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Cloud Security Architect

Lloyds Banking Group manchester Posted 15 Oct 2026 Closing: 14 Nov 2026
Permanent Hybrid Featured

Role Description & Technical Scope

Overview

In this Cloud Security Architect role, you will shape secure multi-cloud architectures and establish guardrails to accelerate delivery. You’ll drive threat modelling, risk-based decisions, and secure-by-design governance across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments. You’ll partner with engineering and product teams to embed security early and address security gaps in architecture proposals. Join a fast-moving transformation focused on secure, scalable cloud solutions for millions of customers.

Pay / Benefits
  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • Annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Lifestyle-adaptive benefits (discounts)
  • 30 days’ holiday + bank holidays
  • Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies
Responsibilities
  • 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 and define preventative/detective controls
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to embed security guardrails at design time ensuring compliance and resilience
  • Review external architecture proposals to 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 and address them proactively
Key requirements
  • Governance, risk & compliance: risk-based decisions and adherence to standards
  • Threat modelling and risk management for complex cloud systems
  • Broad cloud security expertise across Azure, GCP and related domains; familiarity with AWS desirable
  • AI/ML security knowledge and applying controls for AI deployments in cloud
  • Application security including CI/CD security and secure software supply chain
  • Data security (keys, certificates, secrets management)
  • Identity and access management at scale
  • Infrastructure security (Kubernetes, API security, IaC security)
  • Network security (Zero Trust, firewalls, segmentation, DDoS protection)
  • Security logging and monitoring (SIEM integration)
  • CISSP, CCSP or equivalent certifications; Azure/GCP security engineer or architect certifications
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • proactive problem-solving
  • clear risk communication
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • multi-cloud security architecture
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Key Details
  • Date Posted: 15 Oct 2026
  • Location: manchester
  • Employment: Permanent
  • Workplace: Hybrid
  • Domain: General
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