Third Party Security Consultant

Join Barclays as a Third-Party Security Consultant and help advance the future of secure digital solutions by driving innovation and operational excellence. This is a technical role that leverages advanced security tools and methodologies, you will enhance the integrity of our digital ecosystem while improving the experience for our users and partners. In your role, you'll apply your knowledge in areas such as third-party risk assessments, security architecture, and data protection strategies. Your technical skills in security assurance testing, vulnerability identification, and secure systems design will help safeguard our systems and drive long-term resiliency. This is an amazing opportunity for you to assess and mitigate risk by ensuring that products and services meet agreed standards.

To be successful as a Third-Party Security Consultant, you should have:

• Hands-on technical experience in Cybersecurity and Information Security, specifically with implementing and maintaining security measures to protect sensitive data and systems from threats and vulnerabilities 

• Proven experience providing Third-Party Risk Oversight: Proficient in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with external vendors and service providers from a technical perspective

• Proficiency conducting security audits using established frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, ensuring alignment with industry standards and regulatory requirements

Other highly valued skills may include:

• Delivering Impactful Presentations: Proficient in using tools like PowerPoint to create clear, engaging, and visually compelling presentations tailored to diverse audiences

• Remarkable Stakeholder Engagement: Considerable ability to build relationships and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, ensuring alignment and collaboration

• Advanced Data Assessment Capabilities: Experienced in interpreting multi-layered datasets to extract insights, support strategy, and drive strategic outcomes

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, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Whippany, New Jersey.

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

To assess and manage the security risks associated with third-party vendors by ensuring that products and services meet agreed standards, whilst considering the risk position of third parties and their inherent risk. 

Accountabilities

• Execution of risk assessments and security audits of third-party providers to assess their security posture, compliance with regulatory requirements and incident history, and communicate key findings to the relevant stakeholders.
• Identification of emerging security threats, attach techniques and third party vendor security best practice by collaborating at industry events and training programmes to share knowledge and expertise.
• Management of vendor onboarding/offboarding processes, including security and technology assessments, contractual negotiation procedures and risk mitigation measures, considering security policies, technical controls and procurement.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors to foster collaboration, promote security best practice, address security incidents and share incident information.

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.