Cyber Security Certifications Manager

Join us as a “Cyber Security Certifications Manager " at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, skills to meet business requirement as well as job-specific skillsets.

To be successful as a “Cyber Security Certifications Manager ", you should have experience with:

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Support the cyber security delivery of Barclays Information Security Management System(ISMS) to meet ISO/IEC27001, Kitemark and Cyber Essentials Scheme certifications.

• Have a good understanding of the organisations risk and security policies/standards, international security standard 27001/ 27002 and technical requirements for Cyber Essentials Plus.

• Be experienced with regard to the components and mechanisms making up the organisations IT Risk management and the controls that they provide.  Is experienced in the concepts of corporate governance within an IT environment.

• Support strategic development and innovation activities for the Information Security Management Systems to meet the Continual Improvement mandatory requirements of ISO/IEC 27001:2013.

• Maintain close working relationships with Barclays stakeholders to manage clients’ expectations and demands proactively.

• Support CISO communications to key stakeholders in both Business and IT communities, ensuring technical details and security details are understood allowing senior leaders to make informed decisions regarding security control implementation and risk management.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Strong understanding of technical requirements and passing criteria as laid down by the UK National Cyber Security Centre.

• Knowledgeable about existing best practices for integration of security controls.

• CISM certification or similar Cyber Security Management experience.

• Explored and evaluated security considerations for multiple technologies.

• ISMS ISO27001 Lead Auditor – Ability to plan, deliver and report on an ISMS internal continual assessment of a site location, function or process.

This role will be based out of Pune.

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• 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.