Lead Infrastructure Engineer

JOB TITLE: Lead Infrastructure Engineer

LOCATION: Edinburgh or Leeds

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

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!

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will lead a team of Engineers within the Security Operations Lab, being responsible for one or more technical products. This role is accountable for infrastructure and security strategy, as well as the technical product roadmaps across the Data Loss Management (DLM) feature team. A key focus will be on improving Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities, ensuring alignment with business goals, compliance standards, and operational efficiency. This collaboration is crucial for building a resilient, scalable, and proactive data loss prevention strategy!

What We’re Looking For

Strategic Leadership and Technical Direction

• Define and implement infrastructure and security strategies aligned with business and compliance objectives.

• Develop and maintain technical roadmaps for DLM, with a focus on DLP and DSPM capabilities.

• Collaborate closely with the DLM Product Owner to drive product direction, prioritise features, and ensure successful delivery.

Team Management and Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers.

• Nurture a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability.

• Implement structured development frameworks and performance management practices.​

Automation and Orchestration

• Drive the adoption of automation to improve the efficiency, consistency, and scalability of infrastructure operations.

• Measure and report on automation outcomes and operational performance to senior collaborators.

Security and Compliance

• Develop and implement security policies and practices, with a strong emphasis on DLP and DSPM.

• Ensure proactive risk management and compliance with internal and external regulatory standards (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST).

• Continuously assess and improve the organisation’s data security posture.​

Innovation and Change Enablement

• Partner with the DLM Product Owner to modernise data loss management practices and integrate new technologies.

• Lead initiatives that leverage diverse data sources to develop innovative security solutions.

Product and Service Delivery

• Lead all aspects of the scoping and delivery of secure, scalable technology products and services.

• Ensure alignment with customer requirements, business priorities, and security objectives.

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 need

• Experience leading engineering teams and running technical product delivery.

• Strong background in infrastructure strategy, automation, and cybersecurity.

• Knowledge or experience of working in Data Loss Prevention/Data Security and with a variety of DLP or DSPM technology solutions.

• Ability to handle budgets, develop strategic plans, and deliver measurable outcomes.

• Expertise in developing and implementing security policies, particularly in DLP and DSPM.

• Excellent communication and collaborator management skills.

• Ability to mentor and grow technical talent across the organisation.

• Familiarity with agile methodologies and tooling.

• Experience in change management or programme delivery to implement technology strategy and vision.

In addition, any experience of these would be useful

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.

• Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST).

• Knowledge of Information Security, SIEM, Cyber Defence centre tooling.

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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.