Private Cloud - Network Engineer

August 26, 2026

JOB TITLE: Private Cloud - Network EngineerSALARY: £48,987 - £54,430LOCATION(S): Manchester and LeedsHOURS: Full time (Please note that participation in an escalation on call rota is also a requirement of this role)WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of the above office locations What you'll be doingWe're transforming the way we deliver technology, building cloud platforms that are secure, resilient and seamless for our customers, while creating a modern, efficient and sustainable engineering experience for our colleagues. As part of this transformation, we're looking for a Network Engineer to join our Private Cloud Platform team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of network infrastructure at Lloyds Banking Group, supporting our ambition to become the UK's leading FinTech. You'll play a key role in designing, building and evolving the network technologies that underpin our cloud ecosystem. Working in a collaborative, engineering-led environment, you'll help drive our infrastructure modernisation agenda, championing automation, security and reliability at every stage. Through infrastructure-as-code and automation-first practices, you'll help reduce manual effort, enable safe and repeatable change, and deliver platforms that can scale to meet the needs of our customers and colleagues. You'll work closely with engineers, architects, product teams and senior stakeholders to deliver secure, high-performing network services, contributing to the design and continuous improvement of our cloud platforms. Whether you're solving complex technical challenges, influencing future platform direction or helping teams adopt standard process, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact. Along the way, you'll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and external partners, contribute to infrastructure roadmaps, support risk and security initiatives, and help ensure our platforms remain resilient and future-ready. You'll also have the opportunity to share your expertise, mentor others and help grow engineering capability across the wider team. Working in an agile environment, you'll take ownership of your work, use modern engineering tools and practices, and play a hands-on role in delivering the next generation of cloud and network services. Why join us?We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. What we're looking for<ul><li>Proven experience as a Network Engineer with expertise in cloud environments.</li><li>Expert knowledge of Networking technologies and services (NSX, VXLAN, ACI, BGP)</li><li>Strong troubleshooting skills and support experience with network technologies and tools.</li><li>Strong experience in writing technical design documents.</li></ul> Any experience of these would be really useful:<ul><li>Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.</li><li>Experience in developing, maintaining and supporting networks in NSX.</li><li>Good understanding and familiarity with automation tooling; Terraform, Ansible, Github.</li><li>Monitoring the automation of network deployment and configuration.</li><li>Good understanding of VXLAN/Geneve technologies.</li><li>Good understanding of VMware virtual infrastructure.</li><li>Experience of Service Design & associated methodologies.</li><li>Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.</li><li>Experience of large scale data migrations.</li></ul> This is a place for youOur ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're 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 a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with 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. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:<ul><li>A generous pension contribution of up to 15%</li><li>An annual performance related bonus</li><li>Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping</li><li>28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top</li><li>A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies</li></ul> Ready to make an impact? Apply today.

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