Data Resilience Technology Specialist

lloyds banking group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution in the UK is seeking a Data Resilience Technology Specialist. The role involves designing and implementing infrastructure resilience solutions and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have significant hands-on experience in resilience and recovery solutions, both in cloud and on-prem environments. This position supports flexible working options, including a hybrid working model, with a focus on safeguarding critical data services for clients and the community.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping options

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Hands-on delivery experience of infrastructure solutions for resilience and recovery.
• Cloud and on-prem expertise in compute, storage, networking.
• Proven disaster recovery experience with automated restore and rebuild.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure resilience solutions.
• Define and deliver hosting and recovery strategies for critical services.
• Evaluate and recommend architectures based on RTO, RPO, cost, and performance.

Skills

Infrastructure solutions for resilience and recovery

Cloud and on-prem expertise

Disaster recovery experience

Backup and recovery for databases and large-scale data stores

Strong ITIL knowledge

ServiceNow experience

Security-first mindset

Automation skills

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory awareness

Tools

ServiceNow

PowerShell

Python

Terraform

Job description

End Date

Saturday 03 January 2026

Salary Range

£81,999 - £91,110

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours

Job Description Summary

Helps identify, assess, visualise and remediate known gaps in the Groups Data Resilience position. Supports the annual Data Resilience Assessments alongside key stakeholders and provides support for centrally funded initiatives.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Data Resilience Technology Specialist

SALARY:

London: £81,999 - £91,110

All other areas: £78,810 – £70,929

LOCATION: London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Birmingham

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the London office

About this opportunity

The Data Resilience team is a new chapter within the Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO). It has the responsibility to define and embed new Strategies, Operating Models and Control Frameworks to protect the Bank's critical data services that our customers, colleagues and the market rely upon.

The aim of the Data Resilience Team is to protect our customers, colleagues and markets by ensuring we comply with the spirit of the regulatory requirements for operational resilience established by the Bank of England, FCA and PRA.

In this role you will be instrumental in safeguarding critical data services for customers, colleagues, and markets. Deliver the intent of PRA SS1/21, FCA PS21/3, and DORA within the CDAO Data Resilience team.

In this role you will:

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure resilience solutions across on‑prem and cloud environments
• Define and deliver hosting and recovery strategies for critical platforms and services
• Evaluate and recommend architectures based on RTO, RPO, cost, and performance
• Develop and automate recovery runbooks for infrastructure and application services
• Execute and orchestrate restore workflows, integrity checks, and cutover processes
• Lead and run disaster recovery drills with Network, Infrastructure, Platform, and Data teams
• Capture findings and drive remediation to strengthen resilience posture
• Protect core platforms: databases, messaging queues, batch schedulers, file/object stores
• Standardize and optimize backup and snapshot strategies across multiple technologies
• Integrate resilience processes with ServiceNow (Incident, Change, Problem)
• Maintain CMDB accuracy for infrastructure, backup tools, storage, and network components
• Track and report resilience metrics: backup success, recovery success, RPO, MTTR
• Present performance and risk reduction to senior leadership
• Ensure compliance with resilience standards and regulatory requirements
• Feed outcomes into Data Resilience Assessments

About us

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

• Hands‑on delivery experience of infrastructure solutions for resilience and recovery
• Cloud and on‑prem expertise: compute, storage, networking, segmentation, connectivity
• Proven disaster recovery experience: automated restore, rebuild, and cutover
• Backup and recovery for databases, messaging queues, batch jobs, and large‑scale data stores
• Disaster recovery drills: end‑to‑end execution, audit trails, RTO/RPO compliance
• Strong ITIL knowledge: Major Incident, Problem, and Change leadership
• ServiceNow experience: CMDB modelling, Discovery, Flow Designer, workflow automation
• Security‑first mindset: encryption, key rotation, secrets management, dual control
• Automation skills: PowerShell, Python, Terraform, or equivalent
• Stakeholder engagement across CISO, Platforms, Networks, DBAs, and Risk teams
• Regulatory awareness: PRA SS1/21, FCA PS21/3, DORA; IBS and impact tolerance in practice

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:

• 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

Join our journey

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

About Lloyds Banking Group

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.