Senior Forensic Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Digital Forensic Specialist to join a market leading Digital Forensic and Investigations team within a prominent British universal bank with a significant global presence. This role involves leading complex digital forensic and cyber incident investigations, aiming to deliver positive outcomes for both internal and external stakeholders. You will enhance the organisation's investigative capability and safeguard against insider threats by driving change and implementing effective solutions.

To be successful as a Senior Forensic Specialist, you should have:

• Ample Digital Forensic Investigation skills and mindset

• Professional Digital Forensic certification(s), with experience utilising industry standard Digital Forensic Tooling

• Corporate / Law enforcement investigator, with PEACE / interview experience

Other highly valued skills include:

• Prior people management experience

• Python scripting / programming experience / certification(s)

• Network / Cloud / AI experience

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 has the option to work from the following office locations: London, Radbroke and Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To investigate and analyse digital evidence related to cyber incidents, Security incidents, insider threats and incidents contravening Barclays policies, processes and potential criminal activity.   

Accountabilities

• Identification of Cybercrimes and determination of the nature of the incident such as Malware, insider threat, digital fraud or employee wrongdoing that is in breach of Barclays policies and processes.
• Digital evidence collection, by gathering, preserving, and documenting digital evidence data in a forensically sound manner to ensure admissibility for potential legal and employee tribunals/proceedings.
• Implementation of incident response procedures, ensuring swift investigative actions to security incidents, containment of threats, and conducting post incident analysis to understand root cause and prevent future occurrences.
• Identification and trace of individuals suspected of being responsible for breaches of policy, employee wrongdoing and potential criminal occurrences using Digital Forensic best practices.
• Support to legal proceedings by presenting findings, preparing reports, and collaborating with legal professionals and to ensure adherence to Global and regional legal standards.
• Provision of Security improvements, offering insight from investigation findings to enhance overall cyber security measures and prevent future incidents.
• Maintenance of skills and knowledge in the field of Cyber Forensic Investigations and Incident response processes to ensure understanding of technological advances, changes in threat landscape, Legal and Regulatory Changes, improved efficiency, and professional development.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.