Senior DevOps Engineer - FinOps - Enabling Services reference: 133027

End Date Thursday 24 April 2025 Salary Range £70,929 - £78,810 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 JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineer SALARY: £70,929 - £ 78,810 LOCATION(S): 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 our Bristol office. About us Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. About this opportunity A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the FinOps Engineering team within Enabling Services. In this pivotal role, you'll enable teams to build cost-effective solutions on GCP while maintaining agility and fostering innovation. This position is perfect for engineers who are passionate about optimising cloud usage, enhancing cost observability, and championing a FinOps culture. What you’ll do Partner with engineering, finance and product teams to drive cost-efficiency across GCP Design and implement automation to boost cost optimisation Build infrastructure and pipelines using Git, Terraform and Harness. Contribute to cost visibility by using cost and usage data to enable self-service reporting Drive sustainable usage practices (e.g. terminating idle resources, autoscaling) Translate technical decisions into cost impacts, surfacing trade-offs to customers Work collaboratively across teams to embed cost-awareness into design, development, deployment, and monitoring What you’ll need Experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE role, with strong hands-on experience in GCP Clear understanding of FinOps principles and how they apply to engineering responsibilities Experience of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and Source Code Management using tools such as Terraform, Jenkins, Harness and Github Strong understanding of GCP-native services such as GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Monitoring/Logging, Networking, Security and Identity & Access Management (IAM) Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Helm Familiarity with GCP billing exports, BigQuery datasets, and cost management dashboards Proficient in scripting using Python, Bash/shell Experience in Agile working practices, Jira and Confluence Strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills It would be great if you also had GCP certifications (e.g. Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect) FinOps Foundation certifications (e.g. Practitioner, Engineer) Familiarity with security tools e.g. Hashicorp Vault, Aquasec, Nexus IQ. Knowledge of observability tools e.g. Dynatrace. Experience in cost management tools e.g. Cloudability. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. 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 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you! 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.