Infrastructure Engineering Lead

JOB TITLE: Infrastructure Engineering Lead – Edge Security

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester

HOURS: Full Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re moving to the next stages of our digital transformation, and it’s our job within the Chief Security Office (CSO) to ensure that we keep our customers, colleagues and assets safe from threat.

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative Engineering Lead to craft the future of our Edge Security capabilities.

This is a hands-on leadership role passionate about technical direction, engineering excellence, and developing others — not people management.

🔍 What You'll Be Doing

The role involves leading our security initiatives and maintaining the outstanding security and robustness of our digital infrastructure.

• Mentoring and supporting engineers across the Edge Security space — helping them grow technically, navigate challenges, and embrace modern engineering practices.

• Crafting and delivering key security technologies across web access, Zero Trust frameworks, WAFs, and secure mainframe connectivity.

• Embedding modern engineering practices such as Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability into all solutions.

• Simplifying and modernising our technology estate through smart design and automation, reducing manual processes and operational complexity.

• Guiding the adoption of Zero Trust by applying identity-first access, micro-segmentation, and continuous verification principles to internal platforms.

• Collaborating multi-functionally with product owners, platform teams, compliance, and risk to align security outcomes with business goals.

• Remaining current on emerging security threats, technologies, and standard processes — and implementing them for tangible improvements.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

✅ What You’ll Bring

Bringing to our bold security goals entails:

• Proven experience in guiding and mentoring engineering teams within complex, regulated environments (e.g., finance, government, or large-scale tech).

• A strong background in enterprise security architecture, including Zero Trust, WAFs, and access control models.

• Practical experience crafting and implementing Zero Trust strategies and tooling in a production setting.

• Proficiency in modern DevOps practices: automation, Infrastructure/Policy as Code, and secure CI/CD.

• A track record of building resilient, low-maintenance, and observable systems, and improving developer workflows.

• Collaboration and partner engagement skills — comfortable working across engineering, product, risk, and governance functions.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), modern networking, containerisation, and security tooling.

• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or cloud security accreditations are appreciated but not required.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities,

including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer 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

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.