Strategic Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Join Barclays as a Strategic Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst and help build a new strategic function within a global team of analysts across the UK, US, and India. In this role, you will deliver forward-looking threat analysis, identify emerging risks, and produce high-quality intelligence reports and presentations for senior stakeholders. You will use strong research and analytical skills to interpret data, assess trends, and provide meaningful context to evolving threats. Prior experience in a Cyber Threat Intelligence team is essential, as you will play a critical role in supporting threat mitigation, intelligence sharing, and strengthening Barclays’ resilience in an increasingly complex cyber landscape.

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• Understanding of Cyber Threat Intelligence and its role in protecting organisations, including how it supports strategic decision-making and overall cybersecurity priorities.
• Ability to understand and clearly explain the Strategic impact of Cybersecurity on the financial sector, with awareness of relevant geopolitical factors influencing security risks.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver high-quality written reports, PowerPoint presentations, executive summaries, and threat briefings.
• Proven ability to write for executive audiences, demonstrating strong strategic thinking, analytical capabilities, and research skills.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Solid understanding of the financial sector threat landscape, including cybercrime trends and the ransomware ecosystem.
• Knowledge of common attack vectors and threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) targeting large enterprises.
• Understanding of key security controls and how they mitigate threats across the attack surface, from perimeter (external) defences to endpoints, cloud and virtual environments, and identity security.
• Experience working with threat intelligence platforms.

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.

The successful candidate can be based in London (Canary Wharf) or Knutsford (Radbroke Hall).

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

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• 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.