Security Engineer

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Security Engineer to advance our digital security posture. Based at Knutsford or Glasgow, you will develop, implement and maintain security solutions safeguarding bank systems and sensitive data.

You will operate across DLP and security tooling, drive incidents to remediation, document rigorously, and collaborate with stakeholders and product vendors for enhancements.

Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM and security analytics platforms.
• Strong Python development and DevSecOps experience.
• Experience with IaC, GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Provision and manage security systems and engineering patterns.
• Develop and maintain cryptographic protocols and data protection.
• Manage secrets securely and monitor for vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with developers and security teams to align cryptographic solutions.
• Lead or support security platform improvements and incident investigations.

Skills

SIEM

Security analytics

Sentinel

Splunk

Elastic

Cribl

Observe

Python

CaC/IaC

GitLab

Git workflows

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Python

CaC/IaC

GitLab

Git workflows

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Join us as a Security Engineer at Barclays where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. The purpose of this role is to develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the banks systems and sensitive information.

The key accountabilities of the role include; building, deploy and maintaining DLP services and policies, driving service-level incidents through to remediation, creating and maintaining high-quality documentation, engaging with stakeholders to ensure requirements are prioritised and expectations are set, working with other DLP SME’s to ensure adequate service coverage across DLP tooling, evaluating and implementing technical changes and project deliverables and engaging product vendors where necessary for incident investigation and product enhancements.

To be successful as Cyber Defence Engineering Lead you should have:

• Hands-on expertise with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and security analytics platforms such as Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, Cribl, and Observe.
• Strong background in Python development, automation, DevSecOps, and security engineering and automation principles.
• Experience with Configuration as Code (CaC/IaC), GitLab, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven platform engineering and technical leadership experience, supporting and enhancing security platforms.

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Experience within the financial services industry.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

This role will be based out of our Knutsford or Glasgow campus

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the banks systems and sensitive information.

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise on security systems and engineering patterns.
• Development and implementation of protocols, algorithms, and software applications to protect sensitive data and systems.
• Management and protection of secrets, ensuring that they are securely generated, stored, and used.
• Execution of audits to monitor, identify and assess vulnerabilities in the banks infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches.
• Identification of advancements in to support the innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques.
• Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure that cryptographic solutions align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Development/ Implementation and maintenance of Identity and Access Management solutions and systems.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

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.