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Do you want to develop secure multi-cloud architectures that accelerate delivery? If you thrive making risk-based decisions, standardising reference patterns, and turning sophisticated threats into clear guardrails - this is your opportunity!Job Description\nJOB TITLE: Cloud Security Architect\nSALARY: £72,702-£88,858 (Manchester) £84,051-£93,390 (London)\nLOCATION: Manchester, London\nHOURS: Full-time\nWORKING 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\nAbout this opportunity\nAt Lloyds Banking Group, our purpose is simple: Help Britain Prosper. As we transform into the UK’s leading FinTech, we’re modernising our technology and security capabilities to protect our customers and enable innovation at scale.\nThe Cloud Enterprise & Compute Security Lab is at the forefront of this transformation driving secure-by-design principles across multi-cloud environments. We’re looking for a Cloud Security Architect to shape the future of cloud security architecture and deliver secure, resilient, and scalable solutions.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nDevelop and enforce reference architectures, patterns, and blueprints for secure cloud adoption across Azure, GCP and hybrid environments.\n\nConduct threat modelling and security assessments for new cloud services, defining preventative and detective controls (via security guardrails) to maintain secure posture and detect drift.\n\nPartner with engineering and product teams to embed security guardrails early in design, ensuring compliance and resilience.\n\nReview external architecture proposals and identify security gaps.\n\nDocument and uphold secure-by-design principles and architecture governance.\n\nCollaborate with senior partners to articulate security risks and mitigations.\n\nAnticipate customer needs taking proactive steps to address them.\n\nWhy join us?\nWe’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.\nWe’re looking for someone with strong technical expertise and a passion for security! Here’s what we need:\nGovernance, Risk & Compliance: Risk-based decisions, adherence to regulatory and internal security standards.\n\nThreat Modelling and Risk Management: Identify threats and mitigations for complex cloud systems.\n\nCloud Security Expertise: broad knowledge across the following Security Domains and their capabilities within Azure/GCP and SME experience in at least one area. Familiarity in AWS is also desirable.\n\nAI/ML security: Knowledge of AI/ML threats and risks, with experience applying security controls for secure deployment of AI services in cloud platforms.\n\nApplication Security: CI/CD Security including secure software supply chain.\n\nData Security: Key, certificate and secrets Management.\n\nIdentity and Access Management: Securing user/non-user access at scale.\n\nInfrastructure Security: Kubernetes (AKS/GKE/Istio), API Security, IaC security (e.g. Terraform, ARM templates).\n\nNetwork Security: Zero Trust, firewalls, segmentation, DDoS Protection.\n\nSecurity Logging and Monitoring: Security logging, SIEM integration, event correlation.\n\nAnd any of these would be great:\nCISSP, CCSP, or equivalent certifications.\n\nAzure Security Engineer Associate, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer.\n\nMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect.\n\nWe know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.\nThis is a place for you\nWe offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.\nWe also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:\nA generous pension contribution of up to 15%\nAn annual performance-related bonus\nShare schemes including free shares\nBenefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping\n30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top\nA range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies\nLike what you hear? Join us!\nAt 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. 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