Cyber Assurance Controls Testing

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent in Pune is looking for a Cyber Assurance Controls Testing professional. This role involves managing cybersecurity risks, developing security policies, and leading incident response efforts to ensure the integrity of the bank's operations.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of cyber risk, relevant professional certifications, and experience in financial services. You will collaborate with stakeholders and guide the implementation of risk management strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience with Cyber Assurance Controls Testing.
• Experience handling IT architecture and security management.
• Knowledge of IS/IT risks & controls and respective standards.

Responsibilities

• Advise stakeholders on functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through comprehensive assessments.
• Collaborate with business-aligned support areas to ensure strategic alignment.

Skills

Extensive knowledge of Cyber, Information and Technology risk

In-depth knowledge of Virtualisation & Cloud

Ability to build technical data analytic scripts

Education

Relevant professional certification (CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CEH, ISO 27001)

Tools

SIEM tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

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 bank's 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 bank's operations aligned to the risk management framework.

Management of the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the bank's 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 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.

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 escalated breaches of policies/procedures.

If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute 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:

• Listen and be authentic
• Energise and inspire
• Align across the enterprise
• 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.

Key Responsibilities

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 organization 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.

Required Experience and Skills

To be a successful Cyber Assurance Controls Testing you should have experience with:

• Extensive knowledge of Cyber, Information and Technology risk and control including relevant tools and techniques.
• In depth knowledge of key areas in Technology and Cyber risk, including Virtualisation & Cloud, Networks, Firewalls, Security Operations, Active Directory, Identity & access management, SDLC and apps development, resilience & recovery planning at both application and infrastructure layers.
• Ability to build technical data analytic scripts.

Additional Relevant Skills (Highly Valued)

• Extensive knowledge and working experience in Technology, Information, and Security domain.
• Detailed management experience of IT architecture, Cloud platforms, networks, operating systems and database security, Active Directory, Cloud, Resiliency, SIEM tools.
• Knowledge or IS/IT Risks & Controls and respective Standards / Frameworks (e.g., COBIT, ITIL).
• Practical experience in managing technology risks & controls in financial services organisations.
• Relevant professional certification (CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CEH, ISO 27001) or equivalent.

Location

This role is based in Pune.