Senior Cyber Operations Analyst

Senior Cyber Operations Analyst
Radbroke

As a Barclays Senior Cyber Operations Analyst, you will provide 1st and 2nd line analysis, triage and escalation of security events. The Cyber Operations team mission is to deliver 24x7x365 continuous and real-time monitoring, analysis, incident response, threat hunting and intelligence services globally. You will enable a coordinated suite of integrated functions; enabling us to identify, prevent, monitor and respond to threats against our customers, colleagues and the Barclays estate.

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.

What will you be doing?
• Coordinating and supporting remediation activities within scope to understand when to escalate events and to whom and how to track and report security incidents to remediate and drive closure

• Utilising existing processes and technologies in place to detect, respond and prevent malicious electronic attacks to our networks and network estate
• Being the first point of contact, providing command, control and reporting support to Major Incident Management teams for all security incidents
• Interpreting, analysing and reporting all events and anomalies in accordance with cyber security related directives, including initiating, responding and reporting discovered event
• Analysing intelligence information to ensure enhanced detection, as well as improvement of functional capability
• Delivering, technical detection and response programs and initiatives: leveraging previous experience, methods and tools to provide value for the organisation through risk reduction
• Supporting identification, enhancement, improvement and delivery of monitoring and response methods and processes to reduce risk to the organisation

What we’re looking for:
• Proficiency in Security Information and Event Management technologies and usability in a large and complex computing environment

• Experience with reviewing responses of detected security incidents, timely escalate and drive to ensure the closure of incidents
• Incident Response skills including proficiency in Packet Capture, Network Analysis, and Traffic Patterns
• Ability to identify attacks and malware (Trojans, Ransomware, etc.) analysing event data generated from proxy, endpoints, IDS, MPS, network devices etc.

Skills that will help you in the role:
• Proficiency of Operating System fundamentals, OS Security (Windows & Linux) and Networking Principles, Protocols and Practices

• Understanding of traditional ITIL concepts Incident, Change and Problem management
• Familiarity with Cloud Security Principles (AWS/ Google/ Azure), Open Source network analysis tools and Open-source intelligence tools (OSINT)
• In-depth knowledge of the Cyber Kill-Chain, Intelligence-driven defence and security architectures

Where will you be working?
You will be based in Radbroke, Knutsford. The Barclays Technology Campus just outside Manchester is our tech command centre and a vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. The campus is set in a 64 acre self-contained site, in a beautiful green environment and it offers unrivalled facilities for work and for play. We have an onsite gym, as well as outdoor tennis, football and cricket areas, as well as onsite restaurant and coffee shops.