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LEAD SECURITY ARCHITECT (LBG/0816/575269)

Brand:: Lloyds Banking Group
Location:: London. Manchester, Gloucester - London, Manchester, Gloucester
Salary:: £57,300 - £98,120
Job pattern:: Full-time
Closing date:: 17 October 2016

Job details

As the UK’s largest Retail and Commercial bank, Lloyds Banking Group has a footprint that touches nearly every community and household in the UK. Its aim is to be the best bank for customers and we have a big responsibility to support the UK economy and help it prosper.

As a Lead Security Architect, you’ll be seen as a leader and mentor across security teams - a technical authority across a wide spectrum of security disciplines such as Identity & Access Management, Data, Application or Infrastructure Security.

Your accountabilities will include driving security strategy through strategic business initiatives and major programme and validating and identifying delivery opportunities for the mid to long term security strategies. Additionally you'll be validating and QA of the architectural components and building blocks that will be used by the solution design team to construct compliant, secure and dependable IT systems. You will also lead the development and communication to senior internal customers of scope and solution options to support the realisation of the business and customer proposition. And you'll ensure that architecture decisions are aligned with regulatory requirements (e.g. PCI-DSS/SoX) and internal policies.

Additionally you’ll be accountable for ensuring IT security strategies and roadmaps have a clear and traceable requirement to a business need, strategy or other necessary requirement. We'll also look to you to be responsible for leading the architecture of programmes and projects reaching across the domain from initiation through to implementation to ensure the dependencies across and within the domain are handled.

We’ll need the following from you:

•The ability to evidence previous successful delivery of an IT Security or Cyber strategy/roadmap in a complex technical and shared business environment

•Demonstrable evidence of achieving agreement from senior business and technical leaders and driving adoption of strategic ideas to achieve agreed objectives

•A comprehensive understanding of how controls protecting data, application and networks can be integrated into the system protection architecture

•Good industry understanding of the regulatory and technology landscape that drive best in-class security frameworks supporting IT strategies such as Mobility, Cloud and Virtualisation.

The culture in Group IT brings together smart, talented, people from diverse backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working. You’d be joining a leading digital organisation with the career potential you’d expect and develop a set of highly sought after transferable skills. We’ll also provide a competitive overall benefits package which includes:

• A performance related bonus

• Car/allowance

• Generous pension contribution

• 30 Days leave plus bank holidays

• A flexible cash pot to spend on benefits

• Wider corporate benefits and perks

•We'd also support work/life balance friendly options such as occasional home-working and we're passionate about diversity in the workplace.

So, if you have the experience we’re seeking then get in touch, we’d like to hear from you…

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Our vision of being the best bank for customers is dependent on every colleague committing to and demonstrating our core value of "putting customers first". In joining us you'll have a role that matters and will contribute towards the Group achieving our vision through your day-today actions being performed in line with our Codes of Responsibility and Group Policies. By individually and collectively committing to our Group values and codes, we will be able to make a difference together and help Britain prosper.

We're also committed to employing a diverse and inclusive workforce, reflective of the customers and communities we serve – where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit.

We're proud to have received the following industry recognition: 'Stonewall Top Private Sector Employer', 'Top10 Employer for Working Families', 'The Times Top 50 Employer for Women' and both 'Gold Standard' and "Best Workplace Adjustments Process" from the Business Disability Forum – each demonstrating our commitment to the principles of agile working and inclusion for all.

So if this sounds like a culture that you'd like to be a part of then be assured that we'll welcome your application.