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You'll establish technical standards, shape the evolution of detection and response capabilities, and lead initiatives that strengthen cyber resilience across the organisation.\nWhat you'll do:\nLead and coordinate cyber security investigations, driving effective analysis, containment, remediation and lessons learned activities.\nProvide technical guidance and support to engineers during incidents, investigations and threat-led activities.\nDevelop and continuously improve detection and response capabilities to strengthen cyber defence outcomes.\nSupport threat hunting, investigations and proactive cyber defence activities to identify and reduce cyber risk.\nAct as a technical authority for security engineering, influencing policies, standards, roadmaps and investment decisions.\nLead, coach and develop Detection & Response Engineers, building capability and supporting an inclusive, high-performing team culture.\nAbout us / Why Lloyds Banking Group\nOur continued dedication to helping Britain prosper means that as a colleague you can make a difference to customers, businesses and communities.\nTogether we have a key role to play in shaping the bank of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll continue to have opportunities to learn, grow and develop.\nWe're focused on creating a values-led culture, and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all have the chance to make a real difference, together.\nWhat you'll need\nStrong capability in Security Engineering, with proven experience in a Security Operations, Cyber Defence, Detection & Response or Incident Response environment. \nExperience leading, coaching and developing technical colleagues within a high-performing team environment.\nStrong understanding of incident response methodologies, attacker behaviours and cyber attack lifecycles.\nExperience of threat hunting, investigation and cyber defence activities to identify and respond to security threats.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess risk and make effective decisions during investigations and incidents.\nExcellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. \nAnd any experience of this would be really useful\nExperience in Digital Forensics activities and investigations.\nExperience contributing to or shaping cyber security policies, standards or secure design patterns.\nExperience automating operational processes to improve detection and response effectiveness and efficiency.\nThis is a place for you...\nOur ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. 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As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.\nWe provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.\n\nBenefits\n30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top. \nA generous pension contribution.\nDiscretionary annual performance-related bonus.\nPrivate medical benefit.\nAccess to wellbeing initiatives and colleague support programmes.\nOpportunities for ongoing learning, career development and internal mobility.\nThis role will include a requirement to be part of an on-call rota.\nReady to make an impact? Apply today.\nAt Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. 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