Senior Infrastructure Engineering Lead role at Lloyds Banking Group
End Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
Salary: £90,440-117,000 pa
Locations: Edinburgh, Manchester, or Leeds
Hours: Full-time – 35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid – around 40% (or two days) in one of our office locations
About This Opportunity
Are you a seasoned infrastructure engineer ready to take the next step into a strategic leadership role? We’re looking for multiple Infrastructure Engineering Leads to join our Chief Security Office and drive the evolution of secure, scalable, and automated cloud infrastructure across our hybrid and multi‑cloud environments. Join us to shape the future of cloud security engineering while fostering a culture of innovation, automation, and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Do
* Providetechnical leadershipto a team of engineers and strategic oversight for secure infrastructure across our security engineering labs and products.
* Shape and lead the infrastructure and security strategy and the technical roadmaps across the teams.
* Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and compliant cloud and third‑party solutions, collaborating across engineering, security, and business teams.
* Champion DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud‑native tooling to enhance posture and reduce friction.
* Ensure operational coverage, whilst driving automation and innovation using modern engineering practices such as Infrastructure as Code and Policy as Code and engineering delivery and maintaining platform security posture.
* Incorporate best practices in network security, web application protection, and zero trust architecture to strengthen defence‑in‑depth strategies.
* Design and deploy Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and security controls to protect modern applications from threats and vulnerabilities.
* Guide the integration of AI and analytics into security operations working with data scientists and AI engineers.
* Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a high‑performing, inclusive, and growth‑oriented team culture.
What You’ll Need
We’re looking for a leader with a strong technical foundation and proven experience in:
Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure
* Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
* DevOps & IaC: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Git
* Container security: Kubernetes (K8s)
Security & Compliance
* Cloud and application security: Cloud posture management tools (e.g. Azure Defender, GCP SCCE), WAFs (e.g. Azure WAF, Cloud Armor AWS WAF), and protection against OWASP Top 10 and emerging threats.
* Network & infrastructure security: Network security principles (e.g. segmentation, monitoring, intrusion detection/prevention). Any experience in Zero Trust architecture in cloud environments would be very desirable.
* Security Defence Centre Tools and practices.
Scripting & Automation
* Python (preferred), PowerShell, Configuration as Code principles and API integration (e.g., Microsoft Graph API)
Leadership & Strategy
* Strategic planning, innovation leadership and delivery in infrastructure and cloud security
* Budget and resource management
* Coaching, mentoring, and performance management
About Working With Us
We’re proud to be building a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive—whoever you are! We’ve led the way with initiatives such as setting diversity goals for senior roles, launching a menopause health package, and supporting colleagues through our Working with Cancer programme. 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 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.
What You’ll Get
* Up to 15% employer pension contribution
* Annual bonus (based on Group performance)
* Share schemes, including free shares
* Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle
* 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
* Wellbeing support and generous parental leave
Seniority Level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
* Full‑time
Job Function
* Information Technology
Company Culture and Commitment
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, while the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe, and we only ask for confidential information once you are formally invited to an interview or offer. We are committed to building a workforce that 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.
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