DevOps Engineer - Core Banking System Lab Manchester, England
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
Manchester, England
66861 - 74290 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Monday 14 August 2023
Salary Range
£66,861 - £74,290Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to work on the Core Banking System which supports around 30 million customers.Where does the role sit within Lloyds Banking Group
We are on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.
You will be part of Everyday Banking in Consumer Relationships Platform working in the Core Banking System lab. The lab is a flexible and multi skilled team based in Manchester. Our purpose is to provide market leading customer experience through the servicing of PCA and Savings accounts via multiple channels, including digital. We are responsible for servicing over 56 million active accounts across all LBG brands and work alongside our IT Partners using data, technology and systems thinking to drive great outcomes and experiences for our customers.
As well as the Core Banking System itself the platform also covers the Enterprise Account Aggregation datastore (EAADS) System of Engagement (SOE)
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineer - Core Banking System Lab
SALARY: £66,861.00 - £80,290.00 GBP
LOCATION(S): Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About this opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to work on the Core Banking System which supports around 30 million customers.
We are on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.
You will be part of Everyday Banking in Consumer Relationships Platform working in the Core Banking System lab. The lab is a flexible and multi skilled team based in Manchester. Our purpose is to provide market leading customer experience through the servicing of PCA and Savings accounts via multiple channels, including digital. We are responsible for servicing over 56 million active accounts across all LBG brands and work alongside our IT Partners using data, technology and systems thinking to drive great outcomes and experiences for our customers.
As well as the Core Banking System itself the platform also covers the Enterprise Account Aggregation datastore (EAADS) System of Engagement (SOE)
We are on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.
You will be part of Everyday Banking in Consumer Relationships Platform working in the Core Banking System lab. The lab is a flexible and multi skilled team based in Manchester. Our purpose is to provide market leading customer experience through the servicing of PCA and Savings accounts via multiple channels, including digital. We are responsible for servicing over 56 million active accounts across all LBG brands and work alongside our IT Partners using data, technology and systems thinking to drive great outcomes and experiences for our customers.
As well as the Core Banking System itself the platform also covers the Enterprise Account Aggregation datastore (EAADS) System of Engagement (SOE)
Here’s where you’ll make a difference:
We are looking for someone who comes from a software engineering or database engineering background that has a solid understanding of DevOps practices, processes and supporting tools.
As a Senior DevOps in our team, you will be able to demonstrate both a deep technical understanding of CBS (including ePortal) and to support and develop an experienced team of engineers.
- Experience and In depth knowledge of the CBS application (including ePortal) from both a technical and a business point of view
- Hands on experience with Unisys Mainframe, COBOL, C, JCL, CI/CD methodology and tools such as Jenkins
- Liaising and collaborating with other teams including security and compliance to ensure guardrails are followed and contributed wherever needed.
- Automating as much as possible of the building environments, monitoring and support function with the modern toolset and technologies to improve reliability and productivity.
- Ability to support the Run function as needed – supporting with resolution of any production incidents as needed – this will mean at times that you are the main escalation point for service issues that may impact 20M+ customers.
- Good understanding of design and build activities across the lifecycle - unit testing, system testing and integration testing.
About us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…
What you’ll need -
We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge — it's what makes you amazing!
The successful candidate for the Senior Dev Ops role will have experience in supporting live platforms, ability to navigate a large organisation and liaise infrastructure teams and third parties to investigate incidents, ability to work independently and to mentor junior team members.
As a minimum to be considered, we would like to see demonstrated experience of:
- Hands-on practical experience in software engineering and DevOps
- Proven experience and understanding of modern engineering practices.
- In depth knowledge of the CBS application (including ePortal) from both a technical and a business point of view
- Experience in Unisys Mainframe, COBOL, C, JCL, CI/CD methodology and tools such as Jenkins
- Proficiency in automation
- Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Good knowledge of all aspects of SDLC
- Hands on experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Proficiency in containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong communication skills and passion for collaborating with other engineers and building a strong team culture.
The successful candidate for the Senior Dev Ops role will have experience in supporting live platforms, ability to navigate a large organisation and liaise infrastructure teams and third parties to investigate incidents, ability to work independently and to mentor junior team members.
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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
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.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
- 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
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?
Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
