Junior Software Engineer- Manchester

JOB TITLE: Junior Software EngineerSALARY: 35,340LOCATION(S): Manchester HOURS: Full- time - 35 hours a week.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. About this Opportunity We're modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.Our core technology focus is on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.We're particularly interested in people with experience in one or more of the following: Azure WAF, Google Cloud Armor, Google Model Armor, VPCSC, Azure Firewall, Google VPC Firewall, Azure NGFW, Google Cloud NGFW, GitHub, Terraform, Azure Policy, Google Organization Policy.Your role as a Junior Software Engineer is to learn on the job and work collaboratively with the other Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers within the Network and Perimeter Security team and the wider organisation. Your responsibilities will include: You'll join a collaborative, agile team that is product focused. You'll design and develop features and improvements to our existing products and services. We provide BAU support as well as an on call rota.Write and review Infrastructure as Code ensuring it has been written securelyOperationally support existing products including incidents and inbound customer requestsDevelop and test new features for existing productsManage work via Jira ticketsAutomate and utilise AI to drive efficient and cost-effective products for our customersIdentify opportunities for improvements in our products and servicesSupport planning activities and product roadmapsGrows own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunitiesWhy Lloyds Banking Group 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 What you'll needSelf-starter who is able to learn quickly on the job whilst building new skills and technological knowledgeEnsure that any code or solutions are built in line with our security standards and industry best practiceAbility to listen and reflect and respect the views of others as well as being able to communicate your own opinionUnderstand the business area to facilitate the best solution design with team members and product ownersBe environment aware, identify technical impediments / bottlenecks and work directly to resolveExperience with agile development methods & tooling e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Jira & Confluence, and experience of working as part of an agile teamExperience of DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous DeliveryBe passionate about automating everythingBe industry aware and understand the importance of new technical approaches to evolve solutions and the experience of the team 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 performance-related bonus* Share schemes including free shares* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping* 24 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. (Please note our roles can generate a considerable amount of interest and can close early so don't miss out on this opportunity to apply today.)