At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to revolutionise middleware platforms in a hybrid cloud environment.
- Company: Pioneering FinTech shaping finance for good with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Benefits: Generous pension, annual bonus, 30 days holiday, and flexible lifestyle benefits.
- Other info: Supportive workplace with adjustments for disabilities and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-changing industry while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in middleware technologies and automation in hybrid cloud environments.
The predicted salary is between 72702 - 85000 £ per year.
SALARY: £72,702 - £85,000 per annum
LOCATION: Leeds, Manchester
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours
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. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
What you’ll be doing: We’re looking for an Infrastructure Specialist to join our Private Cloud Platform, specialising in Middleware technologies, with a particular focus on IBM MQ and DevOps CI/CD. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team driving our technology modernisation agenda, enabling us to become the biggest FinTech in the UK. This role is firmly focused on automation‑first platform engineering. Assuming responsibility for crafting how middleware platforms— including MQ, DataPower and Websphere—are built, deployed and operated. This will be done through automated CI/CD and infrastructure as code workflows that reduce manual intervention and allow safe, repeatable change at scale. We’re seeking highly motivated, innovative, hands‑on Infrastructure Specialist to help define and deliver the next generation of middleware platforms across our hybrid Private Cloud.
Why Join us? If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast‑changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.
What we’re looking for?
- Proven experience as an Infrastructure or Platform Engineer working in a hybrid cloud environment, with strong middleware and automation expertise.
- Essential:
- Strong experience with Middleware technologies, preferably IBM MQ and including one or more of the following: IBM DataPower, Websphere
- Experience designing and operating platforms using automation and infrastructure as code
- CI/CD tooling experience (GitLab, GitHub Functions, Jenkins, Harness)
- Source Code Management (Git, GitHub)
- Understanding of security, compliance and resilience in enterprise environments
- Experience supporting production platforms with high availability and performance requirements
- Desirable:
- Working knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift or other enterprise Kubernetes platforms
- Experience with Operators (especially IBM Operators on OpenShift)
- VMware platform experience (vSphere, NSX, ARIA suite)
- Observability and monitoring tooling (Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience modernising legacy middleware platforms towards cloud‑native patterns
- Scripting and automation (Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform)
This is a place for you: Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers – just let us know what you need.
Benefits:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
- 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
Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (Middleware) in Leeds employer: Lloyds Banking Group
Join a pioneering FinTech company in Leeds or Manchester as a Private Cloud Infrastructure Specialist, where you will be part of an ambitious team driving technology modernisation. Enjoy a hybrid working environment that promotes flexibility and inclusivity, alongside a generous benefits package including a substantial pension contribution, annual bonuses, and 30 days of holiday. With a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and employee growth, this is an excellent opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful impact in their careers.
