AI Security Specialist in Manchester

Salary Range: £72,702 - £80,780 outside of London, London £84,051 - £93,390

Location: Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol or London

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity: At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re moving to the next stages of our digital transformation, and it’s our job within the Chief Security Office (CSO) to ensure that we keep our customers, colleagues, and assets safe from threat. The CSO’s Security Data & AI Lab have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and dynamic AI Security Specialist to drive our efforts in securing AI systems and applications. This role will support the refinement and embedding of our AI Security strategy, with focus on 3 key areas: supporting the business with safe adoption, understanding attacker use/exploitation of AI, and using AI to address security challenges.

What You’ll Do:

• Assess, design, and configure controls for securing AI systems and applications, ensuring they are resilient against evolving threats.
• Design, build, and deploy AI to enhance security measures, including threat detection, incident response, and anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with AI development teams to integrate security standards throughout the AI lifecycle, from design to deployment.
• Assess AI security in the group, including establishing continuous assessment and commissioning adversarial testing, to identify and rectify security weaknesses.
• Conduct AI risk assessments, threat modelling, and document mitigation plans.
• Advise on and ensure continued compliance with industry standards and regulations related to AI security.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI security and emerging threats, continuously improving the security posture of AI systems.
• Maintain relationships with external partners and vendors to enhance AI security measures.

What You’ll Need:

• Relevant experience in Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Computer Science, or a related area, gained through education, professional work, or equivalent experience.
• Substantial experience in Cyber Security, including practical experience securing AI systems and/or public cloud applications.
• Solid understanding of cyber security principles and controls, including identity & access management (IAM), encryption, network security, and secure application design.
• Hands-on experience in public cloud security engineering and/or in the configuration/operation of security tooling, such as Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
• Solid knowledge of AI technologies, including machine learning concepts, common model architectures, and emerging generative AI capabilities.
• Experience with security frameworks and regulations, such as ISO 27001, NIST and UK GDPR.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments, threat modelling, and security audits.
• Good communication, project management, and organisational skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate with a wide range of teams and prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

About working for us: Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. 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. We 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. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

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.

With 320 years under our belt, we’re used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you’ll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.