Senior Technical Application Specialist - Key Management

An experienced specialist capable of handling complex projects and mentoring junior team members, We're looking for a Senior Technical Application Specialist to take ownership of key management and cryptography services, with a focus on platform engineering and DevOps practices. The role is centred on the need for building and operating secure, scalable and automated services that are easy for engineering teams to consume. The Cryptography Lab is part of the Chief Security Office (CSO) and is responsible for defining and delivering the Group's cryptography services, including key management, HSM-backed platforms, secrets management, certificate and trust services, and cryptographic software integrations. Participate within the Key Management feature team, working in close coordination with product, engineering, platform, and application teams to embed cryptography seamlessly into modern delivery pipelines and architectures. What you'll be doing

• Act as a Key Management Officer (KMO) operating under dual-control and split-knowledge procedures.
• Perform and oversee HSM lifecycle operations, including key generation, rotation and decommissioning. Participate in and support key ceremonies and regulated cryptographic operations.
• Maintain and validate cryptographic key inventories, including audit and assurance readiness.
• Support governance of physical key safes and coffers, including access reviews and incident escalation.
• Design, build and operate secure key management platforms backed by HSMs.
• Engineer CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code to automate cryptographic services.
• Develop self-service integration patterns that embed cryptography into delivery pipelines.
• Improve resilience, observability and release confidence for crypto platforms.
• Work with application teams to reduce friction while preserving security controls.
Focus on Internal Consumers:
• Create solutions and services that are secure by default and easy to use / consume.
• Simplify adoption of cryptography through APIs, tooling and automation.
• Identify and remove pain points for the feature team and in how teams integrate with the key management services
Why join us? We're transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We're growing, and we'd love you to be part of the journey., Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We're looking for experience across key management, cryptography operations and platform engineering, particularly:
• Acting in, or working closely with, Key Management Officer (KMO) roles operating under defined security procedures.
• Experience supporting key management and cryptography services, including HSM-backed platforms.
• Comfortable operating in regulated environments, following audit and assurance requirements.
• DevOps and platform engineering for security-critical services.
• Operating and supporting large-scale, business-critical platforms.
You'll also:
• Be comfortable working with complex platform and influencing technical decisions.
• Have experience improving engineering practices in existing teams.
• Be able to balance automation with security and control, improving reliability without weakening assurance.
Personal Skills:
• Clear communicator who can explain complex topics simply.
• Collaborative problem-solver who enjoys improving systems and ways of working.
• Comfortable challenging existing approaches and driving incremental change.
And any experience of these would be great
• Hands-on experience participating in key ceremonies, dual control or split-knowledge models.
• Exposure to governance of physical key safes, coffers, or secure key storage.
• Experience modernising or automating security or cryptography operations.
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

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.

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