Job Description
Location:
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Manchester (with remote/ flexible working/ 1-3 Days in the office per week)
Salary:
£61,911- £68,790
Benefits also include:
Annual personal bonus percentage;
Employer pension contribution (up to 15%);
4% flexible cash pot;
private medical insurance, and;
30 days holiday plus bank holidays;
We offer flexible working hours around the 9-5 and are a very family friendly company. Please note, the team observes a hybrid working pattern, and the successful candidate will be expected to be in the office 1-2 times a week.
Who are Lloyds Banking Group?
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading digital franchise, with over 13 million active online customers across our three main brands - including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We're building the bank of the future, and we need your help.
About the team and the role
We're the Data Transfer and Management Services Lab building and managing the future centralised digital nervous system, using the power of our existing batch and streaming capability centred around Apache Kafka to get closer to our customers. All this is underpinned by excellent Data Management delivery through the latest industry tooling and strong governance practises.
The next phase of our transformation is moving more into streaming of data based on Confluent Kafka and cloud technologies underpinned again through Data Management tools and techniques.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is building a streaming platform for the organisation. As a Cloud Software Engineer, you'll be working with different stakeholders, providing guidance & technical inputs for customer with good experience on messaging system like Kafka with additional exposure on Kubernetes & workload configuration.
About you
Our team is looking for an adaptable Cloud Software Engineer. As a technical member of streaming team, you'll evolve our data capabilities whilst embracing the best industry standards.
The essential skills and background you'll need to apply for this role:
Responsible for designing, implementing & managing Kafka based streaming data pipelines
Experience on managing workload in Kubernetes cluster
Knowledge around GCP services like Compute Engine, GCS bucket, GKE cluster management & configuration, network & firewall configuration, etc
Good understanding of leading CI/CD tools & techniques like Jenkins, Spinnaker, GitHub
Experience in Java programming
It would also be nice to have someone that is:
Cloud engineer certified preferability in GCP or other cloud providers
Knowledge about confluent resources like connectors, control centre, replicators
Knowledge of Kafka Stream Generator, KSQLDB, cluster federation, Spark Streams
About Lloyds Banking Group
As the UK's largest retail and commercial bank, we have a footprint that touches nearly every community and household in the UK. That gives us a big responsibility to support the UK economy, and we have a clear strategy to put customers first and achieve our vision of being the best bank for our customers.
We deeply value diversity and are proudly committed to being an equal opportunity employer. You can come and join our inclusive, values-led culture passionate about making a difference! We are a proud equal opportunities employer; if you require any reasonable adjustments either as a candidate or as an employee, please let us know. We would love to be able to support you in showcasing your best self!
Does this sound like something you might be interested in? Please apply - we are looking forward to getting to know more about you.
We're proud to have received the following industry recognition:
'Stonewall Top Private Sector Employer', 'Top10 Employer for Working Families', 'The Times Top 50 Employer for Women', 'Gold Standard' and "Best Workplace Adjustments Process" from the Business Disability Forum - each demonstrating our dedication to the principles of agile working and inclusion for all.