Senior DevOps Engineer – Autonomous Vulnerability Research

Lloyds Banking Group

. Design, build, and operate the Kubernetes-based platform hosting agentic research workloads .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeManchester • United KingdomSenior💰 £72,702 - £102,729 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Kubernetes workload design, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, and GCP management, ensuring secure and compliant cloud-native environments. Proficient in CI/CD engineering, observability practices, and security controls to support high-risk workloads and AI/ML applications.

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Kubernetes Workload DesignTerraform Infrastructure-as-CodeGCP ManagementCI/CD EngineeringContainer Hardening

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Hard Skills

KubernetesTerraformGCPCI/CD PipelinesContainer HardeningVM HardeningEgress ControlNetwork PolicyObservabilitySecurity Controls

Soft Skills

Security-First Judgement

Tools & Technologies

GKEIAMVPCCloud BuildArtifact Registry

Certifications & Qualifications

Cloud CertificationsKubernetes CertificationsCybersecurity Certifications

Industry Keywords

Cloud-Native EnvironmentsHighly Regulated EnvironmentsFinancial ServicesOpen-Source Contributions

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate the Kubernetes-based platform hosting agentic research workloads
Build ephemeral and isolated execution environments
Own infrastructure-as-code across GCP using Terraform
Deliver reproducible, reviewable, and policy-compliant environments
Engineer secure container and VM images with hardened baselines, minimal attack surface, and automated patching
Implement egress-controlled networking, network policy, service mesh controls, and segmentation
Build CI/CD pipelines with SBOMs, image signing, artefact provenance, and automated policy gates
Deliver observability through logs, metrics, distributed traces, and cost telemetry
Build evidence-capture pipelines with immutable audit trails, artefact retention, and reproducible run records
Manage secrets, identity, and workload authentication using least-privilege access
Partner with AI Engineering to scale agent runtimes efficiently and ensure safe failure
Partner with Security Architecture to evidence control effectiveness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep, hands-on Kubernetes experience, including workload design, networking, autoscaling, RBAC, and multi-tenancy isolation
Strong Terraform and infrastructure-as-code skills, with experience managing production cloud estates
Substantial GCP experience, including GKE, IAM, VPC/networking, Cloud Build/Artifact Registry, or equivalent
Container and VM hardening expertise, including image minimisation, runtime security, and vulnerability management
Practical experience implementing egress control, network policy, and segmentation in cloud-native environments
Strong CI/CD engineering skills and experience embedding security controls into delivery pipelines
Observability expertise across logging, tracing, and metrics, including auditability and evidence retention
Security-first judgement balancing researcher velocity against containment requirements
Experience with offensive security, malware analysis, or other high-risk workloads requiring strong isolation would be advantageous
Experience supporting AI/ML or LLM workloads would be advantageous
Cloud, Kubernetes, or cybersecurity certifications and training would be advantageous
Contributions to open-source infrastructure, platform, or security tooling would be advantageous
Experience in highly regulated environments such as financial services would be advantageous
Relevant transferable experience is accepted

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working options, including hybrid working and job share
Pension contribution of up to 15%
Annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits adaptable to lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
Wellbeing initiatives
Generous parental leave policies
Reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities
Opportunities to learn, grow and develop