineer
SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810
LOCATION(S): Leeds
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Leeds office.
About this opportunity
An opportunity has risen for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our Network Security and Traffic Management Lab within the Core Infrastructure Platform at Lloyds Banking Group. The focus of this role is to assist and develop automation to deliver technical solutions with the delivery of work.
What you'll do
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Accountability for design, implementation, security, maintenance and support of software-defined infrastructure resources.
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Identifies areas for improvement, suggests and implements changes to business practices, and manages projects with mentorship from senior team members.
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Provide recommendations for the development of IT Security policies, develop underlying procedures and monitor their implementation for area of responsibility within the organization.
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Identify and evaluates complex expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs.
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Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by working within established strategic planning systems.
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
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Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and supporting software-defined infrastructure.
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Proficiency in automation tools and scripting languages to enhance infrastructure efficiency.
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Ability to identify and evaluate technical solutions to meet business needs.
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Knowledge of IT Security policies and procedures, with experience monitoring their implementation.
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Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to suggest and implement improvements to existing practices.
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Strong communication skills to collaborate with senior colleagues and provide clear input into policy development.
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Comprehensive knowledge of F5 BIG-IP architecture and modules (LTM, GTM, ASM, APM).
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Expertise in Python (particularly for automation and integration).
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Understanding of CI/CD principles and pipeline orchestration and associated technologies
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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.
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.
As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.
We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
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A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
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An annual performance-related bonus
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Share schemes including free shares
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Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
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30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
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A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme