Lloyds Banking Group
Site Reliability Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £44,000 - 76,000 per year
Requirements:- Experience deploying production-ready applications to Kubernetes clusters
- At least 2 years of experience working with a cloud provider such as AWS or GCP
- Experience defining infrastructure as code, ideally using Terraform
- Experience with a modern programming language such as Go or Python
- Strong troubleshooting skills across client, network, HTTP, server, database and operating system layers
- Experience working within Agile development environments and sprint-based delivery
- Ability to write clear, concise and effective technical documentation
- Passion for learning and staying current with cloud-native and software engineering technologies
- Experience collaborating with engineers, product managers and stakeholders across the business
- Demonstrated ownership mindset and ability to deliver initiatives from concept through to launch
- Experience working with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform
- Experience supporting Kubernetes (EKS) environments and service mesh technologies such as Istio
- Knowledge of observability tooling including Prometheus, Grafana or Coralogix
- Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB or HashiCorp Vault
- Experience using GitLab, Flux or Helm within CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of PCI-compliant infrastructure design
- Experience working within a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment
- Experience introducing automation initiatives that improve engineering efficiency
- Experience evaluating and implementing new platform or infrastructure technologies
- Help build, scale and operate the platforms that power our products and services
- Work closely with engineering teams across the business to support the infrastructure they rely on
- Improve reliability and security across our platforms
- Champion best practices in site reliability engineering
- Build and maintain infrastructure through code
- Develop Terraform modules
- Explore and evaluate emerging technologies
- Contribute to incident post-mortems
- Help drive a culture of continuous improvement
- Scale our platform for millions of customers
- Improve observability
- Accelerate engineering teams through automation
- Ensure our services remain secure, resilient and highly available
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- GCP
- GitLab
- Grafana
- HTTP
- Helm
- Istio
- Support
- Kubernetes
- MongoDB
- Network
- PostgreSQL
- Prometheus
- Python
- Security
- Terraform
- Web
- DevOps
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We are a pioneering, fast-changing business shaping finance as a force for good. This is a full-time Site Reliability Engineer role, based remotely in the UK with a hybrid working style that involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. We support flexible working options and provide workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and offer a wide-ranging benefits package that includes up to 15% pension contribution, an annual bonus award subject to Group performance, share schemes including free shares, adaptable benefits, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave policies. We are focused on creating a values-led, inclusive workplace where our colleagues can learn, thrive, and make a real difference.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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Lloyds Banking Group
London
IT
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