Senior Cyber Operations Analyst - AVP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Cyber Operations Analyst - AVP at Barclays. At Barclays, our vision is clear—to redefine the future of banking through innovative solutions. In this role, you will join the Cyber Operations team, where your primary mission is to deliver 24/7 continuous monitoring, analysis, incident response, threat hunting, and intelligence services. Cybercrime and cyberattacks continue to increase in both volume and sophistication, targeting private organizations as well as critical national infrastructure. Effectively addressing these evolving threats requires a holistic approach that integrates all cybersecurity disciplines. Successful cyber incidents can lead to significant operational disruption, regulatory scrutiny, and reputational damage. As a global financial institution that manages high-value transactions and sensitive client data, Barclays remains a prime target for cybercriminals. Furthermore, as our digital presence continues to expand across online and mobile platforms, the risk posed by increasingly advanced cyber threats continues to grow.

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

• Experience with SIEM platforms and the ability to monitor, triage, and document security alerts within a structured SOC environment

• Ability to conduct initial analysis of security alerts and events, follow established runbooks, and escalate incidents in line with defined procedures

• Good understanding of common security incidents, including phishing emails, endpoint alerts, and basic network anomalies

• Ability to identify malware indicators and suspicious activity using endpoint, proxy, IDS, and network security alerts

• Considerable understanding of core cybersecurity concepts, including attack lifecycles, common threat types, and defense-in-depth principles

Other highly valued skills include:

• Understanding of Windows and Linux fundamentals, along with basic networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP

• Familiarity with common attacker tactics and indicators of compromise from a defensive, blue-team perspective

• Awareness of cloud computing concepts and basic security considerations across platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

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 our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $125,000

Maximum Salary: $170,000

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.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

Safeguards the organisation through continuous cyber security monitoring, rapid threat detection, and effective incident response. Operating at the centre of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), it ensures security events are quickly identified, assessed and addressed using advanced monitoring tools and established response processes. Provide specialist data leakage prevention by triaging potential leakage alerts and escalating through tested runbooks. Working collaboratively across cyber operations and wider teams, strengthens organisational resilience through robust detection capabilities, thorough investigations, and ongoing enhancement of security controls.

Accountabilities

• Maintain security monitoring capabilities, including perimeter security controls, in addition to endpoint security tooling, to identify, block and respond to potential cyber security incidents

• Continuously monitor and analyse security events using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and related tooling to detect anomalous activity, correlate alerts, and drive rapid and effective triage across all cyber threat vectors.

• Identify emerging threats, attack techniques and relevant technologies, leveraging industry intelligence, threat research, and collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders to strengthen detection and response capabilities.

• Lead and coordinate cyber security incident response, ensuring effective containment, remediation, root‑cause analysis and closure in line with established runbooks, policies and regulatory expectations.

• Act as a specialist for data leakage prevention including triaging data leakage alerts, validating true positives, and escalating incidents via tested runbooks to prevent unauthorised data exfiltration. ​

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.