DevOps Engineer

Lloyds Bank plc; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking group in the UK is looking for a DevOps Engineer in Bristol. This role involves designing and maintaining scalable platforms and implementing CI/CD strategies. The ideal candidate will have experience in DevOps with expertise in cloud technologies like GCP, and key tools such as Jenkins and Terraform. The company offers hybrid working, generous benefits, and a focus on inclusivity and professional development.

Benefits

Up to 15% pension contribution

Annual bonus

Share schemes

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible benefits

Generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or software development roles.
• Expertise in CI/CD and automation.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native application architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain a reliable, scalable platform.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to improve build quality.
• Help implement a CI/CD strategy for product deployment.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud engineering (GCP preferred)

Automation and CI/CD

Jenkins

Git

Spinnaker

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace)

Education

Certification in DevOps, Cloud, or related fields (e.g., Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer)

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

**End Date**Monday 05 January 2026**Salary Range**£72,702 - £80,780**Flexible Working Options**Hybrid Working, Job Share**Job Description Summary**.**Job Description****JOB TITLE:** DevOps Engineer **SALARY:** £70,929 - £86,691per annum **LOCATION:** Bristol **HOURS:** Full-time - 35 hours per week **WORKING PATTERN:** Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.**ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY** You will deliver business value by delivering reliable, scalable and working software to production. You will ensure platforms and services are built consistently with industry best practices and standards. You will lead your feature team technically and be the driver for all technical decisions. You will coach your team engineers to support their growth.Lloyds Banking Group is changing. We’re rapidly transforming into a digitally-led business on a massive scale in order to better serve our customers. We’re already the largest provider of digital banking products in the UK, with over 12 million active online customers and nearly 8 million active mobile banking customers. It means a big opportunity for you to be part of ground-breaking transformation and it means there’s never been a more exciting time to join.With our breadth, reach and diversity, we can offer excellent opportunities for career growth and development. You get plenty of support but it's about taking the initiative, building relationships and making it happen. Do this and you can help us make a positive difference to our customers, our colleagues and our communities.**WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING*** You will design, build and maintain a reliable, scalable, secure and resilient platform.* Collaborate with other DevOps engineers in improving the overall quality of product build, deployments, monitoring and alerting.* Help implement a pragmatic CI / CD strategy to incorporate the entire product development life cycle. Setup the pipeline to build and release our cloud hosted microservices as well as help in adapting legacy systems to benefit from DevOps practices.* Strategically, you will help us move from our current Liberty WAS stack to a container focussed pipeline.* Coach other engineers on DevOps culture and practices. Comfortable educating both technical and non-technical colleagues about DevOps.* You will work closely with our test engineers to help develop test cases, whilst ensuring the provisioning of all our environments are fully automated and tested.**WHAT YOU’LL NEED*** Experience in DevOps, cloud engineering (GCP preferred), or software development roles, with a strong background in automation and CI/CD.* Expertise in key DevOps tools and technologies such as Jenkins, Git, Spinnaker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm , Docker, and Harness.* Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP) and cloud-native application architectures.* Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) and automated provisioning tools.* Proven ability to implement CI/CD pipelines and improve software deployment processes for faster and more reliable releases.* Solid understanding of monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Dynatrace) to ensure system health and operational efficiency.* Experience working in an Agile environment, collaborating closely with development, QA, and operations teams.* Familiarity with security practices in DevOps (DevSecOps) and automation of security policies in the software development lifecycle.* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across a variety of systems.* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.* Certification in DevOps, Cloud, or related fields (e.g., Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer).ABOUT WORKING FOR US We’re proud to be a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. From our menopause health package to our Working with Cancer initiative, we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.We’re also a Disability Confident Leader, and we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or neurodivergence who meet the minimum criteria.**Our benefits include:*** Up to 15% pension contribution* Annual bonus (based on Group performance)* Share schemes, including free shares* 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays* Flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle* Generous parental leave and wellbeing support**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.**With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.