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JOB TITLE: Endevor Software Configuration Management SRE Engineer

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds, Bristol, Manchester or London

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time at the office locations noted above.

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by our 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 play a key role 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're focused on creating a value-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 our colleagues can make a real difference.

The Engineering platform is on the journey to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group that will be at the core of one of the UK's biggest financial service transformations. We're looking for a SRE Engineer to join our Mainframe Source Code & Deployments team.

Are you looking to advance your engineering career? Look no further than Lloyds Banking Group, a renowned organisation known for its outstanding services and dedication to innovation. As a SRE Engineer, you'll be an integral part of our dynamic Engineering platform, playing a vital role in maintaining flawless performance and contributing to the success of our innovative projects.

Responsibilities of role:

• Engage in collaboration with various teams to understand service requirements and accomplish their seamless execution.

• Proactively monitor and maintain the stability and performance of systems and applications by diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues, ensuring smooth operations with minimal disruptions.

• Create and manage comprehensive documentation, ensuring precision, currency and thoroughness.

• Technical Roadmaps and strategic direction of the Lloyds Mainframe Software Configuration Management and Deployment tooling, leadership and training.

• Implementation of new complex technical solutions (including DevOps), within an enterprise environment by collaborating closely with individuals involved to gather requirements enabling the design of efficient systems.

• Role modelling behaviours across teams.

• Providing out of hours support, and flexible, independent working.

• Working with Vendors to develop practical solutions, including influencing vendor roadmaps.

• Automating and simplifying processes.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

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. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you'll need

• Mainframe Software Configuration Management, specifically Endevor.

• Mainframe (IBM), zOS, MVS, TSO, REXX, JCL, ISPF

• Diverse technical experience.

• Independent and flexible worker, who can work with teams to implement complex solutions.

• DevOps' advocate who has demonstrated the ability to implement new tools and processes.

• Experience implementing Mainframe solutions.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Knowledge of COBOL, Assembler, CICS, DB2, DB2 SQL, Unix System Services (zOS).

• Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.

• Git, GitHub, VSCode.

• Extensive understanding of effective engineering practices and methodologies.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think critically under pressure.

• Good communication skills, leading to the effective collaboration with diverse teams.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment

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's 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.

• Generous holiday allowance, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.