Hybrid Lead Detection and Response Engineer

at Lloyds Banking Group

• Job title: Lead Detection and Response Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £90,440 - £164,920 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: DAC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Lead Detection & Response Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group involved in managing cyber defense teams and enhancing response strategies. Driving strategic projects and ensuring safety against cyber threats.

Responsibilities

• Play a leading role in managing our Detection and Response Engineers, supervising individual performance and define tailored objectives and goals.
• Lead and mentor team members from Junior to Senior Engineer levels, driving the professional development of the team.
• Participate in recruitment and onboarding activities, and strive to maintain our organisational culture.
• Communicate leadership directives and internal updates.
• Work with Senior Detection & Response Engineers to support effective escalation and incident response.
• Review and approve relevant process artefacts and operational documentation that underpin Detection and Response Engineering activities.
• Design, code and operationalise detection rules based on threat models and intelligence.
• Be the escalation point for Detection and Response decision making.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a cyber defence context with demonstrable success in leading technical teams
• Knowledge of threat detection lifecycle, attacker behaviour and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
• An understanding of advanced cyber defence concepts such as Continuous Detection/Continuous Response and Cyber Threat Intelligence, and how to apply them
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with the ability to foster a high-performance, inclusive team culture
• Effective workforce and performance management with proficiency in project planning and execution
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with governance, compliance, and operational excellence in security functions.
• Knowledge of threat detection lifecycle, attacker behaviour and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
• Understanding of detection logic (e.g. SIEM use cases) and detection-as-code (DaC)

Benefits

• 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
• Up to 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.