Business Unit: Technology Operations and Cyber Security - Data Platform Unit Salary Range: £40,800.00 - £51,000.00 per annum DOE Location: UK Hybrid - Work from anywhere in the UK, with flexibility to occasionally visit a Virgin Money Hub Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Our Team The successful candidate will join the Data Platform Unit within Technology Operations and Cyber Security (TOCS) becoming a key member of the team who are responsible for supporting the organisations database environments which reside upon a mixture of on-prem, hybrid and cloud infrastructure. The expectation is that you will work closely with other staff from TOCS and beyond, including 3rd parties, to ensure the database is estate functions as required alongside collaborating with projects and other teams to ensure that change within the database environments is managed and controlled effectively alongside innovation being progressed safely. What you'll be doing Support and problem solve on all Production databases as a priority alongside supporting the databases within the Pre-Production environment through proactive identification of risk, swift resolution of live issues and proposal of appropriate fixes/improvements for future Upgrade, decommission and deliver new databases alongside supporting changes required to existing databases on the estate including but not limited to deployments, patching, tuning / optimisation and disaster recovery testing. Think "outside the box" to improve our processes through process automation, innovation and continuous improvement. Work with Lead Database Engineers, Infrastructure Designers and Project Managers to ensure solutions meet the organisation's strategic needs and service being kept safe is in mind at all times. Collaborate with internal and external parties, escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers / Team Leads, to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs to ensure we provide excellent customer service. Improve our processes through process automation, innovation and continuous improvement. Our work is highly specialised, high profile and fast paced, so you will be expected to self-manage in a professional and proactive manner in conjunction with your Team Lead who will assign you tasks. Following a period of training the expectation is that the successful candidate would join a 24/7 on-call rota. Due to the operational nature of the role, there will be times when you may need to work out with your core hours therefore flexibility is key. We need you to have A strong understanding and experience of database administration (across Oracle and SQL Server technologies specifically) in a Production setting. An ability to troubleshoot Production issues quickly in an analytical manner alongside making recommendations to resolve issues and/or deliver enhancements. Experience of undertaking database builds, patching, migrations and upgrades. Experience of High Availability and Disaster Recovery Methods including setup, troubleshooting and support - Oracle RAC, Oracle Restart, ASM, Oracle Data Guard, flashback technologies and SQL Server Always On High Availability. Database performance tuning and optimisation skills. Experience of using Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle / Red Hat Linux, Windows, AIX, and Solaris Operating System experience. An ability to take ownership for your own development, including taking proactive steps to improve and maintain your skills, knowledge, and behaviours. To display collaborative behaviours and excellent verbal / written communication skills. ITIL Service Management awareness (Incident, Change and Problem Management processes). The self-motivation and desire to keep knowledge current in regards to database technologies including but not limited to Oracle, SQL, Exadata and OCI. It's a bonus if you have but not essential Experience of managing databases (including patching, maintenance, and support of the appliances themselves) within cloud or environments (Oracle OCI, Oracle Exadata and/or Microsoft Azure) with an awareness of emerging industry trends such as PAAS, DBAS, IAAS. Experience of working with other database technologies aside from Oracle and SQL Server i.e. Cosmos, PostgreSQL or similar. Competence in scripting languages such as Bash/PowerShell/Python. Experience of Dynatrace tooling. ServiceNow usage Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery. The extras you'll get: 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice. Private medical insurance A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement Access to an annual performance-related bonus Training and development to help you progress your career A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible. Say hello to Virgin Money Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the?Nationwide group,?together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose ; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you'll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider. Be yourself at Virgin Money At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
01/04/2026
Full time
Business Unit: Technology Operations and Cyber Security - Data Platform Unit Salary Range: £40,800.00 - £51,000.00 per annum DOE Location: UK Hybrid - Work from anywhere in the UK, with flexibility to occasionally visit a Virgin Money Hub Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Our Team The successful candidate will join the Data Platform Unit within Technology Operations and Cyber Security (TOCS) becoming a key member of the team who are responsible for supporting the organisations database environments which reside upon a mixture of on-prem, hybrid and cloud infrastructure. The expectation is that you will work closely with other staff from TOCS and beyond, including 3rd parties, to ensure the database is estate functions as required alongside collaborating with projects and other teams to ensure that change within the database environments is managed and controlled effectively alongside innovation being progressed safely. What you'll be doing Support and problem solve on all Production databases as a priority alongside supporting the databases within the Pre-Production environment through proactive identification of risk, swift resolution of live issues and proposal of appropriate fixes/improvements for future Upgrade, decommission and deliver new databases alongside supporting changes required to existing databases on the estate including but not limited to deployments, patching, tuning / optimisation and disaster recovery testing. Think "outside the box" to improve our processes through process automation, innovation and continuous improvement. Work with Lead Database Engineers, Infrastructure Designers and Project Managers to ensure solutions meet the organisation's strategic needs and service being kept safe is in mind at all times. Collaborate with internal and external parties, escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers / Team Leads, to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs to ensure we provide excellent customer service. Improve our processes through process automation, innovation and continuous improvement. Our work is highly specialised, high profile and fast paced, so you will be expected to self-manage in a professional and proactive manner in conjunction with your Team Lead who will assign you tasks. Following a period of training the expectation is that the successful candidate would join a 24/7 on-call rota. Due to the operational nature of the role, there will be times when you may need to work out with your core hours therefore flexibility is key. We need you to have A strong understanding and experience of database administration (across Oracle and SQL Server technologies specifically) in a Production setting. An ability to troubleshoot Production issues quickly in an analytical manner alongside making recommendations to resolve issues and/or deliver enhancements. Experience of undertaking database builds, patching, migrations and upgrades. Experience of High Availability and Disaster Recovery Methods including setup, troubleshooting and support - Oracle RAC, Oracle Restart, ASM, Oracle Data Guard, flashback technologies and SQL Server Always On High Availability. Database performance tuning and optimisation skills. Experience of using Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle / Red Hat Linux, Windows, AIX, and Solaris Operating System experience. An ability to take ownership for your own development, including taking proactive steps to improve and maintain your skills, knowledge, and behaviours. To display collaborative behaviours and excellent verbal / written communication skills. ITIL Service Management awareness (Incident, Change and Problem Management processes). The self-motivation and desire to keep knowledge current in regards to database technologies including but not limited to Oracle, SQL, Exadata and OCI. It's a bonus if you have but not essential Experience of managing databases (including patching, maintenance, and support of the appliances themselves) within cloud or environments (Oracle OCI, Oracle Exadata and/or Microsoft Azure) with an awareness of emerging industry trends such as PAAS, DBAS, IAAS. Experience of working with other database technologies aside from Oracle and SQL Server i.e. Cosmos, PostgreSQL or similar. Competence in scripting languages such as Bash/PowerShell/Python. Experience of Dynatrace tooling. ServiceNow usage Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery. The extras you'll get: 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice. Private medical insurance A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement Access to an annual performance-related bonus Training and development to help you progress your career A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible. Say hello to Virgin Money Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the?Nationwide group,?together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose ; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you'll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider. Be yourself at Virgin Money At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
About CACI From our headquarters in London, we're busy empowering organisations to make bold, strategic moves with the power of data and technology. Founded in 1975, our operations take place from multiple offices across the UK, Europe and India with over 1600 Full time employees and an annual turnover of £179m. Our expertise spans industries, from retail and education to public sector and transport - delivering intelligent solutions that drive progress and create measurable impact. Whether it's business intelligence, customer marketing, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, critical national infrastructure or data management, our approach is never one-size-fits-all. We don't just deliver solutions; we build for the tomorrow's world, all while fostering a culture that allows employees to be their authentic selves and succeed in their careers. About Network Services CACI Network Services is a rapidly expanding specialist IT and Networks consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within challenging and exciting environments with our major clients in Global Media, Banking, Government, Telecoms & Utilities The role Responsible for the design, development, implementation, and troubleshooting of audio and video systems and infrastructure, focusing on both Legacy and cloud-based solutions Key responsibilities Install, test, analyse, troubleshoot and modify new Audio & Video processing equipment/solutions to achieve maximum performance and availability. Provide technical knowledge to the development and deployment of Audio & Video processing service infrastructure, driving improved technical and service performance. Design and drive processes to facilitate smooth and seamless deployment of new Audio & Video processing services. Design, develop, and implement Audio & Video processing systems and solutions for broadcast and satellite communications, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Supervise the delivery of 3rd party suppliers and contractors to ensure that delivery specifications and standards meet our customer requirements. Standardise equipment to minimise disruption and achieve straightforward integration with existing networks/infrastructure. Document Audio & Video processing build procedures and contribute to the continuous improvement of policies, processes and procedures. Apply standard procedures to solve problems and identify appropriate resolution. Adopt the role of Design Authority (DA) in area of Audio & Video processing expertise to ensure the delivery of the end to end customer solution and for less complex projects Lead Design Authority (LDA). Bring a commercial perspective to the operation, with a particular focus on cash management, cash preservation and optimising returns on investments made in assets and tools. Contribute to accurate forecasting and capacity management for broadcast. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product development, network engineering, and field operations, to support the deployment and optimisation of Audio & Video processing technologies. Stay updated with the latest advancements in Audio & Video processing technologies and industry trends. Drive collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement within Audio & Video processing engineering. Provide technical leadership within the team, sharing knowledge and skills and providing mentoring support to engineers and technicians. Act as an escalation point for troubleshooting from junior engineers. Support integration projects for Legacy systems and cloud-based solutions. Core skills, knowledge and experience required Audio and video processing - Understanding of audio and video processing principles Virtualisation & Cloud Computing - proficiency with virtualisation and cloud computing eg AWS, Azure, Google Cloud platforms. Multiplexing - Proficiency in encoding and multiplexing technologies Diagnostic tools - Proficiency in diagnostic engineering tools and software Analytical and technical problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve technical issues Communication skills - collaborate with cross-functional teams, present technical info and provide training or support Project management - ability to manage one or multiple projects or project tasks and meet deadlines Expected behaviours We have a structured performance management framework which measures continual attainment against key personal behaviours. We believe this is an important part of our success and culture. Joining as a team member we expect you to act as a role model and exemplar against these behaviours which are to be: Proactive Adaptable Flexible A team player Reliable Flexibility The key to our success is our teamwork and collaboration. We take a hybrid approach - working remotely and coming into the office depending on the business demand and collaboration required as part of the delivery process. Equal opportunities CACI is proud to be an equal employer. Embracing the diversity of our people, we are on a journey to build a truly inclusive work environment where no one is treated less favorably due to ethnic origin, age, gender, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, and disability or health condition, actively working to prevent discrimination. As a Disability Confident employer, we will: Provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process where requested (contact a member of the recruitment team on to discuss individual requirements further). Offer people with health conditions and disabilities, meeting the minimum criteria for a role, an interview. Our people are unique, and we encourage, and support them, to be confident in contributing to our inclusion journey.
31/03/2026
About CACI From our headquarters in London, we're busy empowering organisations to make bold, strategic moves with the power of data and technology. Founded in 1975, our operations take place from multiple offices across the UK, Europe and India with over 1600 Full time employees and an annual turnover of £179m. Our expertise spans industries, from retail and education to public sector and transport - delivering intelligent solutions that drive progress and create measurable impact. Whether it's business intelligence, customer marketing, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, critical national infrastructure or data management, our approach is never one-size-fits-all. We don't just deliver solutions; we build for the tomorrow's world, all while fostering a culture that allows employees to be their authentic selves and succeed in their careers. About Network Services CACI Network Services is a rapidly expanding specialist IT and Networks consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within challenging and exciting environments with our major clients in Global Media, Banking, Government, Telecoms & Utilities The role Responsible for the design, development, implementation, and troubleshooting of audio and video systems and infrastructure, focusing on both Legacy and cloud-based solutions Key responsibilities Install, test, analyse, troubleshoot and modify new Audio & Video processing equipment/solutions to achieve maximum performance and availability. Provide technical knowledge to the development and deployment of Audio & Video processing service infrastructure, driving improved technical and service performance. Design and drive processes to facilitate smooth and seamless deployment of new Audio & Video processing services. Design, develop, and implement Audio & Video processing systems and solutions for broadcast and satellite communications, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Supervise the delivery of 3rd party suppliers and contractors to ensure that delivery specifications and standards meet our customer requirements. Standardise equipment to minimise disruption and achieve straightforward integration with existing networks/infrastructure. Document Audio & Video processing build procedures and contribute to the continuous improvement of policies, processes and procedures. Apply standard procedures to solve problems and identify appropriate resolution. Adopt the role of Design Authority (DA) in area of Audio & Video processing expertise to ensure the delivery of the end to end customer solution and for less complex projects Lead Design Authority (LDA). Bring a commercial perspective to the operation, with a particular focus on cash management, cash preservation and optimising returns on investments made in assets and tools. Contribute to accurate forecasting and capacity management for broadcast. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product development, network engineering, and field operations, to support the deployment and optimisation of Audio & Video processing technologies. Stay updated with the latest advancements in Audio & Video processing technologies and industry trends. Drive collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement within Audio & Video processing engineering. Provide technical leadership within the team, sharing knowledge and skills and providing mentoring support to engineers and technicians. Act as an escalation point for troubleshooting from junior engineers. Support integration projects for Legacy systems and cloud-based solutions. Core skills, knowledge and experience required Audio and video processing - Understanding of audio and video processing principles Virtualisation & Cloud Computing - proficiency with virtualisation and cloud computing eg AWS, Azure, Google Cloud platforms. Multiplexing - Proficiency in encoding and multiplexing technologies Diagnostic tools - Proficiency in diagnostic engineering tools and software Analytical and technical problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve technical issues Communication skills - collaborate with cross-functional teams, present technical info and provide training or support Project management - ability to manage one or multiple projects or project tasks and meet deadlines Expected behaviours We have a structured performance management framework which measures continual attainment against key personal behaviours. We believe this is an important part of our success and culture. Joining as a team member we expect you to act as a role model and exemplar against these behaviours which are to be: Proactive Adaptable Flexible A team player Reliable Flexibility The key to our success is our teamwork and collaboration. We take a hybrid approach - working remotely and coming into the office depending on the business demand and collaboration required as part of the delivery process. Equal opportunities CACI is proud to be an equal employer. Embracing the diversity of our people, we are on a journey to build a truly inclusive work environment where no one is treated less favorably due to ethnic origin, age, gender, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, and disability or health condition, actively working to prevent discrimination. As a Disability Confident employer, we will: Provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process where requested (contact a member of the recruitment team on to discuss individual requirements further). Offer people with health conditions and disabilities, meeting the minimum criteria for a role, an interview. Our people are unique, and we encourage, and support them, to be confident in contributing to our inclusion journey.
End Date We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job Description Who? Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital bank, with over 16 million online customers, we're the UK's largest mobile bank. Our corporate strategy of helping Britain proposer outlines bold plans to deepen our customer relationships across our businesses. This is driving the need to invest £Bs to innovate, modernise and simplify our technology further. We're looking for architecture leaders to help drive this transformation. Technology is at the heart of our business and architecture is at the heart of technology leadership - it is an integral part of our corporate strategy. As we go through this business and IT transformation, we need to be innovative, creative and forward thinking. Our goal is to ensure our services are based on modern, scalable and resilient technologies that deliver value to both our customers and our business. About the role Our culture brings together inquisitive and driven people from a diverse group of backgrounds where all can thrive. You'll be joining a small, dynamic team of strategy setting Enterprise Architects, focused on the technology enablers that support all our colleague and customer services. For example: Cloud, Infrastructure, Data and API services. We collaborate closely with business and engineering leaders across the organisation to drive strategy, deliver strategic roadmaps, provide thought leadership and inspire innovative solutions. We must view problems from many different perspectives and our architectural decisions must balance strategy with pragmatism to deliver the best outcome. In the role, you'll be aligned to a technology enabler engaging with senior leaders, advising them on how to utilise technology to achieve outcomes and articulate options that balance the different drivers of change. More About our Technology Enablers: Data Our data architecture team supports workloads across a wide range of data repositories including relational and NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. We're focused on modernising our data technology ecosystem through real-time streaming with Kafka and public cloud services like BigQuery. We develop strategic direction for our data models, optimise data for performance and reuse, embed data management controls, and drive exploitation of our data assets using analytical tools and AI/ML models. Cloud Enterprise scale solutions on both private and public clouds platforms, including Azure, GCP and AWS at web-scale; Cloud Native principles and supporting technologies (e.g., Microservices, DevOps, Containers & CI/CD); Public Cloud security tools and technologies; large-scale workload migrations from traditional hosting technologies to Public or Private Cloud. Infrastructure Our Infrastructure platforms cover a wide range of traditional hosting (X86 Wintel/Linux, Midrange Unix, Mainframe), networking, operational tooling, and datacentre services. These technologies support all our important business services and are crucial to the operation of the Group. Much of the focus in this area is modernising and simplifying our technology enabling agile, efficient change that can deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions at pace. Api In response to customers choosing different ways of integrating with us, we are leading transformation of how we deliver digital capability to best meet customer needs. Standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures, and domain driven design methodology. About you You're a forward-looking and enthusiastic enterprise architect who can combine thought leadership, a passion for change, an ability to logically decompose complex problems and influence all levels of the organisation. You'll typically have broad architecture experience spanning a variety of traditional, modern, and emerging technologies, ideally but not critically, in a financial or regulated industry. You ll have a background in strategy setting, enterprise architecture or technology consulting roles. Ideally you'll have had experience in engineering and solution architecture during your career. You define architecture direction in the context of industry trends and understand how that can bring value to the organisation. Key accountabilities All architecture decisions made for the area you support. Build compelling architecture strategies and roadmaps with comprehensive inputs from Business, Engineering, Operations, Industry and Vendors. Pro-actively drive forward the agenda to simplify and modernise our technology landscape. Keep pace with the latest industry direction and vendor offerings to ensure our strategies capitalise on new opportunities. Influence our investment portfolios and the direction of major change programmes to ensure strategic architecture outcomes. Build strong relationships and credibly communicate with key business and engineering collaborators across the organisation including CxOs. You're an authority for an architecture domain with deep and broad knowledge of technology, methodology and assurance techniques. Desirable technical experience: Broad experience covering many of the following, with a deep knowledge of at least one ( T shaped): Cloud platform technologies covering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services on Azure, GCP and AWS. Hybrid hosting architecture of cloud and tradition platforms including Midrange Unix and Mainframe technologies. API architecture standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures. Data trends including relational, NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Designing critically important systems which have challenging service parameters, for example RPO/RTO Zero. Broad appreciation of cyber security (e.g., zero trust) and the architectural implications it has on application design. Modern progressive technologies - e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, block chain etc. About working for LBG The environment we work in is fast paced, collaborative and dynamic: we also have fun along the way! We're hybrid working - so you'll need to live within a commute of a hub location to get in one or two days a week and there may be elements of out of hours working which is well compensated. But with a supportive and nurturing Leadership team we have the scale to provide you with ongoing opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career with us as well you receiving A competitive salary A performance related annual bonus Generous pension contribution of up to 15% 30 days holiday plus the bank holidays on top A flexible cash pot (4% salary) you can spend on lifestyle benefits Private health cover Various share schemes, including free shares We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process. We re simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. So if you have the technical background we re seeking and this opportunity appeals then get in touch, we d love to hear from you 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.
18/08/2023
Full time
End Date We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job Description Who? Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital bank, with over 16 million online customers, we're the UK's largest mobile bank. Our corporate strategy of helping Britain proposer outlines bold plans to deepen our customer relationships across our businesses. This is driving the need to invest £Bs to innovate, modernise and simplify our technology further. We're looking for architecture leaders to help drive this transformation. Technology is at the heart of our business and architecture is at the heart of technology leadership - it is an integral part of our corporate strategy. As we go through this business and IT transformation, we need to be innovative, creative and forward thinking. Our goal is to ensure our services are based on modern, scalable and resilient technologies that deliver value to both our customers and our business. About the role Our culture brings together inquisitive and driven people from a diverse group of backgrounds where all can thrive. You'll be joining a small, dynamic team of strategy setting Enterprise Architects, focused on the technology enablers that support all our colleague and customer services. For example: Cloud, Infrastructure, Data and API services. We collaborate closely with business and engineering leaders across the organisation to drive strategy, deliver strategic roadmaps, provide thought leadership and inspire innovative solutions. We must view problems from many different perspectives and our architectural decisions must balance strategy with pragmatism to deliver the best outcome. In the role, you'll be aligned to a technology enabler engaging with senior leaders, advising them on how to utilise technology to achieve outcomes and articulate options that balance the different drivers of change. More About our Technology Enablers: Data Our data architecture team supports workloads across a wide range of data repositories including relational and NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. We're focused on modernising our data technology ecosystem through real-time streaming with Kafka and public cloud services like BigQuery. We develop strategic direction for our data models, optimise data for performance and reuse, embed data management controls, and drive exploitation of our data assets using analytical tools and AI/ML models. Cloud Enterprise scale solutions on both private and public clouds platforms, including Azure, GCP and AWS at web-scale; Cloud Native principles and supporting technologies (e.g., Microservices, DevOps, Containers & CI/CD); Public Cloud security tools and technologies; large-scale workload migrations from traditional hosting technologies to Public or Private Cloud. Infrastructure Our Infrastructure platforms cover a wide range of traditional hosting (X86 Wintel/Linux, Midrange Unix, Mainframe), networking, operational tooling, and datacentre services. These technologies support all our important business services and are crucial to the operation of the Group. Much of the focus in this area is modernising and simplifying our technology enabling agile, efficient change that can deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions at pace. Api In response to customers choosing different ways of integrating with us, we are leading transformation of how we deliver digital capability to best meet customer needs. Standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures, and domain driven design methodology. About you You're a forward-looking and enthusiastic enterprise architect who can combine thought leadership, a passion for change, an ability to logically decompose complex problems and influence all levels of the organisation. You'll typically have broad architecture experience spanning a variety of traditional, modern, and emerging technologies, ideally but not critically, in a financial or regulated industry. You ll have a background in strategy setting, enterprise architecture or technology consulting roles. Ideally you'll have had experience in engineering and solution architecture during your career. You define architecture direction in the context of industry trends and understand how that can bring value to the organisation. Key accountabilities All architecture decisions made for the area you support. Build compelling architecture strategies and roadmaps with comprehensive inputs from Business, Engineering, Operations, Industry and Vendors. Pro-actively drive forward the agenda to simplify and modernise our technology landscape. Keep pace with the latest industry direction and vendor offerings to ensure our strategies capitalise on new opportunities. Influence our investment portfolios and the direction of major change programmes to ensure strategic architecture outcomes. Build strong relationships and credibly communicate with key business and engineering collaborators across the organisation including CxOs. You're an authority for an architecture domain with deep and broad knowledge of technology, methodology and assurance techniques. Desirable technical experience: Broad experience covering many of the following, with a deep knowledge of at least one ( T shaped): Cloud platform technologies covering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services on Azure, GCP and AWS. Hybrid hosting architecture of cloud and tradition platforms including Midrange Unix and Mainframe technologies. API architecture standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures. Data trends including relational, NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Designing critically important systems which have challenging service parameters, for example RPO/RTO Zero. Broad appreciation of cyber security (e.g., zero trust) and the architectural implications it has on application design. Modern progressive technologies - e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, block chain etc. About working for LBG The environment we work in is fast paced, collaborative and dynamic: we also have fun along the way! We're hybrid working - so you'll need to live within a commute of a hub location to get in one or two days a week and there may be elements of out of hours working which is well compensated. But with a supportive and nurturing Leadership team we have the scale to provide you with ongoing opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career with us as well you receiving A competitive salary A performance related annual bonus Generous pension contribution of up to 15% 30 days holiday plus the bank holidays on top A flexible cash pot (4% salary) you can spend on lifestyle benefits Private health cover Various share schemes, including free shares We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process. We re simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. So if you have the technical background we re seeking and this opportunity appeals then get in touch, we d love to hear from you 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.
End Date We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job Description Who? Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital bank, with over 16 million online customers, we're the UK's largest mobile bank. Our corporate strategy of helping Britain proposer outlines bold plans to deepen our customer relationships across our businesses. This is driving the need to invest £Bs to innovate, modernise and simplify our technology further. We're looking for architecture leaders to help drive this transformation. Technology is at the heart of our business and architecture is at the heart of technology leadership - it is an integral part of our corporate strategy. As we go through this business and IT transformation, we need to be innovative, creative and forward thinking. Our goal is to ensure our services are based on modern, scalable and resilient technologies that deliver value to both our customers and our business. About the role Our culture brings together inquisitive and driven people from a diverse group of backgrounds where all can thrive. You'll be joining a small, dynamic team of strategy setting Enterprise Architects, focused on the technology enablers that support all our colleague and customer services. For example: Cloud, Infrastructure, Data and API services. We collaborate closely with business and engineering leaders across the organisation to drive strategy, deliver strategic roadmaps, provide thought leadership and inspire innovative solutions. We must view problems from many different perspectives and our architectural decisions must balance strategy with pragmatism to deliver the best outcome. In the role, you'll be aligned to a technology enabler engaging with senior leaders, advising them on how to utilise technology to achieve outcomes and articulate options that balance the different drivers of change. More About our Technology Enablers: Data Our data architecture team supports workloads across a wide range of data repositories including relational and NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. We're focused on modernising our data technology ecosystem through real-time streaming with Kafka and public cloud services like BigQuery. We develop strategic direction for our data models, optimise data for performance and reuse, embed data management controls, and drive exploitation of our data assets using analytical tools and AI/ML models. Cloud Enterprise scale solutions on both private and public clouds platforms, including Azure, GCP and AWS at web-scale; Cloud Native principles and supporting technologies (e.g., Microservices, DevOps, Containers & CI/CD); Public Cloud security tools and technologies; large-scale workload migrations from traditional hosting technologies to Public or Private Cloud. Infrastructure Our Infrastructure platforms cover a wide range of traditional hosting (X86 Wintel/Linux, Midrange Unix, Mainframe), networking, operational tooling, and datacentre services. These technologies support all our important business services and are crucial to the operation of the Group. Much of the focus in this area is modernising and simplifying our technology enabling agile, efficient change that can deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions at pace. Api In response to customers choosing different ways of integrating with us, we are leading transformation of how we deliver digital capability to best meet customer needs. Standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures, and domain driven design methodology. About you You're a forward-looking and enthusiastic enterprise architect who can combine thought leadership, a passion for change, an ability to logically decompose complex problems and influence all levels of the organisation. You'll typically have broad architecture experience spanning a variety of traditional, modern, and emerging technologies, ideally but not critically, in a financial or regulated industry. You ll have a background in strategy setting, enterprise architecture or technology consulting roles. Ideally you'll have had experience in engineering and solution architecture during your career. You define architecture direction in the context of industry trends and understand how that can bring value to the organisation. Key accountabilities All architecture decisions made for the area you support. Build compelling architecture strategies and roadmaps with comprehensive inputs from Business, Engineering, Operations, Industry and Vendors. Pro-actively drive forward the agenda to simplify and modernise our technology landscape. Keep pace with the latest industry direction and vendor offerings to ensure our strategies capitalise on new opportunities. Influence our investment portfolios and the direction of major change programmes to ensure strategic architecture outcomes. Build strong relationships and credibly communicate with key business and engineering collaborators across the organisation including CxOs. You're an authority for an architecture domain with deep and broad knowledge of technology, methodology and assurance techniques. Desirable technical experience:Broad experience covering many of the following, with a deep knowledge of at least one ( T shaped): Cloud platform technologies covering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services on Azure, GCP and AWS. Hybrid hosting architecture of cloud and tradition platforms including Midrange Unix and Mainframe technologies. API architecture standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures. Data trends including relational, NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Designing critically important systems which have challenging service parameters, for example RPO/RTO Zero. Broad appreciation of cyber security (e.g., zero trust) and the architectural implications it has on application design. Modern progressive technologies - e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, block chain etc. About working for LBG The environment we work in is fast paced, collaborative and dynamic: we also have fun along the way! We're hybrid working - so you'll need to live within a commute of a hub location to get in one or two days a week and there may be elements of out of hours working which is well compensated. But with a supportive and nurturing Leadership team we have the scale to provide you with ongoing opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career with us as well you receiving A competitive salary A performance related annual bonus Generous pension contribution of up to 15% 30 days holiday plus the bank holidays on top A flexible cash pot (4% salary) you can spend on lifestyle benefits Private health cover Various share schemes, including free shares We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process. We re simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. So if you have the technical background we re seeking and this opportunity appeals then get in touch, we d love to hear from you 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.
18/08/2023
Full time
End Date We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job Description Who? Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital bank, with over 16 million online customers, we're the UK's largest mobile bank. Our corporate strategy of helping Britain proposer outlines bold plans to deepen our customer relationships across our businesses. This is driving the need to invest £Bs to innovate, modernise and simplify our technology further. We're looking for architecture leaders to help drive this transformation. Technology is at the heart of our business and architecture is at the heart of technology leadership - it is an integral part of our corporate strategy. As we go through this business and IT transformation, we need to be innovative, creative and forward thinking. Our goal is to ensure our services are based on modern, scalable and resilient technologies that deliver value to both our customers and our business. About the role Our culture brings together inquisitive and driven people from a diverse group of backgrounds where all can thrive. You'll be joining a small, dynamic team of strategy setting Enterprise Architects, focused on the technology enablers that support all our colleague and customer services. For example: Cloud, Infrastructure, Data and API services. We collaborate closely with business and engineering leaders across the organisation to drive strategy, deliver strategic roadmaps, provide thought leadership and inspire innovative solutions. We must view problems from many different perspectives and our architectural decisions must balance strategy with pragmatism to deliver the best outcome. In the role, you'll be aligned to a technology enabler engaging with senior leaders, advising them on how to utilise technology to achieve outcomes and articulate options that balance the different drivers of change. More About our Technology Enablers: Data Our data architecture team supports workloads across a wide range of data repositories including relational and NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. We're focused on modernising our data technology ecosystem through real-time streaming with Kafka and public cloud services like BigQuery. We develop strategic direction for our data models, optimise data for performance and reuse, embed data management controls, and drive exploitation of our data assets using analytical tools and AI/ML models. Cloud Enterprise scale solutions on both private and public clouds platforms, including Azure, GCP and AWS at web-scale; Cloud Native principles and supporting technologies (e.g., Microservices, DevOps, Containers & CI/CD); Public Cloud security tools and technologies; large-scale workload migrations from traditional hosting technologies to Public or Private Cloud. Infrastructure Our Infrastructure platforms cover a wide range of traditional hosting (X86 Wintel/Linux, Midrange Unix, Mainframe), networking, operational tooling, and datacentre services. These technologies support all our important business services and are crucial to the operation of the Group. Much of the focus in this area is modernising and simplifying our technology enabling agile, efficient change that can deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective solutions at pace. Api In response to customers choosing different ways of integrating with us, we are leading transformation of how we deliver digital capability to best meet customer needs. Standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures, and domain driven design methodology. About you You're a forward-looking and enthusiastic enterprise architect who can combine thought leadership, a passion for change, an ability to logically decompose complex problems and influence all levels of the organisation. You'll typically have broad architecture experience spanning a variety of traditional, modern, and emerging technologies, ideally but not critically, in a financial or regulated industry. You ll have a background in strategy setting, enterprise architecture or technology consulting roles. Ideally you'll have had experience in engineering and solution architecture during your career. You define architecture direction in the context of industry trends and understand how that can bring value to the organisation. Key accountabilities All architecture decisions made for the area you support. Build compelling architecture strategies and roadmaps with comprehensive inputs from Business, Engineering, Operations, Industry and Vendors. Pro-actively drive forward the agenda to simplify and modernise our technology landscape. Keep pace with the latest industry direction and vendor offerings to ensure our strategies capitalise on new opportunities. Influence our investment portfolios and the direction of major change programmes to ensure strategic architecture outcomes. Build strong relationships and credibly communicate with key business and engineering collaborators across the organisation including CxOs. You're an authority for an architecture domain with deep and broad knowledge of technology, methodology and assurance techniques. Desirable technical experience:Broad experience covering many of the following, with a deep knowledge of at least one ( T shaped): Cloud platform technologies covering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services on Azure, GCP and AWS. Hybrid hosting architecture of cloud and tradition platforms including Midrange Unix and Mainframe technologies. API architecture standards including OpenID Connect profiles, API gateways, microservices including event driven architectures. Data trends including relational, NoSQL databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Designing critically important systems which have challenging service parameters, for example RPO/RTO Zero. Broad appreciation of cyber security (e.g., zero trust) and the architectural implications it has on application design. Modern progressive technologies - e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, block chain etc. About working for LBG The environment we work in is fast paced, collaborative and dynamic: we also have fun along the way! We're hybrid working - so you'll need to live within a commute of a hub location to get in one or two days a week and there may be elements of out of hours working which is well compensated. But with a supportive and nurturing Leadership team we have the scale to provide you with ongoing opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career with us as well you receiving A competitive salary A performance related annual bonus Generous pension contribution of up to 15% 30 days holiday plus the bank holidays on top A flexible cash pot (4% salary) you can spend on lifestyle benefits Private health cover Various share schemes, including free shares We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process. We re simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. So if you have the technical background we re seeking and this opportunity appeals then get in touch, we d love to hear from you 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.
Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide A business who builds cutting-edge, "super-greenfield" platforms for world-leading software companies spanning across the Banking, Government, and Investment Management sectors is looking for an experienced Azure SRE to join the team. Currently sitting at 40 employees, this company possess a world-class engineering team, where collaboration is key, and quality of the products they build for customers comes first. Your Main Role: You will work with the DevOps and Operations teams to conquer engineering best practices, meet release deadlines, and push yourselves to the limit to build incredible platforms within the Microsoft stack. Your profile: Extensive knowledge of the Azure services Strong experience working with Azure DevOps. Deploying a variety of Azure services; desirably experience in a couple of the following: Front Door, Azure Firewall, Functions, App services, Azure SQL, Redis Cache. Experience with configuration management tools and infrastructure as code; Terraform, ARM templates, Cloud Formation, Deployment manager, YAML or PowerShell DSC. Previous leadership experience Remote or Hybrid? Fully Remote Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide IND_PC1 Carbon60, Lorien, SRG - the Impellam Group STEM Portfolio is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
21/09/2022
Full time
Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide A business who builds cutting-edge, "super-greenfield" platforms for world-leading software companies spanning across the Banking, Government, and Investment Management sectors is looking for an experienced Azure SRE to join the team. Currently sitting at 40 employees, this company possess a world-class engineering team, where collaboration is key, and quality of the products they build for customers comes first. Your Main Role: You will work with the DevOps and Operations teams to conquer engineering best practices, meet release deadlines, and push yourselves to the limit to build incredible platforms within the Microsoft stack. Your profile: Extensive knowledge of the Azure services Strong experience working with Azure DevOps. Deploying a variety of Azure services; desirably experience in a couple of the following: Front Door, Azure Firewall, Functions, App services, Azure SQL, Redis Cache. Experience with configuration management tools and infrastructure as code; Terraform, ARM templates, Cloud Formation, Deployment manager, YAML or PowerShell DSC. Previous leadership experience Remote or Hybrid? Fully Remote Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer £80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits UK Wide IND_PC1 Carbon60, Lorien, SRG - the Impellam Group STEM Portfolio is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Could you help us achieve our ambition to be a Digital Leader for the significantly changing financial services industry? Could you help us build our business as we endeavour to shape the future of Financial Planning? The role The Infrastructure and Technical Operations function is responsible for the development and support of infrastructure, client environment, collaboration technologies and telephony for Schroders Personal Wealth. Key to our success is our new modern digital workplace proposition and we are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with experience to assist with its development. What you'll be doing Our engineers are hands on and working as part of a small engineering team developing and implementing the components that will make up the overall proposition. Undertaking and in some cases leading activities to transform business requirements and specifications into capabilities and exploring infrastructure delivery options, developing design ideas as you go. Interacting with both business colleagues and external suppliers to develop and support infrastructure solutions across the organisation. Developing solutions to time and quality standards against the requirements of the business. Participating in cross organisational squads to develop capabilities and gain advocacy for your solutions through building effective working relationships. Discussing solutions with business customers, technical subject matter experts and vendors, to agree, develop and deliver solutions in a truly collaborative set up. Your qualifications & experience Whilst skills, knowledge and prior experience are meaningful to us we want people who are highly motivated with an inquisitive approach to work and a willingness to challenge the status quo. We're also a people business and to support these huge technical endeavours you'll need to use a range of interpersonal skills and take a collaborative approach. Experience of participating in cross disciplined technical teams. Experience of working with 3rd party technical suppliers and co-ordinating development and support activities with their technical teams. Strong stakeholder management with the ability to advocate change and influence technical direction. The ability to self-start and organise personal workload. We will be looking for technical experience in any of the following: Collaboration & Unified Comms (Voice, Video, SharePoint, Email) MS365 Product Suite (Previously Office 365 - Including but not limited to MS Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business) Device, Application & Data Management (Intune, Windows 10 Management) Office Engineering (Telemetry, Add On management & governance) MS365 Security Tooling Azure Active Directory Networking technologies including WAN, LAN and WiFi Process Automation, scripting / coding (Including but not limited to PowerShell, Power Platform, GraphAPI, JSON) Jira and Confluence toolsets You belong here At Schroders Personal Wealth, we welcome all. All colours, cultures, genders, beliefs, religions, ages, people. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us meet our ambitions. We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Schroders Personal Wealth is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact and reach their potential. Work in a way that works for you When it comes to flexible working, we'll do our best to accommodate your needs with our flexible working policy. Please enquire in your interview. What we'll give you You can expect a career that's full of opportunity and support to help you develop. We offer a competitive total reward package, which means you share in the success you help create. A market leading defined contribution pension scheme. An additional 4% of your annual salary in a Flexible benefits package that you can select and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction or take as cash. 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays. An incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and your contribution to it. About us Schroders Personal Wealth combines over 400 years of expertise from Lloyds Banking Group and Schroders plc, two leading British companies partnering to bring financial planning services to more people in the UK. Our focus is on the personal relationship we develop with our customers, underpinned by leading edge technology, multi-channel customer reach and global investment expertise. We have built a green field infrastructure environment for Schroders Personal Wealth through a number of strategic transformational initiatives including the provision of a new fully cloud based digital environment. We aim to become a top UK financial planning business within five years. Would you like to be part of making this possible Join us Does this sound like a role that you'd like to know more about? If like us, you're more motivated by customers than by targets, and you'd thrive in a culture that is values and client led - then we'd love to hear from you.
04/11/2021
Full time
Could you help us achieve our ambition to be a Digital Leader for the significantly changing financial services industry? Could you help us build our business as we endeavour to shape the future of Financial Planning? The role The Infrastructure and Technical Operations function is responsible for the development and support of infrastructure, client environment, collaboration technologies and telephony for Schroders Personal Wealth. Key to our success is our new modern digital workplace proposition and we are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with experience to assist with its development. What you'll be doing Our engineers are hands on and working as part of a small engineering team developing and implementing the components that will make up the overall proposition. Undertaking and in some cases leading activities to transform business requirements and specifications into capabilities and exploring infrastructure delivery options, developing design ideas as you go. Interacting with both business colleagues and external suppliers to develop and support infrastructure solutions across the organisation. Developing solutions to time and quality standards against the requirements of the business. Participating in cross organisational squads to develop capabilities and gain advocacy for your solutions through building effective working relationships. Discussing solutions with business customers, technical subject matter experts and vendors, to agree, develop and deliver solutions in a truly collaborative set up. Your qualifications & experience Whilst skills, knowledge and prior experience are meaningful to us we want people who are highly motivated with an inquisitive approach to work and a willingness to challenge the status quo. We're also a people business and to support these huge technical endeavours you'll need to use a range of interpersonal skills and take a collaborative approach. Experience of participating in cross disciplined technical teams. Experience of working with 3rd party technical suppliers and co-ordinating development and support activities with their technical teams. Strong stakeholder management with the ability to advocate change and influence technical direction. The ability to self-start and organise personal workload. We will be looking for technical experience in any of the following: Collaboration & Unified Comms (Voice, Video, SharePoint, Email) MS365 Product Suite (Previously Office 365 - Including but not limited to MS Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business) Device, Application & Data Management (Intune, Windows 10 Management) Office Engineering (Telemetry, Add On management & governance) MS365 Security Tooling Azure Active Directory Networking technologies including WAN, LAN and WiFi Process Automation, scripting / coding (Including but not limited to PowerShell, Power Platform, GraphAPI, JSON) Jira and Confluence toolsets You belong here At Schroders Personal Wealth, we welcome all. All colours, cultures, genders, beliefs, religions, ages, people. We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us meet our ambitions. We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Schroders Personal Wealth is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact and reach their potential. Work in a way that works for you When it comes to flexible working, we'll do our best to accommodate your needs with our flexible working policy. Please enquire in your interview. What we'll give you You can expect a career that's full of opportunity and support to help you develop. We offer a competitive total reward package, which means you share in the success you help create. A market leading defined contribution pension scheme. An additional 4% of your annual salary in a Flexible benefits package that you can select and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction or take as cash. 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays. An incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and your contribution to it. About us Schroders Personal Wealth combines over 400 years of expertise from Lloyds Banking Group and Schroders plc, two leading British companies partnering to bring financial planning services to more people in the UK. Our focus is on the personal relationship we develop with our customers, underpinned by leading edge technology, multi-channel customer reach and global investment expertise. We have built a green field infrastructure environment for Schroders Personal Wealth through a number of strategic transformational initiatives including the provision of a new fully cloud based digital environment. We aim to become a top UK financial planning business within five years. Would you like to be part of making this possible Join us Does this sound like a role that you'd like to know more about? If like us, you're more motivated by customers than by targets, and you'd thrive in a culture that is values and client led - then we'd love to hear from you.
As one of the leading retail banks in the UK, Lloyds Banking Group is undertaking a major engineering transformation. Our goal is to put technology at the forefront of our culture and transform banking. Our team in General Insurance is passionate about creating new services for our customers that transform the customer and colleague experience. Our culture brings together smart, hardworking, people from a diverse group of backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working As a Site Reliability Engineer at Lloyds (General Insurance) You'll be a part of a small but expanding SRE team responsible for driving high reliability into our systems by working closely with software development and IT-operations teams. As one of the early joiners in this area You'll help shape our SRE strategy and mentor engineers in product teams to produce optimal code with a service engineering focus. Want to know more?The SRE team will be focusing on Lloyds General Insurance production services and you'll have significant influence on design and the delivery of our products, features and new technical capabilities. We love solving problems using tooling and technology to optimise our platforms and our ways of working, but you'll: Guarantee the reliability of Lloyds General Insurance production service providing support to a global and diverse organization. Provide platforms and tooling that enable shipping to production easy and reliably with a real attention to quality and control. Mitigate incidents as part of our blameless post-mortem culture and build solutions and automation to prevent them from happening again. Through our post incident reviews identify and mitigate weaknesses in incident management or software delivery optimising our SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) where required. Ensure all necessary monitoring, alerting and backup solutions are in place. Using SLOs to guide prioritization putting reliability front and centre Dive into large codebases, not being afraid of programming more than a few lines code yourself. Spend a small amount of your time dealing with incidents and internal change requests. This is not a service-desk or incident-only position, the vast majority of your time will be spent creating and optimizing our tools and infrastructure. We'll be specifically looking for these skills on your CV This is a relatively senior level role, and we're looking for the following skills and experience: Experience in software engineering and automation in one or more modern programming languages. Strong resilience and determination to make a difference. A true passion for monitoring, observability and an understanding of the importance of reliability in our large-scale production systems for our customers. Experience in public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization. Prior experience with SRE or SRE concepts. Our current tech stack is vast and wide ranging but includes the following core tech: Modern Web Tech such as JavaScript, NodeJS, React/Redux More Traditional\Compiled Tech such as C#. SQL. XML. Code Management and deployment tech such as GIT\TFS, Urban Code Deploy, Jenkins Automated testing capabilities such as Selenium, Cucumber We'd also like to see experience of Working within an Agile environment working in Scrum and Waterfall environments, and being flexible to work with a mix of methodologies and inspire change quickly Passion to lead and work collaboratively across teams in order to align to Strategy and meet the overall goals of the Bank and Partners A hunger to learn and self-improve with a passionate not just about the result, but how you get there. Excitement about enabling others to achieve greater results than one can achieve alone and being part of a wider delivery team responsible for end to end solutions. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-led culture that celebrates diversity, equal opportunity and provides opportunities for flexible working. Together we'll make it possible... So, what can we offer you in return? Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity. You'll also receive a package that includes Discretionary bonus Cash sum of 4% which you can exchange for a variety of benefits or simply take the cash Private Medical Insurance Pension, where we'll give up to a max of 13% Share plans 30 days holiday plus bank holidays Are you interested in joining us? Apply today; we'd love to hear from you...:
18/03/2021
Full time
As one of the leading retail banks in the UK, Lloyds Banking Group is undertaking a major engineering transformation. Our goal is to put technology at the forefront of our culture and transform banking. Our team in General Insurance is passionate about creating new services for our customers that transform the customer and colleague experience. Our culture brings together smart, hardworking, people from a diverse group of backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working As a Site Reliability Engineer at Lloyds (General Insurance) You'll be a part of a small but expanding SRE team responsible for driving high reliability into our systems by working closely with software development and IT-operations teams. As one of the early joiners in this area You'll help shape our SRE strategy and mentor engineers in product teams to produce optimal code with a service engineering focus. Want to know more?The SRE team will be focusing on Lloyds General Insurance production services and you'll have significant influence on design and the delivery of our products, features and new technical capabilities. We love solving problems using tooling and technology to optimise our platforms and our ways of working, but you'll: Guarantee the reliability of Lloyds General Insurance production service providing support to a global and diverse organization. Provide platforms and tooling that enable shipping to production easy and reliably with a real attention to quality and control. Mitigate incidents as part of our blameless post-mortem culture and build solutions and automation to prevent them from happening again. Through our post incident reviews identify and mitigate weaknesses in incident management or software delivery optimising our SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) where required. Ensure all necessary monitoring, alerting and backup solutions are in place. Using SLOs to guide prioritization putting reliability front and centre Dive into large codebases, not being afraid of programming more than a few lines code yourself. Spend a small amount of your time dealing with incidents and internal change requests. This is not a service-desk or incident-only position, the vast majority of your time will be spent creating and optimizing our tools and infrastructure. We'll be specifically looking for these skills on your CV This is a relatively senior level role, and we're looking for the following skills and experience: Experience in software engineering and automation in one or more modern programming languages. Strong resilience and determination to make a difference. A true passion for monitoring, observability and an understanding of the importance of reliability in our large-scale production systems for our customers. Experience in public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization. Prior experience with SRE or SRE concepts. Our current tech stack is vast and wide ranging but includes the following core tech: Modern Web Tech such as JavaScript, NodeJS, React/Redux More Traditional\Compiled Tech such as C#. SQL. XML. Code Management and deployment tech such as GIT\TFS, Urban Code Deploy, Jenkins Automated testing capabilities such as Selenium, Cucumber We'd also like to see experience of Working within an Agile environment working in Scrum and Waterfall environments, and being flexible to work with a mix of methodologies and inspire change quickly Passion to lead and work collaboratively across teams in order to align to Strategy and meet the overall goals of the Bank and Partners A hunger to learn and self-improve with a passionate not just about the result, but how you get there. Excitement about enabling others to achieve greater results than one can achieve alone and being part of a wider delivery team responsible for end to end solutions. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-led culture that celebrates diversity, equal opportunity and provides opportunities for flexible working. Together we'll make it possible... So, what can we offer you in return? Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity. You'll also receive a package that includes Discretionary bonus Cash sum of 4% which you can exchange for a variety of benefits or simply take the cash Private Medical Insurance Pension, where we'll give up to a max of 13% Share plans 30 days holiday plus bank holidays Are you interested in joining us? Apply today; we'd love to hear from you...:
