Job Description
End Date
Wednesday 09 September 2026Salary Range
£48,987 - £54,430We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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JOB TITLE: Site Reliability Engineer
SALARY: £48,987 - £55,000
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Manchester or Leeds
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at one of our above office sites
About this opportunity
We're transforming how data and security are engineered across Lloyds Banking Group, using data, automation and modern architectures to detect, disrupt and deter threats at pace and scale. Within the Chief Security Office, our Security Data & AI Lab is building intelligent, AI-driven security capabilities that help keep our customers and colleagues safe!
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll join a collaborative team focused on the resilient operation of cloud-hosted applications and services. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, developing your technical expertise while helping improve the reliability, scalability and performance of critical platforms and products!
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll:
Support the reliable functioning of applications and services hosted in the cloud, helping to identify, fix and resolve issues before they impact customers.
Contribute to DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering initiatives that improve service resilience, availability and operational efficiency.
Work closely with engineering teams to deploy, maintain and enhance cloud-based solutions, data pipelines and platform capabilities.
Help automate operational processes, reducing manual effort and improving consistency through engineering standard process.
Support incident management, root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities, helping to strengthen service reliability over time.
Contribute to monitoring, observability and service performance capabilities, using operational insights to improve customer outcomes.
Why Lloyds Banking Group?
Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and technology to transform how we meet the ever-changing needs of our customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.
What you'll need
We're looking for engineers who are curious, collaborative and motivated to build their expertise in cloud engineering, automation and service reliability.
Knowledge of cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or equivalent experience gained through projects, training or certification.
Experience using scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell or Bash to automate processes and solve technical problems.
Understanding of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices, including continuous improvement, operational excellence and collaborative delivery. The SBO Skills Library identifies DevOps and SRE & Service Engineering as core engineering skill areas.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tools such as Terraform, alongside source control and software development practices.
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyse issues systematically and contribute to effective solutions. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving are recognised enterprise skills within the SBO Skills Library.
A collaborative approach, with the ability to build effective working relationships and contribute positively within a team environment. Collaboration is identified as a key personal skill within the SBO Skills Library.
And any experience of this would be really useful
Experience supporting production services, operational platforms or live environments.
Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms such as Dynatrace.
Experience with Google SecOps.
Experience working with GitHub, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native engineering practices.
Experience using Jira and Confluence and working within Agile delivery teams.
GCP certifications or evidence of hands-on learning and continuous professional development.
Experience working in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering or Technical Operations environments.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We're committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help remove barriers and ensure an inclusive experience.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
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.
We're changing financial services, and we want you to join us.
We're the UK's largest financial services group, with our 25 million customers and a history stretching back more than 300 years.
We pride ourselves on creating a great environment for colleagues to work in, one which is inclusive and driven by our values. This is critical to our business success as we know that colleagues who can show up to work as themselves are those that bring their best.
We're an inclusive and open organisation with a scale that creates a vast range of roles and opportunities. We offer a plenty of options for continual personal growth and you'll be part of a culture which embraces diversity of talent, creativity, skills and thinking among our teams.
Workplace Initiatives
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Opportunities for people returning from a career break |
Yes our Returner opportunities offer a career path to candidates with a 18 month year break in their career’ with ‘Yes, our Returner opportunities are aimed at candidates who have had a 18 month or more career break |
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Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
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Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
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Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
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Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
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Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
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Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
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No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
20 weeks based on full pay + 19 weeks at the current statutory maternity pay rate |
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Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
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No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
6 weeks |
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Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
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Gender pay gap reporting information (insert year) (UK): 2022 |
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Average pay gap: |
30.5% |
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Median pay gap: |
33.6% |
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Average bonus gap: |
62.5% |
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Median bonus gap: |
69.5% |
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Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
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Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
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Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
Yes |
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Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
Yes |
Flexible Working Policy
We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.
For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.
Flexible Working Policy
We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.
For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.
Returner opportunities
Returning to work after time away can be challenging. That’s why we offer Returner opportunities that are designed to assist people returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more and our roles are permanent from the day one. Whether you’ve been away from work due to parenthood, illness, or even travel, we’re looking forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow!
What can you expect?
Coming back into the world of work after a career break can be really daunting – and we therefore know how important flexibility is. We’re very aware that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, so will happily have the discussion about different working patterns with you.
These roles have been created with your career break in mind, making sure we are there to support you in your transition back to work. You will be brought in on a permanent contract and given meaningful work from day one. Plus, you’ll be paired with a buddy or mentor from your team to help guide you along the way. You’ll also benefit from being part of the wider Returners Community and have the chance to create a personal development plan that works for you.
Who are we looking for?
While banking or professional services experience is desirable, especially for some roles, we care more about the transferable skills you can bring to our business.
Testimonials
I had a good network of colleagues already working for Lloyds Banking Group, who were all very passionate about their roles - so it felt the right choice for me and gave me the courage to apply for a Business Analyst role through the Returners. It was a seamless recruitment experience and I was offered a role in the work I wanted to do.
Olufunke Oladinni, Business Analyst
I love being a Project Manager, and I can’t recommend the Lloyds Banking Group Returners enough. It’ll springboard your career, giving you the best opportunity to relaunch yourself and maximise your full potential.
Justin Pierce, Project Manager