Lead Threat Detection & Response Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Discretionary award

Flexible benefits

Colleague support initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Lead Detection and Response Engineer to defend one of the UK's largest organisations from evolving cyber threats. You will lead investigations, analyse threats, and shape detection and response capabilities while remaining hands-on and mentoring Security Engineers.

In this hybrid role, you will balance technical delivery with leadership, driving continuous improvement and leveraging automation and AI-enabled tooling to enhance security operations across the

Qualifications

• Strong experience within a Security Operations Centre, Cyber Defence, Incident Response, Threat Hunting or a related cyber security environment.
• Experience investigating and responding to cyber security incidents using enterprise security technologies and processes.
• Strong understanding of threat detection lifecycles, attacker behaviours and tactics, techniques and procedures.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop colleagues while fostering an inclusive, high-performing team culture.

Responsibilities

• Leading investigations into security alerts, incidents and emerging threats, ensuring effective containment, eradication and recovery activities.
• Analysing security events, attacker behaviours and threat intelligence to identify risks and determine appropriate response actions.
• Conducting threat hunting, forensic investigations and proactive cyber defence activities to identify previously unknown threats.
• Contributing to the ongoing enhancement of detection and response capabilities through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Using automation, AI and modern security tooling to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Supporting, developing and managing Security Engineers while promoting engineering excellence and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Threat hunting

Leadership

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Communication

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Lead Detection and Response Engineer to defend one of the UK's largest organisations from evolving cyber threats. You will lead investigations, analyse threats, and shape detection and response capabilities while remaining hands-on and mentoring Security Engineers.

In this hybrid role, you will balance technical delivery with leadership, driving continuous improvement and leveraging automation and AI-enabled tooling to enhance security operations across the