
Security Engineer
at Barclays
Posted 12 days ago
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- Compensation
- $120,000 – $175,000 USD
- City
- Whippany
- Country
- United States
Currency: $ (USD)
Join Barclays as a Security Engineer to design and operate modern, scalable security platforms in a cloud-first environment. You will secure APIs, microservices, and distributed systems, implement OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SSO, and identity federation, and build secure CI/CD pipelines. This role emphasizes cross-team collaboration, secure-by-design practices, and opportunities for technical growth within a global technology environment. Location: Whippany, NJ.
Embark on a transformative journey as a Security Engineer. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. You will be a part of a dynamic security engineering organization committed to building modern, scalable, and resilient security platforms that safeguard Barclays. You will collaborate with highly skilled engineering and cybersecurity professionals to deliver innovative, cloud‑first solutions that elevate our security posture. This role offers remarkable opportunities for technical growth, development, and meaningful impact across a global technology environment.
To be successful as a Security Engineer, you should have experience with:
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
Some other highly valued skills may include:
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
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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is located in Whippany, NJ.
Minimum Salary: $120,000
Maximum Salary: $175,000
The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.
Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.
This position is eligible for an incentive award.
Purpose of the role
To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
Accountabilities
- 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.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- 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.
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.





