Barclays Jobs 2023 – Operations Analyst

About the job

Lead Cyber Operations Analyst

As a Lead Cyber Operations Analyst, you will be a part of a team that develops and operates tools that are used by internal groups for protecting information, understanding internal systems and networks in order to prevent attacks. You will be responsible for the management of security events, including triaging, escalation, response and post incident review. You will also mature incident triaging methods and develop controls to detect and prevent attackers from executing their objectives.

Barclays is one of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

Hybrid Working

We are currently operating in a hybrid working environment, meaning that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

• Maintaining a good understanding of the regulatory requirements of performing monitoring and incident response functions globally
• Acting as an authority in analysis approaches and techniques used in Malware analysis, Digital forensics and Countermeasure development
• Authorising control deployment or containment and eradication actions or strategies
• Maintaining a functional understanding of the latest approaches used in detecting attacker techniques
• Understanding and acting on intelligence provided by other teams and external sources
• Providing support to other security investigational functions as required
• Offering ‘out of hours’ support and investigation for security incident escalation
• Providing general advice and guidance on Information Security related matters

What We’re Looking For

• Experience and detailed technical knowledge within all the phases of incident response
• Experience presenting to executive and technical audiences both internally and at industry events
• Experience working with Cyber Kill Chain, Intelligence Driven Defence and Security Architectures
• Experience with Red, Blue and Purple team operations and management

Skills That Will Help You In The Role

• Knowledge of Incident Response procedures, with technical ability to ‘take control and co-ordinate’ major security incidents
• Comprehensive knowledge and application of attack detection development and tuning, Cyber threat hunting, anomaly detection and control deployment automation
• Experience in security monitoring, incident response and mitigation, web application security, threat research or intelligence analysis
• Ability to identify operational risks and issues in a real time environment, and take proportionate and appropriate actions

Where will you be working?

In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.