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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Site Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Lloyds Banking Group - **Location:** Edinburgh, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £72,702.0 - £80,780.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Collaborative Software, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Scripting, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Atlassian Tools, Data Management, Terraform, Dynatrace - **Published:** August 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://lbg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/LBG_Careers/job/Manchester/Senior-Site-Reliability-Engineer_162163 ## About the Role We're looking for experienced engineers who are passionate about reliability engineering, cloud technologies and operational excellence. * SRE & Service Engineering skills, with significant experience improving the reliability, availability and supportability of production services. The SBO Skills Library identifies SRE & Service Engineering as a core engineering capability. * DevOps expertise, including automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery and collaborative software delivery practices. DevOps is identified as a core engineering skill within the enterprise skills taxonomy. * Strong experience working with public cloud platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), within operational or engineering environments. * Strong scripting or programming capability using languages such as Python, PowerShell or Bash to automate operational activities and improve reliability outcomes. * Experience implementing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code solutions and engineering platforms using tools such as Terraform. * Problem Solving and Critical Thinking skills, with experience diagnosing complex production incidents and driving effective remediation. These are recognised enterprise-wide skills in the SBO Skills Library. * Collaboration and Impactful Communication skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships and explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. These are recognised enterprise-wide skills in the SBO Skills Library. And any experience of this would be really useful * Experience with Google SecOps. * Experience working in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering or DevOps roles supporting complex production environments. * Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Dynatrace. * Experience using Terraform, GitHub, Kubernetes or similar engineering tooling. * Experience working with Jira and Confluence within Agile delivery teams. * Professional certifications in GCP or comparable cloud technologies. * Experience coaching engineers, developing reusable engineering patterns and improving operational standards. * Interest / passion in AI and the application of agentic solutions would be advantageous. This lab is at the forefront of agentic use cases and AI security, and whilst professional experience may be limited, personal interest & development would be great. ## Description As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll be an experienced engineering practitioner responsible for improving the reliability, scalability and operational excellence of cloud-hosted services!, * Lead the operation, reliability, scalability and performance improvement of cloud-hosted applications and services. * Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve consistency and strengthen service resilience. * Partner with engineering, platform and product teams to deliver and continuously improve cloud solutions and security data platforms. * Lead incident response, problem investigations and root cause analysis activities, ensuring learning is converted into measurable improvements. * Develop and enhance observability, monitoring and alerting capabilities that provide actionable insight into service health and customer impact. * Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering standards, patterns and communities of practice across the organisation., Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. 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