Cyber Security Consultant

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP

Leeds

Hybrid

GBP 72,000 - 81,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Pension up to 15%

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Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Cyber Security Consultant to join the Security Consultancy and Design team. You will design secure solutions, deconstruct architectures, identify threats, and translate them into business risks while collaborating in a hybrid environment across multiple UK locations.

The role emphasizes security by design, agile delivery, and communicating complex concepts to stakeholders to protect a large, customer-focused bank.

Qualifications

Ability to develop, design secure solutions and produce Security Design documentation.
Capability to deconstruct a solution or network architecture.
Identify and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities using industry practices (e.g., STRIDE, MITRE).
Translate threats into Risks to support business risk assessment.
Communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Design secure solutions and produce security designs for projects.
Deconstruct network architectures to identify security gaps.
Assess threats and mitigate risks across proposed solutions.
Articulate security designs to all stakeholders within projects.
Balance security design options with business needs.

Skills

Security design

Threat modeling

Cross-functional communication

Education

CISSP / CISM / CCSP

CEH / OSCP

Tools

Public cloud

Private cloud

ISO 27001 familiarity

NIST familiarity

Job description

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JOB TITLE: Cyber Security Consultant

SALARY: £72,702 - £80,780

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester or Bristol

HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our office locations.

About this opportunity

Our Security Consultancy and Design team are continuing their search for Cyber Security Consultants who have a broad knowledge of Cyber Security domains and controls working across a wide range of computing platforms. Join our Chief Security Office here at Lloyds Banking Group as we build the bank of the future.

Are you someone who wants to be in the heart of Cyber Security delivering change and working in an agile way? Interested in being a part of shaping our Security Strategy? We have the perfect opportunity for you.

We are actively welcoming enthusiastic Cyber Security Professionals from all industries and backgrounds to join our expanding team as we embark on an exciting journey where you will have the opportunity to ensure security by design is embedded across our change portfolio.

Cyber Security sits at the heart of our business providing the Group with a secure operating environment, safe from malicious attacks. It is a dynamic and constantly evolving world where your experience and efforts can deliver tangible results to the safety of a huge company and over 30m customers.

We’re on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it!

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever‑changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you’ll need

Ability to develop, design secure solutions and produce a Security Design documenting the controls.
The ability to deconstruct a solution / network architecture.
Ability to identify and mitigate against threats and vulnerabilities associated with proposed solutions and evaluate the soundness of solutions using industry standard practices (e.g., STRIDE, MITRE)
Demonstrate the ability to interpret threats into Risks, using your knowledge and experience to assist the business in assessing likelihood and impact.
Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Skills to produce and articulate Security Designs to all stakeholders within the project and business.
Comfortable weighing the risks and benefits of competing Security design options.
Comfortable working on multiple challenging projects simultaneously.

Any experience of these would be really useful

Awareness of industry related security standards such as ISO 27000 series, PCI DSS, COBIT, NIST, OWASP
Certifications in Security Management such as CISSP / CISM / CCSP or equivalent
Certifications in technical Security domains such as CEH / OSCP or equivalent
Experience of Public and or Private cloud environments.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. 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. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: