Security Consultant

Join us as a Security Consultant at Barclays, advising our business on security strategy, best practices in Information and Cyber Security. Advising our business teams on processes and technology to operate a global enterprise securely within an increasingly dependent digital world. Regardless of what technical skills you can bring whether that be database expertise, software development, networking or pentesting you will be working amongst a highly talented team of like-minded professionals who have a wealth of experience and varied technical skills – what do you think you can bring to the team.

• Be technically aware with a working understanding of computer networks, operating systems, databases, websites, and architectural principles.
• Have strong written and verbal reasoning skills – comfortable with technical writing and review.
• Be able to work as part of a team.

• Current security certification CISSP is preferred.
• Experience of PCI-DSS.
• Experience in software development or business analysis disciplines including awareness of OWASP.

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 out of Knutsford.

To enable ‘secure by design’, supporting the bank’s change programmes, design and implement a secure systems and architecture across a broad set of security domains. These include data security, security risk management, asset security, security architecture and engineering (incl. cloud security), communications and networks, security operations, software development, security assurance testing, identity and access management (IAM).

• Control function or security guild responsible for technology change oversight and governance.
• Execution of security risk assessments and building threat models during the change & development lifecycle in order to identify vulnerabilities within the banks IT systems, applications and infrastructure, ensuring that compensating security controls and countermeasures are embedded in order to enhance security posture and resilience against cyber threats provision of timely communication of key findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Enablement of Dev Sec Ops  (and shift left), by providing engagement channels for customers and stakeholders who wish to engage early seeking security advice and input into their business plans and opportunities, or technology change designs, influencing key stakeholders in COO and CSO to create security strategies to enable business and technology evolution.
• Support and guidance to CISO, CIO and Product Team functions providing security reviews for prospective 3rd party technology products and services.
• Transfer of residual risks to the business/customer as required by the bank’s enterprise risk management framework.
• Collaboration with stakeholder and IT teams to support incident response and investigations using their knowledge of the banks technology systems sharing security insights.
• Participation in the development and maintenance of security policies, standards and procedures aligned to the banks risk tolerance, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that…