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End Date Thursday 27 November 2025 Salary Range £90,440 - £106,400 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary JOB TITLE: Senior Detection & Response Engineer SALARY: £90,440.00 - £164,920.00 LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Job Description About this opportunity We’re building the bank of the future and developing the next generation of digital banking solutions securely. The Chief Security Office (CSO) plays an exciting role in delivering Lloyds Banking Group's vision of putting customers at the heart of everything we do. Our Cyber Defence Centre is pivotal in our ability to stay one step ahead of cyber adversaries! We pride ourselves on our innovative approach and our dedication to excellence in cyber security. Join us as a skilled and proactive Senior Detection & Response Engineer and play a pivotal role in safeguarding our organisation against cyber threats! What you’ll be doing: Design, implement, and optimise complex detection rules using threat models and intelligence. Monitor and fine-tune rule performance; automate detection and edit playbooks. Lead proactive threat hunting, threat modelling, and advanced investigations. Manage incident communications and conduct triage, classification, containment, and recovery. Perform root cause analysis and support post-incident reviews. Maintain documentation and reporting mechanisms. Mentor junior team members and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. What you'll need: Proven experience in cyber security operations, with strong analytical skills for interpreting security logs and events. Deep understanding of the threat detection lifecycle, attacker behaviours, and TTPs. Expertise in advanced cyber defence concepts, including Continuous Detection/Response and Cyber Threat Intelligence. Practical knowledge of detection logic (e.g. SIEM use cases) and detection-as-code (DaC). Ability to clearly communicate technical information to non-technical audiences. Familiarity with operating advanced security platforms. *This role will include a requirement to work as part of an on-call rota About working for us We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. 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. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know 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 • X days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours. Join us and grow with purpose. 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. Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: careers@lloydsbanking.com For more Flexible Working Options please use the free text search, e.g. job sharing, variable hours, to identify relevant matches.