Network Security Governance Specialist in Knutsford

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Join Us at Barclays as a Network Security Governance Specialist.

Are you passionate about strengthening security governance, influencing strategic decisions, and ensuring robust network security controls across a complex technology landscape?

We are looking for a Network Security Governance Specialist to play a pivotal role in protecting our organisation's digital infrastructure while driving effective risk management and compliance practices.

As a Network Security Governance Specialist, you will be responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enhancing governance frameworks that ensure network security risks are effectively identified, managed, and mitigated.

Working closely with security, infrastructure, architecture, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders, you will help embed security best practices and provide expert guidance to support informed decision-making.

• Key Skills
• Security Governance & Risk Management
• Strong experience designing and implementing security governance frameworks.
• Deep understanding of risk management methodologies and control environments.
• Ability to assess, prioritise, and communicate security risks effectively.
• Network Security Architecture Expertise
• Comprehensive knowledge of network security technologies, architectures, and principles.
• Experience evaluating security controls across enterprise network environments.
• Strong understanding of secure network design, segmentation, and defence-in-depth strategies.
• Business Communication & Cross-Domain Stakeholder Influence
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• Experience translating complex technical concepts into clear business language.

Desirable Skills

• Regulatory & Audit Expertise
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks and industry standards.
• Experience supporting internal and external audits.
• Understanding of compliance obligations within complex enterprise environments.
• Data-Driven Risk Management
• Ability to utilise metrics, reporting, and analytics to support security decision-making.
• Experience developing risk dashboards and governance reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Control Assurance Execution
• Experience conducting control testing, assurance reviews, and effectiveness assessments.
• Ability to identify gaps, track remediation activities, and drive continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of assurance methodologies and best practices.

This role is based In Knutsford.

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

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 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 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 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.

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