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    Azure Automation Engineer - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Lloyds Banking Group

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    JOB TITLE : Azure Virtual Desktop Automation Engineer
    SALARY : £66,861 - £90,000
    LOCATION : Edinburgh or Leeds
    HOURS : Full-time
    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.

    NUMBER OF ROLES: 4

    Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is the UK's biggest Retail, Digital and Mobile bank with over 30 million customers. We've passionate about our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper and set out an ambition for a financial services company that embraces the digital age.

    The Client Virtualisation function is pivotal to accelerating the Group's transformation agenda & adoption of cloud native capabilities. The team delivers, supports and develops AVD capabilities using ensuring that the services are suitable for enterprise-wide consumption across multiple locations and 20,000 colleagues.

    We're accountable for all virtual client development and are key to the goal of becoming a modern digital bank.

    Together we can make it possible

    Want to hear more?

    As one of our AVD Automation Engineers you'llparticipate in a team developing, testing and maintaining virtualisation solutions for the whole of LBG. You'll have responsibilities for the development of these solutions which will bring genuine benefit based on business requirements. You'll also be key to furthering the skills more junior colleagues to improve capabilities within the team

    We'll expect you to be a technology innovator challenge conventional thinking and influence a new approach to technology change underpinned by modern principles.

    Operating in an exciting environment with the opportunity to work across the Azure technology Stack you'll be working closely with and influencing vendors to align their products with LBG strategic goals.

    About you:

    You should have experience with design and development of solutions using technology across a subset of the following areas and be able to evidence capability to AZ104 and AZ140 :

  • Infrastructure services like Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Azure Storage, Security, Network Components.
  • Azure policies and governance tools for handling compliance and security
  • Expertise in securing virtualized environments, including threat detection, incident response, and compliance frameworks.
  • Automation tooling for example Logic Apps, Functions, Azure Automation, Event Grid etc
  • AVD architecture, deployment options, management tools, and security standard methodologies.
  • Experience configuring and optimizing AVD for pooled and non-pooled deployments.
  • Experience using FSlogix for profile & application management
  • Familiarity with application packaging and delivery techniques for AVD
  • You'llpossess experience with Infrastructure & Configuration as code concepts and tools: Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Bicep, Terraform, or similar.
  • Proven experience of PowerShell, KQL, YAML for automating AVD-related tasks.
  • Experience building and deploying secure and scalable Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments through CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
  • Understanding of Git or other version control systems for running IaaC code effectively.
  • Experience of image development and management using Packer or Azure Image Builder
  • Experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for proactive monitoring and problem solving of Infrastructure as Code based AVD environments.
  • Experience of client management (compliance, configuration, application delivery) using Intune
  • Experience of Desired State Configuration through code
  • A shown understanding of delivery frameworks such as Agile
  • Communication skills are important to ensure successful outcomes as part of the wider team.
  • A consistent record of solving complex issues in a distributed cloud environment.
  • Ability design and document robust solution designs in Azure
  • Proven capability in mentoring and developing colleagues
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills: Collaboration and communication with users, customers, and other IT teams are crucial.
  • Attention to detail : Ensuring security, compliance, and optimal performance requires meticulous attention to detail and proactive monitoring.
  • Ability to learn and adapt: The cloud landscape is constantly evolving, so staying updated with the latest technologies and standard methodologies is critical.
  • Resilience and stress management: Working in a high-pressure environment with demanding SLAs requires composure and the ability to handle challenges effectively.
  • We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop and personally optimise your potential.

    As a leading employer we're passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process.

    We're committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.

    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
  • 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
  • So if you possess the skills we'reseeking then get in touch, we'd love to hear from you

    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.


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