Senior Technical Application Specialist

JOB TITLE : Senior Technical Application Specialist LOCATION(S): Newport, Tredegar Park (moving to Cardiff in Q4 2026) WORKING PATTERN : Hybrid, with at least two days per week (or 40% of time) spent at an office location The role sits within the Transport Platform; part of the wider Consumer Lending Business Unit-where our mission is to keep Britain moving. We do this by providing customerThis role will be based initially in Newport (Tredegar Park), with the team transitioning to our Cardiff office in Q4 2026 as we continue to build a modern, collaborative technology hub for the platform. As a Senior Technical Application Specialist, you'll become the SME for our core thirdAt Lloyds Banking Group, our purpose is clear: to help Britain prosper. Our colleagues are passionate about making a real difference to customers, businesses, and communities. growing with purpose. And when you join us, Collaborate with Product Owners, Customer Journey Managers and Engineering teams to understand feature requirements, system behaviours and customer needs.Enhance shared domain knowledge by contributing to documentation, lifecycle management and the rollout of technical roadmaps.Invest in developing your own technical, operational and agile skills.Foundational experience with engineering or application management tools, with the ability to configure, troubleshoot and support application components. Experience contributing to the stability and reliability of production systems-including incident support, performance monitoring and recovery.Strong analytical skills to investigate issues, interpret data, perform root cause analysis and contribute to service improvements. Experience working with cross functional teams (Product, Engineering, Quality, Support) to deliver change and resolve issues. Experience in environments balancing new change with system stability, and in prioritising resilience, maintenance and compliance where needed. In addition to the above, experience with the following would be beneficial: Experience working with SAAS providers or financial services applications built on SAAS platforms.Knowledge of Cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS). Experience with monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, Dynatrace). Familiarity with SRE principles and tooling. We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, including: Benefits tailored to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.