Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for GCP Analytics Platform

JOB TITLE:  Site Reliability Engineer (GCP Analytics Platform)

SALARY: £70,929 - £78,810

LOCATION(S): Manchester

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 Manchester office.

About this opportunity

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) within the Data & Platform Enablement Lab, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and supporting a best-in-class analytics platform on Google Cloud within Lloyds Banking. Our mission is to drive cost efficiency, transparency, and accelerated time-to-value through automation, integration, and evergreening of the latest cloud-native tools and features.

You’ll be part of a team that provides foundational capabilities for data access, storage, processing, and deployment—empowering users through self-service, automated engagement, and Golden Paths that simplify platform adoption. Your focus will be on ensuring the reliability, scalability, and observability of our cloud infrastructure, while continuously improving service levels and operational excellence.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a platform that underpins enterprise-wide data provisioning, enabling faster, more efficient delivery of insights and innovation across the Group.

What you’ll do 

• Manage the development and/or operation of significant aspects of the data management system with guidance from senior colleagues.

• Grows own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities and develops the capabilities of direct reports by working within existing development framework; provides specialised training or coaching in area of expertise to others throughout the organisation.

• Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by working within established knowledge management systems.

• Delivers outcomes by managing others and working within established systems.

• Defines, delivers, and adapts specialized products/services to meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.

• Analyses specified problems and issues to find the best technical and/or professional solutions.

• Develops product specifications while designing testing procedures and standards.

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

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certification, such as Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect.

• 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud products, particularly in the context of analytics platforms or large-scale infrastructure.

• Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and incident response.

• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Deployment Manager) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Stackdriver, Prometheus, Grafana).

• Proficient in Linux systems, networking, and cloud security standard processes.

It would be great if you also had

• Experience working in DevOps environments, with a focus on automation, scalability, and resilience.

• Familiarity with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, GKE) and serverless architectures.

• Exposure to data analytics platforms or big data tools (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub).

• Programming or scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash.

• Experience with incident management, postmortems, and continuous improvement practices.

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:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies