Senior Analyst - Cyber Operations

Exciting Opportunity at Barclays Global Security! Join us as a Senior Analyst Assistant Vice President and be part of our multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering top-notch information security and privacy response services. Your role will involve monitoring operational controls, implementing and managing security measures, and safeguarding the bank against cyber threats. Don't miss this chance to showcase your experience and contribute to our mission of ensuring a secure environment for all.

To be successful as a Senior Analyst – AVP Cyber Operations, you should have:

•    Experience managing security monitoring systems, including intrusive prevention and detection systems, to alert, detect and block potential cyber security incidents
•    Experience identifying emerging cyber security threats, attack techniques and technologies to detect/prevent incidents
•    Experience managing and analysis of security information and event management systems to collect, correlate and analyze 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

Other highly valued skills include:

•    The ability to identifying attacks and malware (Trojans, Ransomware)
•    Experience analyzing event data generated from proxy, endpoints, IDS, MPS, network devices
•    An understanding of Cloud Security Principles
•    AWS/Google/Azure, Splunk, and CSOC skills
•    Active SANS certification in the areas of network incident handling, malware, and forensics analysis (GREM, GCIA, GCFA, GCIH)

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 is based in Whippany, New Jersey.

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.

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.