Job Title
Firewall Infrastructure Specialist
Salary
£48,987 – £54,430
Location
Leeds or Manchester
Hours
Full‑time – 35 hours per week
Working Pattern
Hybrid: at least two days per week (or 40% of time) in the Leeds or Manchester office.
About the Opportunity
As a pivotal technical SME within Group Services and Security, you will provide the backbone of internal and external infrastructure, ensuring robust security and driving efficiency across our platforms. You will lead on expanding and optimising existing technologies, integrating toolsets, and safeguarding services while enabling innovation.
What You’ll Do
* Act as the contact point for business engagement for this bank‑critical infrastructure.
* Plan the implementation of complex changes.
* Deliver changes of all sizes for our customers.
* Deliver infrastructure and service improvement plans, including gateway upgrades and new builds.
* Prioritise, manage expectations and influence business decisions.
What You’ll Need
* Accountable for managing firewall change across the estate, with experience of scoping and troubleshooting changes on Check Point & Fortinet.
* Strong understanding of networking, firewalls, security principles and design concepts.
* Experience developing long‑term goals and acting as the key point of contact for resources in the team for project activity, including collating detailed information on scope, feasibility, technical accuracy and compliance.
It would be great if you also had
* Knowledge of regulated environments, ideally from financial services experience.
* Experience with automation tools (Python, Power Automate, Robot Framework, Ansible, Terraform).
Benefits
* 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 plus bank holidays
* Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Equal Opportunity
Lloyds Banking Group is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities.
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