Job Description

End Date

Wednesday 05 November 2025

Salary Range

70,929 - 78,810

We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Summary

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Job Title:

Infrastructure Database SME

Salary:

70,929 - 78,810

Location:

Manchester

Hours:

Full time

Working Pattern:

Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About us...

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the

About this opportunity

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.


The Senior Infra Engineer will hold accountability for design, implementation, security, maintenance and support of software-defined infrastructure resources. They will work without the need for supervision and own and direct the tasks of more junior infra engineers. They will focus on Platform or Lab level objectives and may manage a sub-set of their team's technical products


We're looking for a driven Infrastructure Database Engineer who can help us deliver exciting customer driven solutions. In our Infrastructure team, we lead the way in defining the best of new technology offerings, working closely with our Engineering Leads to collectively drive the engineering agenda whilst balancing the requirements of the UKs leading retail bank. The ultimate measure of success for us is leveraging these best of breed software and platform solutions so that we can continuously improve how we deliver market leading applications for our customers.

What you'll do

Spread your time among short term support-related tasks, longer-term initiatives, problem-solving, optimising, forecasting, planning and personal development. Be part of the leadership team for the Infrastructure team and take ownership of team tasks. Collaborate with Engineering teams across the Transport Platform, and the wider LBG, to develop effective solutions. Take ownership of specific problems to deliver customer focused outcomes. Contribute to Infrastructure strategy both within the Corporate Lab and Transport Platform. Assist Senior Infrastructure Engineers to advance the capabilities across the Transport Platform.

What you'll need:

Ability to analyse, review and validate SQL queries or procedures and offer recommendations to optimise code An in-depth understanding of SQL Server, Windows server architecture, VMWare and storage related technologies Good understanding of SQL Availability groups and their functions Ability to write SQL queries/procedures for automation purposes Knowledge and experience of working with SQL Server SSIS packages and SSRS reports Awareness of best practices for SQL coding and ability to recommend compliant solutions for unsuitable code An understanding of infrastructure as code practises, as well as secure by design principles. Be able to communicate effectively and work together, building relationship with others across a variety of domains, fields and locations, but also be able to work autonomously and proactively. A service-first attitude supplementing pro-active infrastructure monitoring

And any experience of these would be really useful:

Experience of working with ServiceNow, JIRA and Kanban boards Working experience of any prominent cloud service e.g. GCP, Azure etc Ability to troubleshoot performance related database issues and offer appropriate solutions

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 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
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.