Lloyds Banking Group
Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Security Configuration Assurance
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Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Security Configuration Assurance
Senior Software Engineer – Cyber Security Configuration Assurance
End Date: Thursday 16 July 2026
Salary Range: £63,152 - £78,940 per annum
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Job Overview
Location
Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh
Hours & Pattern
- Full-time – 35 hours per week
- Hybrid model (minimum 2 days/40% work location)
- Supported workplace adjustments for disabilities in line with Flexibility Works
Business Area
Joining Assured Build, delivering secure, automated solutions across Lloyds Banking Group (LBG).
Role Summary
The Senior Software Engineer – Cyber Security Configuration Assurance will lead the engineering capability for Assured Build, focusing on:
- Automating security baselines to engineering workflows
- Embedding Security Relevant Configuration (SRC) controls in code, pipelines, and platforms
- Reducing manual effort while improving consistency and scalability of assurance across software and infrastructure
A DevOps-driven role requiring hands-on development, enterprise automation (CI/CD/integrations), and data-driven reporting for frictionless security outcomes.
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Key Responsibilities
Core Focus Areas
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Security Configuration Assurance
- Validate security baselines in static build artefacts and CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure alignment between security controls, code pipelines, and tooling
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Automated & Secure-by-Design Delivery
- Develop and improve automation services
- Embed secure code principles into pipelines and platforms
- Drive reuse and consistency across LBG tooling
Technical Depth
- Scaling secure automation for enterprise-scale infrastructure
- Working with scaleable, resilient platforms
- Integrating multi-layered assurance tools to clip manual gaps
Who You Are
Essential Experience
✔ Software engineering, DevOps practices, or large-scale systems (enterprise-level) ✔ Scripting (Python, JavaScript/PowerShell) and automation/tooling expertise ✔ Programming experience (writing, debugging, enhancing code) ✔ Broad cyber security knowledge, including cloud environments (Azure/GCP) ✔ Secure-by-design principles and early lifecycle embedding ✔ CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, GitLab) and repository workflows ✔ Automation & refactoring experience
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Preferred Experience
🔹 Vulnerability scanning/configuration assurance/security tooling 🔹 Docker/Kubernetes expertise 🔹 Databases/data-driven solutions
🔹 Power Platform/-like workflow automation experience
What We Offer
Workplace Commitments
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Inclusive culture: A Top Employer for Diversity & DEI, committed to:
- Senior role diversity goals
- Support for neurodiversity (e.g., autism, ADHD)
- Menopause and Working with Cancer initiatives
- Disability Confident scheme (guaranteed interviews)
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Flexibility: Supportive adjustments achieved in advance
Benefits
- Package structure
- 15% pension contribution
- Annual bonus (group performance-based)
- Also free shares and financial/leisure benefits tailored to lifestyle
- Work environment
- 30 days holiday (plus bank hols)
- Holistic wellbeing & parental leave support
This is a role where you build your impact and career whilst helping LBG’s mission to shape responsible finance.
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