End Date
Friday 17 February 2023

Salary Range
GBP35,656 – GBP44,570

We support agile working – click here for more information on agile working options.

Agile Working Options
Flexible / Variable Hours, Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Job Description Summary
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK s largest Digital, Retail and Commercial Bank with a focus on Helping Britain Prosper. We re on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind–set are changing to craft a true engineering–led organisation.

Our Cloud Services department is looking for a motivated individual to ensure that the appropriate security controls are in place, focusing on keeping bank services safe while simultaneously supporting programme timescales and business outcomes. You ll be involved with security requirements, designs, risks and defining controls to mitigate these risks and guiding other areas of technical programmes to embed security in the best manner for the Bank. As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will be working across the Group s strategic cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) to realise the next generation of services that form the Bank s vision for 2022 and beyond.

Job Description

Cloud Security Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group
Leeds (Remote & Flexible working, must be able to attend local office once per week)

Salary & Benefits: GBP35,656 – GBP44,570 (depending on experience) base salary, plus annual personal bonus

Who are Lloyds Banking Group?

Lloyds Banking Group is the UK s leading digital franchise, with over 13 million active online customers across our three main brands – including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland – as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We're building the bank of the future, and we need your help. We re continuing our extensive transformation Programme, with an investment of GBP3bn, redefining what a bank is from the inside out.

Together we make it possible!

Our remit includes delivering new platforms, Security products and services whilst continually improving our existing ones. This Cloud Security Engineer role will involve working in one of our Product Teams (Perimeter + Network Security, Access Gateways + Security Logging, Platform Compliance, Threat Modelling + Control Curation, Security Product Curation) where responsibilities will include Build as well as Run tasks. Examples of tasks will include: product / control design and governance, investigations and assessments, terraform module creation and enhancements for cloud resource delivery and consumption, supporting roadmap planning for upcoming features against consumer use–cases, defect management and incident support, platform maturity and automation

The role will have end–to–end accountabilities including:

• Supporting Senior and Lead Engineers to deliver team objectives
• Becoming an SME for core processes and tasks within a Product Team: fulfilling run tasks, delivering enhancements to existing capabilities / processes
• Supporting new joiners and enhancing onboarding / upskilling processes
• Contributing to team and platform maturity with recommendations, ideas and improvements
• Self–managing and proactive attitude and approach to tasks assigned
• Balancing the needs of the business and security with a risk–based approach
• Identifying skills gaps and development needs > defining and driving a development plan to become an established Cloud Security Engineer!

The role will require you to be hands–on , to collaborate with peers to engineer new or enhance infrastructure level capabilities

What you d get involved with:

• Understanding then applying Bank Security policies and standards to the Cloud environments
• PoCs of new products / use–cases
• Operational documentation for support and consumption of products
• Onboarding and upskilling paths for Product Team products, tasks and processes
• Identify shortcomings and opportunities: suggesting and implementing improvements
• Contributing to and helping create an inclusive and collaborative environment for engineers to grow, develop and deliver value to platform consumers

What s needed to be considered for this job?

Essential

• Hands–on engineering experience using key DevOps tools: Source Control (GitHub), IDE / Interactive Development Environments (IDE), Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Awareness of key DevOps concepts, tools and languages: Terraform, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, IaC, PaaS
• At least 3 years of technical, hands–on experience – ideally in an engineering capacity
• Self–starter and able to self–manage workload
• Growth / resilient mindset: ability to take on challenges and develop an approach to overcome knowledge gaps / areas requiring upskilling
• Practical / theoretical experience of Cloud
• Able to be work with a Senior or Lead engineer, understand tasks, manage stakeholders with progress updates / support needed as tasks are delivered
• Passionate about technology – wanting to commit to building a skillset to advance a career in Cloud Engineering and Cyber Security
• Awareness of the objectives of the Bank with its cloud vision, appreciation of the scope, pressures and demands of the role + commitment to put in the required effort to upskill to become a skilled and effective engineer in the team!
• Familiarity with what automation is, the benefits it can deliver and some experience fulfilling this in a previous role / personal environment

Desirable

• Hands on engineering experience working with: Terraform, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, IaC, PaaS
• Exposure to Public Cloud environments – Azure, GCP or AWS
• Cloud and Security certifications
• Worked within an engineering team

What you get in return:

Offering you both opportunity and profile – we'll provide you with a diverse, energising and lively environment that focuses on equal opportunity and real career progression.

We'll take your personal and professional development very seriously and enable you to make a genuine difference to millions throughout your career with us.

We'll also give you a broad remuneration package which includes:

• A performance bonus
• A generous pension contribution
• A flex cash pot you can adjust to suit your lifestyle
• Private health cover
• 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Various share schemes (including free shares)

So, if you have a desire to work in a challenging role in a dynamic environment with quality at the heart of thinking, whilst gaining skills and experience within a friendly and motivated team then get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!

We re flexible on location across any LBG hub locations. As a team we have all embraced remote working but do require team members to attend local hubs once per week (subject to change as per Group policy). We fully support the new developing workstyles, taking a flexible approach to 'future of work'. We support flexible working, whilst we can't accommodate every requirement, we are happy to consider any request.

We re committed to building a team which re???ects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values–based culture focused on making a difference!

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

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.