Lead Engineer (Specialist) in DIGITAL ENTERPRISE SERVICES in Leeds

Overview

This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:

• Job share
• Flexible start and end time to each day
• Part time
• Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
• A 50% in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

Opportunities in Leeds

We’re growing our presence in Leeds. The modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers a supportive, flexible working environment. The majority of roles are available in Leeds, with hybrid collaboration with London-based colleagues and periodic travel to the London office.

A day in the role

A typical day starts with a stand-up alongside a cross-functional team of engineers and delivery stakeholders to review progress, surface blockers, and align priorities around deployments, platform stability, and upcoming releases. You’ll focus on hands-on technical work for assigned projects (e.g., refining CI/CD pipelines in GitHub, implementing infrastructure changes using Terraform, troubleshooting Azure services) across multiple environments (dev, uat, production) ensuring configurations are secure and aligned with best practices. As lead engineer, you’ll mentor other engineers, review pull requests, guide reusable patterns, and ensure engineering standards are applied. You may also document standards and progress tickets, and prepare for design reviews or security discussions.

In the afternoon, technical workshops or refinement calls focus on creating tickets mapping to project requirements, solution design, and security considerations. You’ll work with developers, architects, and delivery leads to agree on the best technical approach. Before logging off, you’ll tidy up the backlog and note upcoming meetings.

Role Requirements

As part of this role you will monitor elements of Azure pertinent to our applications and troubleshoot issues. You will run features on the platform (e.g., deploying golden images, managing subscriptions, building resources, Kubernetes upgrades) and assist the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Data teams with platform support.

The role requires solid development competency, experience in Agile and DevOps, mentoring and peer review, and the ability to advise on complex incidents.

Minimum Criteria

• Experience of operating platforms in a controlled environment with strict change control.
• Experience in managing Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with Azure monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Preference to work as part of a team rather than individually.
• Wide Microsoft Azure experience and CAF knowledge.
• Microsoft Azure administration skills / certification.
• Windows / Linux Admin.
• Automation scripting (e.g. Terraform).
• Good knowledge of agile delivery methodologies and related toolsets such as Jira.
• Knowledge of CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps toolchains.

Essential Criteria

• A high level of integrity, organisation and self-motivation with a desire for self-improvement.
• The ability to build effective working relationships and provide challenge where appropriate.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Attention to detail with the ability to craft concise, informational user documentation.
• Researching and developing solutions that expand, modernise or improve the service and technology portfolios, automate IT operations, reduce costs or increase levels of service, to demonstrate technical ownership.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience with SharePoint Online.
• Good .NET and C# skills.
• SSIS skills and data integration/migration software.
• In-depth experience of solution delivery using the full Software Development Lifecycle, including Agile and DevOps with continuous delivery, automated testing, TDD and monitoring.
• Good knowledge of SOLR and Zookeeper.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
• Experience with websites fundamentals including CDNs (e.g., Akamai) and Content Management Systems (e.g., Sitecore).

Salary and Benefits Information

Leeds salary: £72,320 - £81,360. Benefits include pension, discretionary performance award, benefits allowance, annual leave, and private medical insurance, among others, with details provided in the role information.

Notes on Vetting and Sponsorship

National Security Vetting may be required. The Bank is a UKVI sponsor with eligibility considered on a case-by-case basis.

Application Process and Closing Date

The assessment process will comprise two interview stages. This role closes on 14 May 2026. Please ensure you complete the work history and all application questions fully and accurately.