Cloud Engineer – Azure (Cloud Platform)

Location: Manchester

Salary & Benefits: £70,929 - £78,810

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by our purpose – Helping Britain Prosper. It shapes how we work, the decisions we make and the impact we seek to have for our customers and communities.

The world is changing quickly, and we’re changing too. It’s an exciting time to join us as we modernise our technology platforms and reshape the future of finance as a force for good.

About the Team

Our Cloud Platform team is a well‑established, solution‑focused engineering community at the heart of one of the largest digital transformations in UK financial services.

We’re modernising the bank’s next‑generation cloud platform and partnering with product teams to enable secure, scalable cloud solutions across:

• Analytics
• GenAI / Machine Learning
• Databases
• Storage
• Serverless HPC
• Application workloads

We focus on product curation, data‑platform capabilities, automation, quality assurance, and embedding AI into cloud engineering workflows to improve both developer experience and operational outcomes.

About the Role

We’re building a cloud platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers – and modern, easy and environmentally conscious for developers. This role focuses on delivering end‑to‑end Azure infrastructure solutions for internal engineering teams.

Core technical focus areas include:

• Azure: AKS, Azure Policy, Batch, Key Vault, SQL, Storage Accounts, API Management
• Engineering fundamentals: Networking, Security, IAM, Platform Engineering
• Tooling: Terraform, CI/CD (Harness / GitHub Actions), PowerShell, Azure CLI
• Developer experience: Git workflows, Backstage, reusable patterns
• Observability: Dynatrace

This is a hands‑on engineering role where you’ll design, build and maintain secure and scalable Azure foundations, drive automation across deployment and operations, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement. Participation in an out‑of‑hours support rota is required..

About You

You enjoy building solutions that make other engineers’ lives easier. You’re collaborative, curious and comfortable working with ambiguity as part of a fast‑moving platform organisation.

You partner closely with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Security and Architecture teams. You value automation, standardisation and repeatability, and you act as a role model and mentor for early‑career engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure foundations
• Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and automated deployment patterns
• Develop CI/CD pipelines using Harness CI and PowerShell to automate delivery
• Translate security and control requirements into policy‑as‑code guardrails using Azure Policy
• Create and enhance “Golden Paths” using Backstage templates, scaffolding, documentation, automation and service catalogue improvements
• Collaborate closely with security, risk, architecture and delivery teams to meet regulatory requirements without slowing innovation
• Drive operational excellence across monitoring, incidents, problem management, cost optimisation and reliability; participate in out‑of‑hours support
• Prototype and implement GenAI and agentic‑AI automation (e.g., AI‑assisted deployments, documentation automation, policy reasoning) using tools like Copilot Studio
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience in Platform Engineering with a consistent track record building and operating Azure solutions
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Harness, or similar)
• Experience with configuration‑management tooling for automation and policy enforcement
• Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash)
• Strong ownership approach with the ability to lead delivery of features or platform components
• Skilled in Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Experience leading cloud‑service product lifecycles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and adapting to change

What You’ll Get in Return

We’re committed to equal opportunity and to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Your growth and wellbeing matter to us.

You’ll receive:

• A performance‑based share bonus
• A flexible benefits allowance
• A generous pension contribution
• Private health cover
• Up to 30 days annual leave (plus ability to purchase more)
• Access to colleague share schemes

If this sounds like the kind of work you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

Working With Us

We’re committed to inclusion every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want colleagues to feel they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

If you’d like reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.