Lloyds Banking Group
Infrastructure Specialist zMQ
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Infrastructure Specialist zMQ
Salary: £48,987 – £54,430
Location(s): Edinburgh, Manchester, or Leeds
Hours: Full-time – 35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Job Description Summary
We are seeking a passionate, creative Infrastructure Specialist with good MQ expertise to join our z/OS MQ team. We're evolving into a forward-thinking engineering team focused on automation, simplification, service excellence, and innovation. In this role, you'll provide specialised technical support across critical mainframe environments and contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of our MQ platform.
About this opportunity
- Provide technical expertise and support for complex MQ environments operating to demanding service levels.
- Contribute to the development of the z/OS MQ roadmap and support the evolution of our platform and engineering capabilities.
- Work closely with stakeholders and customers to support the delivery of the technology roadmap, ensuring service and customer outcomes remain at the heart of everything we do.
- Support and contribute to modern engineering practices, including automation, DevOps, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate across middleware, infrastructure, and engineering teams to explore and implement innovative solutions, integrating mainframe technologies with emerging platforms and capabilities.
- Support standardisation, simplification, and operational excellence while ensuring processes and controls are adhered to.
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What you’ll need
- Good knowledge of MQ infrastructure on z/OS.
- Experience of MQ system performance tuning, diagnosis, and problem resolution.
- Experience supporting and troubleshooting business-critical online systems.
- Experience working with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
It would be great if you also had:
- Experience or a keen interest in DevOps practices, automation, and modern engineering approaches.
- An interest in AI and emerging technologies, and how they can be applied to improve engineering effectiveness and customer outcomes.
- Strong diagnostic skills and the ability to analyse technical information from multiple sources, providing effective solutions in complex environments.
Why Lloyds Banking Group
- You'll be joining a team responsible for one of the Group's most critical messaging platforms, supporting services that underpin a wide range of business and customer outcomes.
- You'll have the opportunity to work with experienced engineers, develop your technical expertise, contribute to platform modernisation initiatives, and help shape the future of MQ on z/OS as we continue our engineering transformation.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity, and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues, and communities. We're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn, and develop.
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- We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location, and working patterns.
- We provide 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
- 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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'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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