Public Cloud Senior Infrastructure Engineer

JOB TITLE: Public Cloud Infrastructure EngineerSALARY: £70,929 - £78,810LOCATION(S): HalifaxHOURS: Full timeWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our locations noted above.About this Opportunity:Redefining with cloud technology, a platform that is fast, safe, and robust for customers and straightforward, contemporary, and environmentally friendly for developers.Our core technology focus is on Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.Seeking a skilled, driven, and inventive hands-on Software Engineer to take an essential part in advancing a feature team's success.The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in software engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must.Why Lloyds Banking GroupWe'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 experience you'll needHere's what we believe you'll need to thrive here:Required:Familiarity with IaC (Terraform, Python, Powershell and willingness to learn advanced practicesExposure to Devops and CI/CD Concepts (eg Harness Backstage)Foundational knowledge of Azure LZ Services (eg storage, monitoring etc)Implement and maintain Policy and Management Group structures under guidance, ensuring compliance and alignment with enterprise standards.Support Disaster Recovery (DR) and Backup configurations, following established patterns and contributing to resilience testing.Configure monitoring and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to enable proactive issue detection.Contribute to team information exchange and peer support, demonstrating collaborative behaviours and learning from senior engineers.Work with other Labs and Platform teams to integrate landing zone components and follow agreed design principles.Adopt an SRE approach by applying automation and observability practices to improve reliability and reduce manual effort.Preferred:Good understanding of Azure services including storage, monitoring, backup/recovery, management groups, subscriptions, networking, and firewalls.Awareness of FinOps principles and ability to apply cost optimization techniques under guidance.Security-conscious engineering approach, including basic identity and access management principles and handling of keys/secrets.Familiarity with governance tooling such as Azure Policy and ability to apply predefined policies.Experience with platform automation for asset tracking and cost management scenarios.Ability to collaborate with compliance and risk teams to implement technical controls based on regulatory requirements.About working for usOur 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 knowWe also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:A generous pension contribution of up to 15%An annual performance-related bonusShare schemes including free sharesBenefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on topA 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.