Cyber Fraud Fusion Test Engineer

Join Barclays as a Cyber Fraud Fusion Test Engineer, where you'll contribute to advanced technical assessments aimed at identifying vulnerabilities and reducing fraud risk. As part of the Cyber Fraud Fusion Center, you will apply offensive security techniques to simulate fraud-related threats and uncover weaknesses across processes, technologies, and controls. Your role will involve supporting end-to-end purple team testing—developing test scenarios, executing red team simulations, and collaborating with blue teams to strengthen detection and response efforts. This position calls for your considerable technical ability, a security testing mindset, and a collaborative approach to delivering scalable solutions that help counter upstream economic crime.

To be successful in your role as Cyber Fraud Fusion Test Engineer, you will need the following:

• Experience working in financial or other highly regulated organizational sector

• Awareness of fraud root cause analysis, investigations, cyber fraud enablers, cybersecurity and control testing techniques or principles

• Awareness of table-top threat assessments or simulations

• Ability to self-motivate and align with Team targets and deliverables

• Ability to assess data, correlate, and communicate results in written format to stakeholders

Other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of fraud intelligence collection & assessment or fraud investigations

• Knowledge of malicious tools used by fraud actors to target customers, including eBanking Trojans, POS/ATM malware, mobile malware, webinjects, and phishing kits

• Experience with fraud detection and prevention systems

• Knowledge of latest social engineering, IA-assisted impersonation and other similar tactics used by cybercriminals

• Previous experience working within Red and/or purple teams 

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $75,000.00
Maximum Salary: $135,000.00

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the banks systems and sensitive information.  

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise on security systems and engineering patterns.
• Development and implementation of protocols, algorithms, and software applications to protect sensitive data and systems.
• Management and protection of secrets, ensuring that they are securely generated, stored, and used.
• Execution of audits to monitor, identify and assess vulnerabilities in the banks infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches.
• Identification of advancements in to support the innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques.
• Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure that cryptographic solutions align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Development/ Implementation and maintenance of Identity and Access Management solutions and systems.

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.