AI Security Engineering Lead

Lloyds Bank plc; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 93,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an AI Security Engineering Lead to design, implement and lead security for AI/ML initiatives across the bank. The role covers model lifecycle security, data pipelines and secure deployment in hybrid environments.

Based in or working across offices such as Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol, Manchester or London, you’ll lead DevSecOps security programs, drive tooling, and collaborate with AI and cloud engineering teams to safeguard customers and services at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior security engineer leading DevSecOps initiatives.
• Strong expertise securing AI/ML systems at scale, including model lifecycle security.
• Hands-on with ML stacks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience in hybrid environments spanning public/private cloud and on-prem.
• Ability to build automation and tooling with Python or Go.

Responsibilities

• Lead security engineering initiatives for AI/ML across the bank.
• Design and deploy controls to secure AI and ML workflows.
• Collaborate with AI, cloud, and security teams to scale secure deployments.

Skills

Senior security engineer

DevSecOps

AI security

Kubernetes

Python/Go scripting

Cloud security

Security in cloud

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

MLflow

Kubeflow

Vertex AI

Job description

End Date Wednesday 16 September 2026. Salary Range £92,701 - £109,060. We support flexible working –

Job Description Summary. Job Description JOB TITLE: AI Security Engineering Lead

SALARY: £92,701 - £115,000 per annum (outside London) £107,304 - £130,000 per annum (London). LOCATION: Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester, London. HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours.

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.

Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

Why Join us?

If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.

What we’re looking for?

• Experience operating as a senior security engineer and leading engineering initiatives in a DevSecOps environment.
• Strong expertise securing AI and ML systems at scale, including model lifecycle security, data pipelines, and secure deployment.
• Strong hands‑on experience with machine learning stacks, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLflow, Kubeflow, or equivalent managed platforms (e.g. Vertex AI, Azure ML).
• Solid understanding of cloud‑native and containerised architectures, including Kubernetes and serverless technologies.
• Experience operating in complex hybrid environments, spanning public cloud, private cloud and on‑premise platforms.
• Experience building automation and engineering tooling using Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or cloud security accreditations are appreciated but not required.

Why This Role Matters…

This team is responsible for defending one of the UK's most trusted institutions as it adopts next generation AI capabilities. You'll help shape the Group's AI security posture, designing and deploying the controls that keep our customers, colleagues, and services safe - while enabling bold transformation across the bank.

What You'll Get

A senior technical leadership role in one of the UK's largest and most dynamic security organisations. Opportunity to shape AI security strategy at national scale. An environment that supports experimentation, an engineering-forward approach, and continuous learning. Training, certifications, and learning pathways across AI, Cloud, Security Engineering, and Architecture.

This is a place for you…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are 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 launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have 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.

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

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, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which 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.