Senior DevOps Engineer
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £81,999 to £91,110 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, London, EC2V 7HN |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Lloyds Banking Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 126317_1757062269 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineer
SALARY: £81,999 - £91,110
LOCATION(S): London
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 London office.
About this opportunity
Are you passionate about DevOps and the role it plays? This is your chance to join our dynamic team and make a big difference. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll be working on exciting projects that enhance our digital presence and the daily lives of many engineers across the Group.
You'll be part of a collaborative team that values innovation and continuous improvement within the API & Digital Services Platform. The API & Digital Services Platform's vision is to enable smarter API & SOE lead innovation whilst ensuring resilient digital services today.
Your role will involve supporting the pipelines and systems for the Flash application, implementing new features, and ensuring the highest level of performance and user experience as well as embarking on our journey with the IDP. You'll also have the opportunity to mentor peers and junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure. You'll work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of software products. Your expertise in Jenkins, Urban Code Deploy, Harness, Sonar, GitHub, and public cloud platforms, and will be essential in driving our DevOps initiatives forward.
What you'll do
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Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Urban Code Deploy, and Harness.
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Automate and streamline deployment processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
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Collaborate with development and QA teams to integrate automated testing and code quality checks using Sonar and other tools.
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Manage and maintain version control systems, primarily GitHub, ensuring best practices for branching, merging, and code reviews.
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Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, ensuring high availability and performance.
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Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
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Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
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Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the team.
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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3+ years of experience in DevOps or related roles.
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Strong expertise in Jenkins, Urban Code Deploy, Harness, Sonar, and GitHub.
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Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
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Experience with public cloud platforms, ideally Azure.
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Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration.
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Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
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Strong communication and collaboration skills.
It would be great if you also had
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Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
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Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
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Certification in relevant technologies or cloud platforms.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
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.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
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