OverviewJoin us at Barclays as a Network Solutions Engineer, where you'll play a vital role in embedding security into the design, engineering, and delivery of cutting-edge network products. Partnering across business, technology, and security teams, you'll help ensure our infrastructure is secure by design and aligned with evolving regulatory and threat landscapes. To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions, you will help ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, and support the mitigation of security risk.ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects, to enhance overall risk management.Execute risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the bank\'s operations and data, and guide the implementation of mitigation strategies; communicate findings to relevant senior stakeholders.Collaborate with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures for the bank\'s operations aligned to the risk management framework.Manage the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the bank\'s IT systems to ensure the effectiveness of controls and mitigation of risk.Execute training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices.Manage complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams and response experts to effectively resolve cases through analysis, expert support and project supervision.Identify emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions. Vice President ExpectationsContribute to 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, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department\'s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to pay decisions; may lead specialists to influence operations, balancing short and long-term goals while ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.For an individual contributor, act as a subject matter expert within your discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi-year assignments, and coach less experienced specialists; 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 your team does.Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the organization\'s functions to contribute to achieving business goals.Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support and to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives; conduct in-depth analysis 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 with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. Qualifications & SkillsProven experience managing and securing network infrastructure, including firewalls, proxies, and load balancers.Strong understanding of network segmentation and Zero Trust architecture.Hands-on expertise with modern security platforms such as Zscaler.Extensive experience across full-stack network security, covering infrastructure, protocols, and threat mitigation.Strong background in designing and implementing secure network architectures for complex enterprise environments.Deep technical engineering expertise in configuring, deploying, and managing advanced network security solutions.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, and digital and technology skills. Organizational ValuesAll colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship; and the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive. #J-18808-Ljbffr