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Application Security Engineering Lead

eFinancialCareers
Glasgow City
6 days ago
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Application Security Engineering LeadJob Description

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.


Vice President Expectations
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make rmendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation toplete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control andernance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrateprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thoughtparing and selectingplex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the oues of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to aplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve oues.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moralpass, 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.

Join us at Barclays as an Application Security Engineering Lead, where you'll design and deliver tools that help developers build secure software from the start. Your work will enhance security across the bank, protecting critical systems and sensitive information.

To be successful as an Application Security Engineering Lead,you should have experience with:
Advanced knowledge of application security testing methodologies (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA). Experience with cloud security architectures, DevSecOps integration and pipelines. Advanced knowledge of security principles and guardrails. Coding proficiency in at least 1 major language.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
Proven ability to build and scale application security programs from the ground up. Cross-functional collaboration skills with development, operations, and product teams Vendor management and security tool evaluation expertise.
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 Knutsford/Glasgow. Job ID JR-0000049880

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