Cyber Security Specialist

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus based on Group performance

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

A leading financial services group is seeking a Senior Security Specialist to enhance its cybersecurity strategy. In this hybrid role, you'll address complex cybersecurity challenges and collaborate with various stakeholders. Required qualifications include broad experience in IT, strong analytical skills, and the ability to build relationships. Additionally, the role offers a comprehensive benefits package, supporting personal growth and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Extensive practical experience across cybersecurity platforms.
• Desire to stay up to date with industry developments.
• Ability to articulate and defend technical reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Work with security SMEs to produce technology artefacts.
• Establish relationships with customers and vendors.
• Identify technology best-fit capabilities.

Skills

Extensive practical experience in IT, Network, Cloud and cybersecurity platforms

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

Ability to build relationships internally and externally

Job description

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

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

The Chief Security Office (CSO) is a vital part of delivering the Group's vision of putting customers at the heart of everything we do, helping Britain prosper and protecting the Group and customers from security threats. We're responsible for defining and communicating Lloyds Banking Group's security strategy and providing a range of critical Enterprise Security Services which not only operate key controls that keep the Group safe but also enable the digital transformation agenda of the wider organisation.

The Technical Strategy team ensures that LBG's security capabilities and strategy (envisioned by our Enterprise Security Architects) are fulfilled by appropriate technologies. We help shape strategic technology decisions, providing expert insight into our tooling and opportunities to optimise, based on LBG requirements and future trends, supplemented with rigorous market and industry-based research.

We're looking for a Senior Security Specialist to join our growing Technical Strategy team as LBG transforms into a leading digital organisation! You'll help shape and influence the cybersecurity technology direction and identify change initiatives that deliver on cybersecurity strategies.

Key responsibilities

• Working with security focused SMEs, Product Owners and partners to ensure factual and timely production of security technology artefacts.
• Establishing relationships with internal customers and external vendors, to maintain a consensus view of Security technology direction that supports group strategy.
• Compare and contrast technologies to identify deltas and best-fit capabilities to against evolving company needs.
• Using excellent written and verbal skills to distil and convey detailed technical information in appropriate terms to senior stakeholders and their associated teams.
• Finding opportunities to help build change initiatives that deliver impactful cybersecurity Strategies.
• Unblocking challenges to the production, maintenance & content of the cybersecurity Technology Roadmaps.
• Providing opportunity, cost perspectives, and insights on strategic CSO initiatives.
• Leading technical vendor relationships and influencing vendor Technology roadmap alignment.
• Establishing and leading collaboration environments for new and existing engagements both internal and external.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!

What you'll need

• You'll need extensive practical experience, across a broad spectrum of IT, Network, Cloud and cybersecurity platforms; we're looking for someone who's spent extensive time in the field handling complex environments, who isn't an authority in a single subject, and experienced in consultancy.
• You'll possess a relentless desire to keep your knowledge fresh and stay on top of industry developments and how that could shape the future of cybersecurity at LBG.
• You'll need to be constantly curious about the art of the possible, and how evolving technology could lead to a shift of our security strategy, posture, and potential catalysts for transformational change.
• You'll need strong analytical and critical thinking skills along with your technical competence to compare/contrast security capabilities and challenge the status quo in line with LBG requirements with a holistic and unbiased view.
• You'll need to be resolved in your findings, and able to confidently articulate and defend your reasoning with peers, stakeholders and senior leadership.
• You'll need the ability to build and maintain relationships both externally and internally and proactively promote the services offered by Technology Strategy within the group.

About working for us

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 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.

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.

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

• 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

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.