Secure-by-Design Software Engineer – Cloud & Microservices

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Software Engineer for Cyber Security Assured Design in the UK. You will help embed secure-by-design principles from day one, shaping patterns for cloud-native and microservices architectures.

Join a team delivering scalable security solutions, automating security in development and supporting engineering with secure patterns across GCP and Azure in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Familiarity in scripting languages i.e. Python, JavaScript, PowerShell; experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Hands-on technical ability to write, troubleshoot and fix code.
• Understanding of Cyber Security domains and Cloud Security (GCP, Azure).
• Goal-oriented, delivering secure-by-design outcomes across the lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design secure design patterns for cloud-native and microservices architectures.
• Build and maintain reusable security components and reference implementations.
• Develop Python-based services, tooling or automation for secure-by-design adoption.
• Support engineering teams in embedding security controls within CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with GCP/Azure to design scalable, resilient, and secure architectures.
• Translate security requirements into practical implementations for developers.
• Contribute to secure design documentation, standards and guidance.
• Collaborate with architects and product teams to embed security early in design decisions.
• Continuously improve developer experience and self-service security capabilities.

Skills

Python scripting

JavaScript

PowerShell

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud security (GCP/Azure)

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Software Engineer for Cyber Security Assured Design in the UK. You will help embed secure-by-design principles from day one, shaping patterns for cloud-native and microservices architectures.

Join a team delivering scalable security solutions, automating security in development and supporting engineering with secure patterns across GCP and Azure in a hybrid setup.