Cyber Analyst

Barclays UK; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is looking for a Cyber Analyst to enhance cyber resilience and support continuity. The ideal candidate will coordinate incident responses, execute risk assessments, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve security policies. Familiarity with cybersecurity trends and strong relationship-building skills are essential. Key responsibilities include managing incidents and conducting training to raise awareness across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience with cyber risk management across diverse environments.
• Ability to coordinate incident responses effectively.
• Skills in assessing and improving overall cyber risk posture.

Responsibilities

• Provide liaison service between business, technology, and security.
• Execute risk assessments to prioritize cybersecurity threats.
• Manage implementation of security controls across IT systems.
• Conduct training sessions to enhance cybersecurity awareness.
• Manage complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT.

Skills

Driving cyber risk across environments

Coordinating incident responses

Building trusted relationships

Validating business continuity plans

Preparing audit requirements

Resolving third-party cyber issues

Job description

Join us as a Cyber Analyst, to help strengthen our organization’s cyber resilience and safeguard critical business operations. This role sits within our Cyber Security team, which is responsible for overseeing cyber risks, responding to incidents, and ensuring our risk posture remains robust. You will play a key part.bid coordinating cyber security incidents, assessing and improving risk posture, and supporting the business in maintaining continuity and compliance.

To be successful as a Cyber Analyst, you should have experience with:

• Driving cyber risk effectively across diverse environments.
• Coordinating cyber security incident responses with precision and clarity.
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• Building trusted relationships and influencing stakeholders to ensure alignment and accountability across_animshouse teams.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Validating and enhancing business continuity plans.
• Preparing and delivering audit requirements.
• Tracking and resolving cyber security issues related to third‑party suppliers.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role will be based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions. In order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, and support the mitigation of security risk.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects, to enhance overall risk management.
• Execution of risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the banks operations and data and guide the implementation of mitigation strategies and communicate findings to relevant senior stakeholders.
• Collaboration with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures for the banks operations aligned to the risk management framework.
• Management of the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the banks IT systems to ensure the effectiveness of controls and mitigation of risk.
• Execution of training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices.
• Management of complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams Permissions and response experts to effectively resolve cases through analysis, expertise support and project supervision.
• Identification of emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions.

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All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.