Cyber Defence Engineering Lead

Cyber Defence Engineering Lead hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Join us as a Cyber Defence Engineering Lead at Barclays, where you will develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the bank’s systems and sensitive information.

• Key Skills
• Hands‑on expertise with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and security analytics platforms such as Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, Cribl, and Snowflake.
• Strong background in Python development, automation, Dev Sec Ops, and security engineering principles.
• Experience with Configuration as Code (Ca C/Ia C), Git Lab, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven platform engineering and technical leadership experience, supporting and enhancing security platforms.
• Preferred Skills
• Experience within the financial services industry.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

This role will be based in Glasgow, Knutsford, or Northampton.

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the bank’s 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 bank’s infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches.
• Identification of advancements to support 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 escalate breaches of policies/procedures.

• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.

Lead specialists to influence operations, balancing short and long‑term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.

• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders must demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver consistently excellent standards.

The four LEAD behaviors are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.

• OR for an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert within your discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments, and coach less experienced specialists.
• 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, supporting 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’s functions to contribute to achieving the business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to stay aligned with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.

In‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking is 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 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.

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