Cyber Operations - UBA Analyst

Join us as a Cyber Operations - UBA Analyst at Barclays, to play a key role in detecting and disrupting cyber threats before they materialise. As a UBA Analyst, you’ll dive deep into behavioural data to uncover anomalies, patterns, and potential risks across our digital estate. If you're driven by curiosity, thrive on solving complex problems, and want to be part of a global team, we want to hear from you.

To be successful as a Cyber Operations - UBA Analyst you should have experience with:

• Proficiency in collecting, examining, and analysing data from multiple sources (logs, artifacts, indicators of compromise) as part of security incident investigations
• Develop and implement controls and indicators for preventing, detecting, and responding unusual user behaviour
• Experience with Security tools such as Microsoft Defender products, Splunk and Tanium, EUBA SIEM

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Familiarity with Financial Services regulatory landscape and related compliance issues
• In-depth knowledge of the Insider Threat Kill-Chain, Intelligence Driven Defence and Security frameworks such as NIST and Mitre ATT&CK.
•  Experience in conducting trend analysis on incidents to assist in reporting to senior stakeholders.

You may be assessed on 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.

The location of this role is based in Knutsford, United Kingdom.

Purpose of the role

To monitor the performance of operational controls, implement and manage security controls and consider lessons learnt in order to protect the bank from potential cyber-attacks and respond to threats. 

Accountabilities

• Management of security monitoring systems, including intrusive prevention and detection systems, to alert, detect and block potential cyber security incidents, and provide a prompt response to restore normal operations with minimised system damage.
• Identification of emerging cyber security threats, attack techniques and technologies to detect/prevent incidents, and collaborate with networks and conferences to gain industry knowledge and expertise.
• Management and analysis of security information and event management systems to collect, correlate and analyse security logs, events and alerts/potential threats.
• Triage of data loss prevention alerts to identify and prevent sensitive data for being exfiltrated from the banks network.
• Management of cyber security incidents including remediation & driving to closure.

Analyst Expectations

• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.