If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career. Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Put simply, we’ll empower you to help determine how we do things and where we go next. Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you’re curious, creative, and ambitious, this is a world in which you can truly belong.

2-year rotational program designed to give you depth and breadth of experience.

Why the Cyber and Security Graduate program?

Join our Cyber Security team within the Chief Security Office, and you’ll have the opportunity to play a key part in keeping our customers, clients, and colleagues safe from cyber-crime. This is a team in which everyone is focused on defending the bank: some are proactive, researching potential threats from hackers, while others play a reactive role in which they respond to incidents that might challenge our security. To gain maximum benefit from your graduate program, you’ll experience many aspects of our work over a two-year period. You can expect three rotations around a variety of teams which might include Cyber & Physical Security, Resilience, Crisis Management, Security Operations and Intelligence, and more. This is an exciting place to be: hackers constantly attempt to find new ways to threaten our security, and we never rest in learning new ways to prevent them. We’re one of the strongest banks for Cyber Security, and this is your opportunity to learn from the best.

Cyber and Security at Barclays

The Chief Security Office’s ongoing mission is to keep the bank and our customers, clients, and colleagues safe, secure, and always on.

Every day presents new challenges. These range from cyber security, terrorism, viruses, world events, fraudsters, and even upheaval in the external economic climate. We partner with teams across the bank to minimize disruption to our services from threats such as these, and to make sure that any services affected by disruption can bounce back quickly.

As the world around us changes, we are prepared and ready to respond.

This makes our work endlessly interesting, meaningful, and challenging.

To be considered for this program, you must: 

Be an undergraduate or masters student with an anticipated graduation date between December 2024 - June 2025 and a GPA of 3.2 or above.

Ideally, you would also have:  

An interest in working in technology, the ability to act as a bridge between the business and technology teams, and a passion to deliver the next technological breakthrough.

Working in Whippany

Our next-generation workplace in Whippany allows talented, passionate, down-to-earth colleagues to connect daily. With state-of-the-art work facilities and many added features like pool tables, cafés, and a gym – it’s a place you can call home.

But we recognize there’s life outside work. With our commitment to investing in our people, there is also the opportunity for flexible and dynamic working – empowering you to find the right balance between your personal and professional responsibilities. We’re also dedicated to the wider community; our Citizenship program is focused around how we play our part in overcoming the challenges that face our societies.

Our location means there’s plenty to enjoy off campus – our office is minutes away from Morristown, known for its rich history and lively modern spirit. With bustling Manhattan easily accessible and a picturesque landscape here on the doorstep, Whippany really does offer the best of both worlds.

To be eligible, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Barclays will not sponsor applicants for work visas or offer any employment-based immigration sponsorship for any internship, post-graduation program or permanent employment, including assistance with or execution of any documentation in support of optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Purpose of the role

To support the day-to-day operations of the Chief Security Office, providing insights and expertise that help support the vision and mission of the business area.

Accountabilities

Collaboration with experts across teams to help reduce risk, protect our customer and clients, and provide a world class service for our business.Identification of opportunities for us to improve and maximise agility and develop an agile and intelligence led approach to security delivery.Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business projects and initiatives.Identification of opportunities for us to improve, and clearly articulating to drive positive change across the function.

Analyst Expectations

Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.Partner with other functions and business areas.Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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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