Software Engineer – Cyber Security Configuration Assurance

Lloyds Banking Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

A major UK banking institution is looking for a Software Engineer focused on Cyber Security Configuration Assurance. The ideal candidate will have expertise in scripting languages and a strong understanding of Cyber Security domains. Successful applicants will work in a hybrid model and will be responsible for managing vulnerabilities and developing automation solutions to enhance security protocols. The role offers competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution (up to 15%)

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping options

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Familiarity with scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, and PowerShell.
• Hands-on experience in writing and troubleshooting code.
• Understanding of Cyber Security and Cloud Security domains.

Responsibilities

• Manage vulnerabilities scanning and outcomes.
• Develop and enhance Cyber Security services and associated documentation.
• Automate review and approval of security artefacts using DevOps tools.

Skills

Scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, etc.)

Technical experience in coding and troubleshooting

Understanding of Cyber Security domains

Automation of repetitive tasks

Software containerisation technologies

Job description

Overview

End Date: Tuesday 16 September 2025

Salary Range: £68,202 - £102,303

Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer – Cyber Security Configuration Assurance

Location: Manchester, Leeds, Bristol

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 our locations noted above.

About this Opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group we’re building the bank of the future, and we want your help to ensure we do that with security at the heart of all our change. With over 26 million customers, we’re the UK’s largest Retail and Digital Bank, and with 100,000 colleagues, the scale of services, customers, and colleagues you can help protect is EPIC.

Cyber Security Configuration Assurance enables Platforms and Infrastructure (hardware, software and/ or firmware) across LBG, to achieve the Security Relevant Configuration (SRC) compliance objectives.

We are a centre of excellence service and achieve this for our customers by assuring SRC in a defined static configuration artefact or within dynamic code stored in an integrated repository (CI/ CD pipeline).

Sounds an exciting prospect, right? Are you someone who wants to be in at the heart of this change, working in an agile way, being resilient and scalable to meet the needs of our business and the pace of our growth.

Your key responsibilities

• Understand vulnerabilities scanning – management of scan and outcomes
• Manage Power platform solutions & enhancements
• Manage relational database solutions & enhancements
• GitHub backend and front-end pages development
• Using DevOps tools to automate the review and approval of security artefacts
• Understanding the impact of changes to technology roadmaps and any impacts to existing or new security artefacts (e.g. patterns)
• Development, maintenance and enhancement of key Cyber Security Services including procedures, processes and associated templates and documentation

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

The ideal candidate is someone who has a strong technical knowledge including the following:

• Familiarity in scripting languages i.e. harness pipeline, Python script, JavaScript, Jekyll, Liquid, PowerShell
• Hands on technical experience and ability to write, trouble shoot and fix code
• A level of understanding across Cyber Security domains and Cloud Security (GCP, Azure)
• Outcome focussed, able to deliver the end goal whilst ensuring the detail meets the outcomes needs
• Deliver a secure-by-design and secure throughout the lifecycle across LBG
• Passionate about automating repetitive tasks
• Clear understanding of software containerisation and respective technologies

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

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• 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.

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.