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Firewall Security Consultant

Knutsford, United Kingdom

Date live: Jun. 27, 2024

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Operations

Reference Code: 90390562

Contract: Permanent

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Firewall Security Consultant
Knutsford

As a Barclays Firewall Security Consultant, you will be an integral part of the Firewall Security Team. In this role, you will continue to make the Barclays environment a safer place to do business by supporting Skybox policy configuration with the assigned Skybox SME, adhering to compliance requirements and providing ad-hoc security advice to projects relating to firewall and proxy activity. This will be the ideal opportunity for someone with a detailed understanding of all firewall types.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. 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.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?
• You will become an SME on the Skybox firewall security toolset
• Enforcing security and control objectives adhering to Standards, Policies and Procedures
• Meeting the requirements of key internal and external stakeholders where appropriate
• Assessing change integrity in architecture design, firewall/proxy deployment and rule implementations
• Performing gatekeeper role for all firewall and proxy infrastructure related change activities adhering to SLA’s and priorities
• Developing and maintaining a deep knowledge of company security policy and business risk appetite
• Identifying potential security risks and minimising security risk exposure to the organisation
• Proactively being involved with the internal supplier in the sign-off process prior to live deployment; attendance of technical forums

What we’re looking for:
• Deep understanding of security solutions and designs from a people, process and technology perspective; including security technologies, controls & assessment methodologies
• Excellent relationship, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Knowledge of information security frameworks and standards such as ISO27001/2, NIST and their application into diverse environments
• In-depth knowledge of network security; knowledge of well-known ports, protocols, and associated vulnerabilities

Skills that will help you in the role:
• Security qualification (e.g. CISSP)
• Network qualifications
• Knowledgeable about existing best practice for integration of security controls

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.

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Barclays offices across the UK are designed to be places where our people can come together to do their best work, surrounded by excellent facilities for both work and leisure. These are warm, diverse, supportive communities in some of the UK’s best locations, where everyone can thrive.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

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