Barclays Investment Bank · 21 hours ago
Security Engineer
Building 300-115 South Jefferson Rd Campus, Whippany
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $175K/yr
5+ years expBarclays Investment Bank is committed to redefining the future of banking through innovative solutions. The Security Engineer will design, develop, and improve software while ensuring secure coding practices and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the organization's security posture.
FinanceBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives
Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing
Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth
Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions
Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes
Qualification
Required
Security engineering experience designing and implementing application-level security controls, with fundamentals in authentication, authorization, cryptography, and secure design patterns
Experience securing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems, including enterprise implementation of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SSO, and identity federation, and working on IAM platforms such as PingFederate, ForgeRock, or Okta
Experience building and operating security solutions in cloud‑native and containerized environments, with knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift, and on‑prem and public cloud platforms AWS
Experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and embedding security controls into CI/CD pipelines
Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and platform teams to meet enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements
Preferred
Experience with DevSecOps practices, including security automation, policy-as-code, and integration of security testing/scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines
Experience to cloud security services and patterns, such as IAM, secrets management, key management, and secure networking in GCP, or Azure
Communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively with application, platform, and risk teams to drive secure-by-design outcomes
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage
401(k)
Life insurance
Other paid leave for qualifying circumstances
Company
Barclays Investment Bank
Barclays Investment Bank offers large corporate clients with strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions. It is a sub-organization of Barclays Corporate Banking.
10001+ employees
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Managing Director
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