Application Security Engineering Lead

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 one 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 key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Knutsford/Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement, and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the bank's 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 they are securely generated, stored, and used.
• Execution of audits to monitor, identify, and assess vulnerabilities in the bank's infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches.
• Identification of advancements in cryptography to support innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques.
• Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure 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

• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes; deliver continuous improvements; and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future needs, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to pay decisions. Lead specialists to influence operations, balance short and long-term goals, and ensure budgets and schedules meet requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive, including listening, inspiring, aligning, and developing others.
• For individual contributors, act as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead assignments, train and coach less experienced staff, and influence strategic decisions.
• Advise stakeholders, manage risks, demonstrate leadership in controls, and contribute to organizational goals.
• Build trusting relationships with stakeholders, develop innovative solutions, and incorporate research findings into problem solving.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays' values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

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