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.
Experience Required
* The software security landscape: CVEs, CWEs, common software vulnerability types.
* SAST, SCA, and DAST, including the strengths and weaknesses of each.
* At least one programming language (e.g., Java, Go).
* At least one major cloud provider (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
* REST API design.
* HTTP Authentication.
* Linux terminal, including scripting and automation (e.g., shell, Python).
Additional Valued Skills
* Experience with CI/CD.
* GraphQL.
* Familiarity with authentication systems (e.g., OAUTH).
Location
Knutsford/Glasgow
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 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
* Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change; plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
* If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead a number of specialists to influence department operations, balancing short- and long-term goals to meet corporate requirements.
* Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive, including listening authentically, energizing and inspiring, aligning across the enterprise, and developing others.
* As an individual contributor, be a subject‑matter expert, guide technical direction, lead cross‑year assignments, and coach less experienced specialists.
* 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, supporting the control and governance agenda.
* Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
* Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organization functions to contribute to achieving the business goals.
* Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and business strategies.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives; in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking defines problems and develops innovative solutions.
* Adopt and incorporate research outcomes into problem‑solving processes.
* Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Industry
Banking and Financial Services
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