Technical Security Specialist

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Security Specialist to join their team in Edinburgh. This role focuses on ensuring security is at the heart of digital finance technologies. You will assess systems, automate security processes, and work closely with Cloud Security Engineers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Cyber Security, familiarity with scripting languages, and a passion for automating tasks. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous holiday and pension contributions.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge in Cyber Security and Cloud Security.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes technologies.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Assess systems against internal security frameworks.
• Automate the review and approval of security artifacts.
• Configure policies on Cloud Security portals.

Skills

Cyber Security

Cloud Security (GCP, Azure)

Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)

Docker

Kubernetes

DevOps Tools

Code Reading

Tools

DevOps Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

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Client:

Lloyds Banking Group

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Technical Security Specialist

Location (s): Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Halifax, Edinburgh.
Hours : Full time
Working Pattern : Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

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 of 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.

The Groups’ purpose is to help Britain prosper by operating as a responsible, sustainable, and inclusive organisation. We support this goal within Cyber Security by ensuring our design and delivery teams are equipped to make innovative and secure decisions. We put the customer first, and secure technology plays a pivotal role in how we make things more accessible, secure, and convenient for people.

Sounds an exciting prospect, right? Are you someone who wants to be in at the heart of this change, working in an agile way to deliver new, innovative digital finance technologies, that are securely future-proofed. Being resilient and scalable to meet the needs of our business and the pace of our growth.

About the role

Your key responsibilities as a Technical Security Specialist will be assessing systems against internal security frameworks and baseline build requirements including:

Using DevOps tools to automate the review and approval of security artefacts

Working with Cloud Security Engineers to drive consistent re-use of security artefacts

Working on Cloud Security portals to configure policies

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

A little about you:

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

Be self-sufficient (eager to pick things up, learn what’s needed and deliver)

Outcome focussed, able to deliver the end goal whilst ensuring the detail meets the outcomes needs

Broad understanding across Cyber Security domains and Cloud Security (GCP, Azure)

Hands on technical experience and ability to read code

Developer experience would be advantageous

Champion a secure-by-design and secure throughout the lifecycle across LBG

Passionate about automating repetitive tasks

Familiarity in scripting languages i.e. python, PowerShell, bash etc.

Clear understanding of Docker and Kubernetes technologies

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure that 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 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 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?

Apply today and find out more

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.