Barclays
Security Enterprise Architect
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Job Description
Purpose of the Role
To develop, and evolve the bank's technology architecture through relevant solutions, strategies, and execution plans aligned to and prioritized by business and technology objectives, including the development, evolution, and adoption of foundational platforms and products.
Accountabilities
- Development, evolution, and implementation of the bank's technology architecture and strategies aligned to the business and technology objectives, unlocking execution and run.
- Collaboration with stakeholders, including Enterprise Architecture teams and other developers to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to foster continuous improvement, and clients to understand and deliver on their technical needs.
- Motivation and leadership of a diverse collection of technologists, business and operations teams, and enterprise leaders, with the goal to align business & technology strategy & standards, identifying opportunities and connecting people.
- Assessment of new technologies to address current and future business needs, through a combination of curiosity and problem-solving skills.
- Determination of the optimal solutions while balancing continuous requirements imposed by compliance, governance, security, and funding, through deep understanding of the business and customer outcomes and maintaining a strong and steady grasp on the underlying technologies.
- Monitoring and analysis of the performance, resiliency, and stability of applications to identify and resolve issues and communicate and document key findings to stakeholders.
- Compliance with applicable regulatory standards and identification of industry developments that may impact the bank's operations and controls to enhance the bank's application portfolio.
- Support of engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share and grow knowledge.
Vice President Expectations
- To 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 escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
- If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counseling 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 behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are:
- L – Listen and be authentic
- E – Energise and inspire
- A – Align across the enterprise
- D – Develop others
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OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within their 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 specialization to complete assignments. They will train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational 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 and governance agenda.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work their team does.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the organization's 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 thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
- Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
- Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order 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.
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Role Description
Join us as a Security Enterprise Architect at Barclays, where you will play a strategic role in defining and evolving the bank’s enterprise security architecture across Endpoint and IAM domains. You will work closely with architecture, engineering, cyber security, and business stakeholders to design secure technology solutions and influence long-term security strategy.
The role will include defining enterprise security architecture principles and target-state security capabilities, providing architectural guidance across major technology, and working closely with engineering and security teams to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with regulatory standards.
Requirements
To be successful as a Security Enterprise Architect, you should have:
- Proven experience in Security Architecture, designing secure enterprise-scale technology solutions across complex environments.
- Previous hands-on experience in technical security disciplines such as security engineering, digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), offensive security, or related cyber security functions.
- Experience securing technology environments within the financial services sector, with a strong understanding of regulatory, operational resilience, and governance requirements.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
- Domain expertise in Endpoint Security and modern endpoint protection architectures.
- Domain expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), including authentication, authorization, privileged access, and identity governance.
- Domain expertise in AI and Data Security, including secure AI adoption, data protection, model security, and information governance controls.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Location
The successful candidate can be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall), Glasgow, Northampton, or London.
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