Cloud Security Architect

• At Lloyds Banking Group, our purpose is simple: Help Britain Prosper. As we transform into the UK’s leading FinTech, we’re modernising our technology and security capabilities to protect our customers and enable innovation at scale
• The Cloud Enterprise & Compute Security Lab is at the forefront of this transformation driving secure-by-design principles across multi-cloud environments. We’re looking for a Cloud Security Architect to shape the future of cloud security architecture and deliver secure, resilient, and scalable solutions
• Develop and enforce reference architectures, patterns, and blueprints for secure cloud adoption across Azure, GCP and hybrid environments
• Conduct threat modelling and security assessments for new cloud services, defining preventative and detective controls (via security guardrails) to maintain secure posture and detect drift
• Partner with engineering and product teams to embed security guardrails early in design, ensuring compliance and resilience
• Review external architecture proposals and identify security gaps
• Document and uphold secure-by-design principles and architecture governance
• Collaborate with senior partners to articulate security risks and mitigations
• Anticipate customer needs taking proactive steps to address them

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our ‘Your Tomorrow’ scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.- Identity and Access Management: Securing user/non-user access at scale
• Infrastructure Security: Kubernetes (AKS/GKE/Istio), API Security, IaC security (e.g. Terraform, ARM templates)
• AI/ML security: Knowledge of AI/ML threats and risks, with experience applying security controls for secure deployment of AI services in cloud platforms
• Security Logging and Monitoring: Security logging, SIEM integration, event correlation
• Threat Modelling and Risk Management: Identify threats and mitigations for complex cloud systems
• Network Security: Zero Trust, firewalls, segmentation, DDoS Protection
• Application Security: CI/CD Security including secure software supply chain
• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Risk-based decisions, adherence to regulatory and internal security standards
• Cloud Security Expertise: broad knowledge across the following Security Domains and their capabilities within Azure/GCP and SME experience in at least one area. Familiarity in AWS is also desirable
• Data Security: Key, certificate and secrets Management
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect
• CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent certifications
• Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply- End Date: Monday 27 July 2026