Cloud GCP - Core Intra VDC (Networks)

Cloud GCP - Core Intra VDC (Networks)

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Work for Lloyds Technology Centre who are part of Lloyds Banking Group, the UK's largest digital bank, where you’ll make a genuine difference, be able to develop yourself and be part of a culture where everyone's contribution is recognised.

Opportunity to be a part of a mission; shaping finance as a force for good - Lloyds Banking Group’s mission is to create a sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good. We, at Lloyds Technology Centre, play a key part in delivering this*. We are also guided by our values in shaping the way we work and how we make decisions. This creates an environment where colleagues love to work and can make a positive impact.

Range of exclusive benefits and rewards - We value your contributions and will ensure that your total reward experience reflects the expertise you bring and impact you create. We also strive to provide a holistic proposition that meets your wellbeing needs. Our total reward practices help us create an ecosystem where you can thrive, ensuring your essential needs are met so you can focus on your personal growth and future success.

Career elevating opportunities - At Lloyds Technology Centre, you will be empowered to take charge of your career journey through personalized career mentorship from experienced mentors, leadership development programs, and stretch assignments. You will be able to access opportunities for continuous learning and exposure to new experiences through job shadowing and cross-functional collaboration on projects.

Future skill building opportunities – Being part of Lloyds Banking Group, who are known for their market leading practices in learning and development, Lloyds Technology Centre is committed to help you achieve your personal and professional aspirations. You will have access to role specific learning pathways & training, targeted accelerated development programs and professional certifications & qualifications.

Inclusive and diverse workplace - At Lloyds Technology Centre, you will be part of an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We embrace and celebrate diversity at every level of our workforce, valuing and respecting you for your unique identity.

What you’ll do,

• Shaping Google and other cloud-technology roadmaps
• Finding opportunities & use-cases for new features and cloud-based products
• Collaboratively working with the business and other engineering teams to design then build and release enterprise-class solutions that progress the program’s roadmap.

• Driving identification of opportunities for and delivery of enterprise-class automated solutions
• Identifies shortcomings and opportunities, including use cases for new features and cloud products, then suggests and implements improvements to existing business practices.
• Analyses and evaluates the feasibility/relevance of proposals for complex products/services, then develops and amends as necessary.
• Hands on experience building, configuring, and optimizing GCP based networking at scale. This should include workloads that utilise GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Storage buckets etc. Coupled with corresponding ancillary function such as identity and networking requirements (Dedicated Interconnect, VPC peering, cloud Routers, Firewalls, Google DNS, Cloud NAT, IAM and VPC SC, ..)
• Hands on experience on network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.
• Build, test, deploy, and automate stable/scalable services for the internal engineering team and end users.
• Experience of DevOps concepts and deploying CI/CD pipelines using cloud native and third-party tooling – Git, Hashicorp Vault, Terraform, Ansible.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve system level scale, performance, and automation problems.
• Checking in code to GitHub repositories and performing code reviews for your fellow team members.
• You will be responsible for the development, deployment and hand-over to the end users of the solutions developed within the team.
• Ensuring these solutions meet our Control and Security requirements and help improve the stability of our platform yet allowing higher volume of changes and activity. `
• Adopting and promoting best practices within the larger team and organization

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineer role. Mix of consumer technology and SaaS technology is ideal.
• Working and maintaining production grade GCP cloud networking.
• Experience in a network focused hands-on technical role working with routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data centre and/or WAN network environments.
• Ability to closely work with our Network/Systems/Software Engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, as well as assist with deployment and sustaining of networking software tools.
• Working with and maintaining production experience with Kubernetes deployments and services.
• Built out continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
• Able to write Bash and/or Python scripts.
• Ability to own and be responsible for the projects you will be working on.
• Able to write Infrastructure as a code (IaC)
• Able to curate product lifecycle around cloud core services.
• GCP Professional Cloud Engineer (Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer; Professional Cloud Network Engineer; Professional Cloud Security Engineer)

• Recent experience designing and delivering hybrid-cloud platforms and services, automated API-driven systems with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and agile delivery models.
• Able to follow and iteratively improve domain-owned services as GCP and other cloud-based products mature + develop new features where other emerging technologies present an opportunity.
• Ability to work with architectural, business and other engineering leads to shape, design and engineer solutions.
• Ability to work with a team of engineers to deliver domain-owned deliverables and dependencies.
• Continuous curiosity to learn and develop themselves with industry best practice methods and tooling in the cloud function.

• Technology agnostic and are willing to adapt their approach in pursuit of the best solution.

• Experience working with GCP/Azure cloud infrastructure and their various services.
• Fluent in Terraform and writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Fluent in Python and Go, with understating of API management.
• Experience working with OpenVPN / Remote Access, Squid / Egress Proxy, IP Management, SMTP / Mail gateway, SMEE / Webhook Delivery.
• Experience and thorough understanding of the Linux operating systems.
• Experience with high-traffic monitoring systems. Implementing logging (Grafana/Prometheus), telemetry (New Relic), and tracing is ideal.
• Excellent eye for security and creating bulletproof secure systems.
• Excellent and effective verbal, written, interpersonal communication skills.
• Comfortable with fast-paced change: ability to demonstrate comfort with ambiguity, adapt quickly and be effective in new situations in a highly dynamic setting.
• Data-driven but also imaginative and intuitive in coming up with ideas and solutions.
• Proven ability to balance multiple priorities in a collaborative team environment.

About working for Lloyds Technology Centre:

Our new technology centre in Hyderabad will be home to highly skilled technology and data specialists who will be driving our transformation and delivering great outcomes for Lloyds Banking Group’s customers. Our office is situated in a sought-after location that features easy transport links and excellent facilities, all aimed at enabling you to achieve a great work-life balance.

Working with us means being part of our aspirational and transformative journey of redefining the fintech landscape, while building an organisation that welcomes all. We’re committed to providing an exceptional employee experience through our policies, practices, and development opportunities to support you in achieving your potential.

This is a once in a career opportunity to shape your future and help us make our mark in India. Are you ready to help shape your future, as well as ours? Join us and grow with purpose.

• Lloyds Technology Centre does not offer financial services in India.