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

The Modern Workplace Engineering function is pivotal to accelerating the Group’s transformation agenda & adoption of cloud native capabilities.

Workplace Engineering lead the technical strategy, design and delivery across multiple technology platforms – we are setting new standards when it comes to our resilience and security, whilst ensuring the services we engineer can be seamlessly transitioned for use throughout the group.

The engineers use their knowledge and expertise in a variety of methodologies and toolsets to assist with designing, implementing and developing integrated customer-centric technology solutions that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect.

Engineers will have the opportunity to develop their technical knowledge and understanding as well develop, practice and demonstrate the workplace skills and behaviours required for this job role. The will also be expected to build close working relationships with stakeholders and supporting operational teams

Together we can make it possible!

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The Directory Services Team are responsible for support of the Infrastructure Applications aligning to Active Directory the core Microsoft technology components that underpin the Lloyds Banking Group IT infrastructure, primarily production Active Directory (Global) and (Azure) Microsoft’s multi-tenant, cloud based Active Directory and Identity Management. In addition to our support and project delivery capabilities for production environments, we also provide equivalent support for the associated development and route-to-live Domain environments.

Team responsibilities also include maintaining and supporting all road maps for AD supporting Services, partnering with Microsoft and Projects on all related project deliverables, and assess the capacity impact on new AD aware applications and help coordinate Business Projects e.g. Active Directory, Security deliverables.

We also assist with Domain Governance queries e.g. Microsoft Azure, Patching, Compliance e.g. Cyber Portfolio, AD hardening, AD Restructure with strong focus on Change, Incident and Problem Management and wherever possible Incident Reduction and Service Improvements.

We want to recruit a new engineer to join our team.

What will this role entail?

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD-DS), including knowledge of Active Directory Structure, Group Policy and Authentication methods

• Azure Active Directory and supporting tools such as Azure Active Directory Connect

• Using Azure AD to configure Sign Sign-on using SAML/OAuth.

• Name Resolution via DNS and WINS

• Active Directory Lightweight Services (AD-LDS )

Skills we are looking for:

• Foundational level of understanding of Azure Active Directory and Hybrid Identity

• Strong communication skills are a major benefit, needing to communicate complex technical issues and solutions, to a variety of Stakeholders with differing technical knowledge

• Knowledge of other Active Directory / Identity tools such as FIM, Quest Change Auditor and Active Roles would be an advantage

• Foundation level of understanding of scripting in Batch, Visual basic script and PowerShell

• Foundation level understanding of Agile and Systems thinking would be beneficial

• We expect our technicians to have a good round understanding of IT Technology particularly in the Windows world as well as becoming specialists in Active Directory Technology

• You should also be prepared to provide 24x7 support to the supported platforms but outside of this we could consider working patterns that work for everyone.

Why join our team?

In return for your expertise, you'll enjoy our total dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We'll help you perform at your best today, so you can fulfil all your potential in the future.

You'll also receive a package that includes:

• Cash sum of 4% which you can exchange for a variety of benefits or simply take the cash

• Private Medical Insurance

• Pension, where we'll give up to a max of 15%

• Share plans

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Discretionary bonus

We'll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

So if you have the skills we’re seeking and you’re looking for your next step, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a hybrid role with 2 days a week onsite working. Our Directory Services Team are based in Leeds / Gloucester / Manchester / Cardiff / Birmingham.

Salary: £45-50K

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.