Cloud Security Architect in Manchester

End Date: Monday 27 July 2026

Salary Range: £72,702 - £80,780

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Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

Are you a forward-thinking Cloud Security Architect ready to make an impact? 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!

At 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.

The 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.

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and enforce reference architectures, patterns, and blueprints for secure cloud adoption across Azure, GCP and hybrid environments.
• Conduct threat modelling and security assessments for new cloud services, defining preventative and detective controls (via security guardrails) to maintain secure posture and detect drift.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to embed security guardrails early in design, ensuring compliance and resilience.
• Review external architecture proposals and identify security gaps.
• Document and uphold secure-by-design principles and architecture governance.
• Collaborate with senior partners to articulate security risks and mitigations.
• Anticipate customer needs taking proactive steps to address them.

Why join us?

We’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.

We’re looking for someone with strong technical expertise and a passion for security! Here’s what we need:

• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Risk-based decisions, adherence to regulatory and internal security standards.
• Threat Modelling and Risk Management: Identify threats and mitigations for complex cloud systems.
• Cloud 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.
• AI/ML security: Knowledge of AI/ML threats and risks, with experience applying security controls for secure deployment of AI services in cloud platforms.
• Application Security: CI/CD Security including secure software supply chain.
• Data Security: Key, certificate and secrets Management.
• Identity and Access Management: Securing user/non-user access at scale.
• Infrastructure Security: Kubernetes (AKS/GKE/Istio), API Security, IaC security (e.g. Terraform, ARM templates).
• Network Security: Zero Trust, firewalls, segmentation, DDoS Protection.
• Security Logging and Monitoring: Security logging, SIEM integration, event correlation.

And any of these would be great: CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent certifications. Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer. Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect.

We 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.

This is a place for you. 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 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

Like what you hear? Join us!

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.