Join us as an Enterprise Foundation Platforms Risk Lead in a team responsible for the management, logging, tracking and reporting of all risk, audit or security issues within the Barclays Enterprise Foundation Platforms estate.
To be successful as an Enterprise Foundation Platforms Risk Lead, you should have the following experience:
Leading, driving the implementation of controls across Infrastructure technologies, with delivery requirements from multiple infrastructure technologies.
Ability to impact assess controls standards against Infrastructure technologies, identify and rate risks, drive remediation to a satisfactory control appetite.
An in depth understanding of Networks, Storage and Mainframe/Midrange wider infrastructure security/control processes.
Management of Infrastructure risk and control environments.
IT Industry Technology Risk Accreditation (CISSP, CRISC, CISA)
ITIL
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
To manage the IT Services department and set the strategic direction, provide support to the bank's senior management team, and to manage IT Service risk across the organisation management of IT Services to support the banks operations and representing Technology service performance with senior stakeholders and managing IT service risk across the organisation.
Development of strategic direction for IT Services, including the implementation of up-to- date methodologies and processes.
Management of the IT Services department, including oversight of IT Services colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness. .
Relationship management of IT Services stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third party services.
Development and implementation of policies and procedures for IT Services, implementation and adherence of control targets and standards, policies and procedures for IT Services, managing adherence to group SLAs and controls associated with core technology production activities in incident, problem, and change.
Management of IT Services risk, including identification of potential IT Services risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s change and compliance functions. .
Monitoring the financial performance of the IT Services department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control, driving value from any commercial agreements, strong management of any directly controlled costs etc.
Management of IT Services projects, including driving successful research and related product launches, and deliverance of integrated solutions to clients.
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, counselling 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..
They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational 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.
In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
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.