Infrastructure Engineer (ZTNA)

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer (ZTNA) to design, evolve and operate our Zero Trust access platforms. You’ll work with modern engineering practices, focusing on automation, secure-by-default design and platform resilience.

In this hybrid role, you’ll contribute to CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and policy-as-code initiatives while supporting incident diagnostics and on-call duties. A passion for secure networking and identity-aware access is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering mindset with hands-on ZTNA or identity-aware access experience.
• Cloud and on-premises network security exposure.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, evolve and operate ZTNA platforms to protect critical apps.
• Implement automation and secure-by-default designs (IaC, CI/CD, policy as code).
• Improve observability, telemetry and platform resilience.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident diagnostics.

Skills

ZTNA

Remote access

Azure

GCP

Python

Terraform

CI/CD

Networking basics

SAML

OIDC

Zero Trust

Incident investigations

Tools

Terraform

Job description

JOB TITLE: Infrastructure Engineer (ZTNA)

SALARY: £48,987 - £55,000

LOCATION: Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester

HOURS: Full-time

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.

What you'll be doing

You'll be a key engineer responsible for designing, evolving and operating our Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) platforms, protecting access to critical applications and services through modern identity aware and context driven security controls. You'll work using modern engineering practices such as automation and secure by default design to improve resilience, performance and security. This role offers real scope to influence technical direction, uplift engineering standards, and develop our ZTNA and wider Zero Trust capabilities.

Day to day, you'll operate with a high degree of autonomy and technical influence, engineering new capabilities using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and policy as code approaches, driving platform modernisation, improving observability and telemetry, supporting major incident diagnostics, embedding Zero Trust principles, and producing high quality engineering documentation. You'll also participate in the on call rota, contributing to the operational resilience of critical access services.

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?

• Proven engineering mindset with hands-on experience across ZTNA, remote access or identity aware access technologies across on prem and cloud

• Demonstrable experience in Cloud network security (preferably Azure and GCP)

• Strong automation and scripting skills (Python preferred)

• Practical experience using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)

• Experience working with modern CI/CD pipelines

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS and TLS

• Knowledge of identity protocols such as SAML and OIDC

• Understanding of Zero Trust principles

• Ability to lead complex technical investigations and diagnose issues under pressure

• Confidence to influence engineering decisions and contribute to technical direction

And it would be great if you had any of the following

• Knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM)

• Experience with device posture and endpoint security

• Understanding of secure application access patterns

• Experience with Zero Trust architectures

• Knowledge of federation and user to application segmentation

• Professional cloud certifications

• Security, identity or network engineering accreditations

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.

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

• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies