AI Security Specialist

Salary: £44,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Computer Science, or a related area, gained through education, professional work, or equivalent experience.
• Substantial experience in Cyber Security, including practical experience securing AI systems and/or public cloud applications.
• Solid understanding of cyber security principles and controls, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network security, and secure application design.
• Hands-on experience in public cloud security engineering and/or in the configuration and operation of security tooling, such as Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
• Solid knowledge of AI technologies including machine learning concepts, common model architectures, and emerging generative AI capabilities.
• Experience with security frameworks and regulations, such as ISO 27001, NIST and UK GDPR.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments, threat modelling, and security audits.
• Good communication, project management, and organisational skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate with a wide range of teams and prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Protect how AI is designed, built and used across our organisation.
• Help shape and embed our AI Security strategy and support safe AI adoption across the business.
• Understand how attackers use and exploit AI, and apply AI to solve real-world security problems.
• Work closely with engineering and data teams to build security controls into AI systems from the start.
• Assess and strengthen the security of AI platforms and applications, including commissioning testing and adversarial assessments where needed.
• Translate security findings into practical actions.
• Design and deploy AI-driven security capabilities such as threat detection, anomaly detection and incident response.
• Advise on risk, compliance and regulation, ensuring we continue to meet industry standards as AI technologies evolve.

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• IAM
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Network
• Security
• Web

More:

We are Lloyds Banking Group, a pioneering and fast-changing business shaping finance as a force for good. This full-time AI Security Specialist role is part of our Chief Security Offices Security Data & AI Lab and works at the intersection of cyber security, cloud engineering and advanced AI technologies. The role is hybrid, with at least two days per week, or 40% of time, spent at one of our office sites in Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester or London. We offer a wide-ranging benefits package including a generous pension contribution of up to 15%, an annual bonus award subject to Group performance, share schemes including free shares, adaptable benefits such as discounted shopping, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies. We also support reasonable workplace adjustments and are committed to building an inclusive, values-led workplace where our colleagues can make a real difference.

last updated 34 week of 2026