Our purpose and strategy
Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper.
Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper.
We have an important role to play in creating a more sustainable and inclusive future.
Lloyds Banking Group incorporates many household names.
As with all necessary struggles it’s often the actions of brilliant and tenacious individuals that create lasting change.
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This report provides an update on our progress towards the Group's sustainability ambitions.
We put you first, so you can put our customers first.
Our charitable Foundations are celebrating 40 years of tackling social disadvantage and Helping Britain Prosper.
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Disclosures relating to our strategic, financial, operational, environmental and social performance.
Latest and archived results for Lloyds Banking Group and its main subsidiaries.
See all the key dates in the financial year.
Higher, more sustainable returns as we continue to Help Britain Prosper.
Information and key documents for the wide range of securities issued by Lloyds Banking Group and its entities.
Lloyds Banking Group partners with Homewards to unlock brand new lending to support organisations to deliver homes.
How Lloyds Banking Group is delivering against its strategy and achieving growth.
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Build something that changes everything. Join us as we explore new ideas and technologies to reshape the world of finance.
Xinyi is pioneering AI and advanced analytics at the Group alongside her part-time role as a concert pianist.
Lloyds Banking Group is best known for its portfolio of financial services brands.
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Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper.
We have an important role to play in creating a more sustainable and inclusive future.
Lloyds Banking Group incorporates many household names.
As with all necessary struggles it’s often the actions of brilliant and tenacious individuals that create lasting change.
This report provides an update on our progress towards the Group's sustainability ambitions.
We put you first, so you can put our customers first.
Our charitable Foundations are celebrating 40 years of tackling social disadvantage and Helping Britain Prosper.
Disclosures relating to our strategic, financial, operational, environmental and social performance.
Latest and archived results for Lloyds Banking Group and its main subsidiaries.
See all the key dates in the financial year.
Higher, more sustainable returns as we continue to Help Britain Prosper.
Information and key documents for the wide range of securities issued by Lloyds Banking Group and its entities.
Lloyds Banking Group partners with Homewards to unlock brand new lending to support organisations to deliver homes.
How Lloyds Banking Group is delivering against its strategy and achieving growth.
Build something that changes everything. Join us as we explore new ideas and technologies to reshape the world of finance.
Xinyi is pioneering AI and advanced analytics at the Group alongside her part-time role as a concert pianist.
Lloyds Banking Group is best known for its portfolio of financial services brands.
JOB TITLE: Infrastructure Specialist - Cloud & External Network Connectivity
LOCATION(S): Leeds
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Leeds office.
The Infrastructure Specialist will join the Cloud and External Networks Third Party & Landing Zone Network Team and play a vital role in safeguarding the Bank’s external connectivity by managing the infrastructure that enables and protects third-party access.
Operate and improve systems that enable secure connectivity for third-party suppliers, including VPNs, firewalls, and remote access platforms.
Monitor and enforce network security policies across third-party connections, ensuring strict alignment with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with Supplier Partner, third-party vendors, and internal teams to support the onboarding and maintenance of Third Party Network Connectivity.
Lead in securing third-party network access, ensuring robust external connectivity aligned with organisational standards.
Develop and maintain automation scripts and compliance tools to streamline access provisioning and monitoring.
Provide support for incident response and change control processes to ensure flawless service management.
Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement to improve the resilience, security, and efficiency of third-party network services.
A proven background in large corporate IT networks, network security, and project delivery.
A solid grasp of network architecture, including WAN, LAN, IP, and VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN, MPLS).
Experience managing third-party access infrastructure and working with external suppliers in a regulated environment.
Familiarity with Cisco technologies and CCNA-level knowledge.
Awareness of firewall technologies and rule management.
Good communication and collaborator engagement skills, able to collaborate across teams and with external partners.
A proactive and adaptable approach, working independently and across business areas to deliver outstanding results.
A broad understanding of modern networking components such as Load Balancers and firewalls.
Experience with cloud infrastructure in Azure, GCP, or other public cloud platforms.
Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, and ServiceNow (Incident, Change, and Problem Management modules).
A great understanding of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)—experience with tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Python is a plus.
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, and build 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
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
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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.