Public Cloud Senior Infrastructure Engineer

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Public Cloud Senior Infrastructure Engineer Halifax Full time Posted Yesterday 148398 End Date Wednesday 01 July 2026 Salary Range £72,702 - £80,780 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description Senior Public Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Salary: £72,702-£80,780 Location: Halifax or Leeds Workstyle: Hybrid (at least two days a week/on average 40% on site) Build the bank of the future with us At Lloyds Banking Group, we're building secure, resilient and scalable cloud platforms that power critical services for millions of customers. We're modernising at pace-creating engineering-led platforms that are easy to consume, secure by design, and operate at enterprise scale. We're hiring two Senior Public Cloud Infrastructure Engineers to join our Google Cloud / GKE Platform team . This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building and operating large-scale Kubernetes platforms in a regulated environment. You'll work on a multi-tenant Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) platform , solving complex platform challenges across automation, security, observability and reliability . Key responsibilities Platform Engineering (GKE) *Design, build and operate scalable, resilient GKE environments *Engineer multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters with strong workload isolation and platform guardrails *Support shared and dedicated cluster patterns , including tenant onboarding Improve platform performance under production conditions (e.g. scaling, storage, node pressure) Automation & DevOps *Build automation-first infrastructure using Terraform, CI/CD and GitOps *Simplify cluster lifecycle management (provisioning, upgrades, add-ons) *Develop self-service platform capabilities to improve developer experience Reliability & SRE *Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to platform operations *Support incident response, monitoring, observability and continuous improvement *Diagnose issues across performance, scaling, storage and automation *Contribute to a 24x7 on-call rotation Security & Compliance *Implement policy-as-code controls (e.g. OPA Gatekeeper, RBAC, workload identity) *Support audit, compliance and risk mitigation activities *Ensure platforms are secure, supportable and aligned to control frameworks Networking & Platform Services *Work with service mesh and ingress/egress patterns (e.g. Istio, Anthos, Cloud Service Mesh) *Support cloud networking (VPCs, DNS, NAT, VPN, routing, connectivity) *Integrate shared platform services (cert-manager, observability, cost tooling) Essential skills & experience *Strong experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps or SRE *Proven delivery of production Kubernetes platforms , ideally GKE *Experience with multi-tenant platform environments (shared clusters, isolation, scaling) *Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals (scheduling, storage, node lifecycle, upgrades) *Strong knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) , including: GKE IAM / Workload Identity Networking (VPC, DNS, NAT, ingress/egress) Storage patterns *Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) using modular design *Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows Coding/scripting (Python, Go or Bash) *Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills *Ability to own and deliver complex engineering outcomes Desirable experience *Advanced GKE operational expertise (node pools, upgrades, scaling, security boundaries) *Experience operating platforms at scale (multi-cluster, multi-tenant) *Service mesh experience (e.g. Istio, mTLS, traffic management ) *Experience with policy-as-code (OPA Gatekeeper, Config Sync) *Experience in regulated or compliance-heavy environments *Strong focus on SRE and platform reliability improvements Nice to have *Experience with Backstage or self-service platform tooling *Familiarity with Anthos Config Management / Config Sync *Exposure to tools such as CoreDNS, cert-manager, Dynatrace, Cloudability, Infoblox *Understanding of platform scaling challenges (ephemeral storage, workload density, resilience) *Experience working with cloud providers on platform architecture Why join us *Work on enterprise-scale Kubernetes platforms used by millions *Influence cloud platform strategy across the Group *Solve real-world challenges in scale, reliability and security *Build automation that improves developer experience and reduces toil *Join a team that values engineering excellence, ownership and innovation What we offer Performance bonus Generous pension Flexible benefits package Private healthcare 30 days holiday + bank holidays Share schemes Working at Lloyds Banking Group We're driven by a clear purpose: Helping Britain Prosper . We're committed to building an inclusive environment where colleagues can grow, contribute and succeed. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain pros

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