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Insider Threat Intelligence Analyst

Knutsford, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; Northampton, United Kingdom

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Key information

Date live: 19/06/2026

Business Area: Global Security

Area of Expertise: Technology

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000108157

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It’s happening at Barclays.

Be a part of a place where challenges are measured in billions, qubits and nanoseconds. Build your career in an environment where we’re advancing machine learning, leveraging blockchains, and harnessing FinTech. Working in Barclays technology, you’ll reimagine possibilities: learning and innovating to solve the challenges ahead, delivering for millions of customers.
We are shaping the future of financial technology.
Why not join us and make it happen here?

Where will you be located?

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Join Barclays as an Insider Threat Intelligence Analyst and be at the forefront of protecting our organisation from risks that come from within. This is a high-impact role where curiosity meets strategy—perfect for someone who thrives on uncovering hidden patterns, turning complex data into meaningful intelligence, and influencing critical security decisions. You’ll play a key part in strengthening our defence by identifying insider risks early, delivering actionable insights, and collaborating across a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

To be successful as an Insider Threat Intelligence Analyst , you should have experience with

  • Strong intelligence analysis skills, with the ability to assess complex data, identify risk, and produce defensible intelligence judgements, combined with proficiency in modern technologies, data platforms, and AI-enabled tools to develop clear and concise insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within intelligence, security, or fusion-centre environments.

  • Experience operating within government, law enforcement, corporate intelligence, or espionage-focused organisations.

Some other highly valued skills may include

  • Knowledge of insider threat programmes, fusion-centre models, and intelligence-led risk management frameworks.

  • Experience conducting red team, purple team, or adversary-simulation exercises focused on insider threat and corporate espionage scenarios.

  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including collaboration with intelligence vendors, industry partners, and information-sharing networks to enhance situational awareness and validate intelligence assessments.

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.

This role is based of Knutsford/ Canary Wharf/ Northampton.

Purpose of the role

  • To identify, assess and articulate insider threats to Barclays by producing timely, high‑quality intelligence derived from the analysis of external intelligence, behavioural signals, and technical indicators.
  • To support the Insider Threat Fusion Centre (ITFC) and wider stakeholders with early warning, contextual insight, and forward‑looking assessments across malicious, negligent, compromised, and collusive insider threat scenarios.
  • To strengthen the Bank’s preventative and proactive posture by enabling earlier intervention, pushing intelligence left on insider threat pathways and reducing reliance on reactive detection.
  • To integrate intelligence into investigations, control effectiveness testing, resilience planning, and strategic decision‑making, ensuring insider threat risk is consistently understood, prioritised, and managed.

Accountabilities

  • Produce actionable intelligence assessments on insider threats, trends, and emerging patterns, translating complex data into clear, decision‑ready insight for operational and strategic stakeholders.
  • Analyse and contextualise external intelligence (e.g. nation‑state activity, fraud trends, coercion risk, criminal facilitation) alongside internal indicators to understand the threat posed to the organisation and its operating environment.
  • Develop and maintain insider threat pathways, indicators, and warning frameworks to support detection, prevention, and control mapping.
  • Support the ITFC with structured intelligence analysis in response to investigations and emerging risks, while also driving proactive, hypothesis‑led intelligence collection aligned to priority threat areas.
  • Engage with external partners including intelligence vendors, industry forums, and trusted networks to enhance situational awareness, validate assessments, and strengthen the quality of insider threat intelligence.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional internal partners including HR, Legal, Compliance, Operational Risk, Technology, and Data Protection to enable effective risk identification, escalation, and mitigation.
  • Contribute to the development of innovative intelligence products, methodologies, and analytic standards within the CSO Threat Intelligence function.

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.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

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

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

This role may be subject to enhanced governance arrangements. If successful, you may be required to comply with additional regulatory and compliance obligations, such as disclosure of personal trading activities and external interest/affiliations.

Further information on these requirements will be provided at a later stage of the process.

Who succeeds in
Tech at Barclays?

For a career with us, you need to be prepared to take big steps forward, curious to face the challenges ahead, and driven to focus on the outcomes. We need people with the Barclays mindset to make it happen here.

Qualities we look for:motivator, supporter, connector, driver, communicator, transformer, maker, observer

What you'll get in return

Competitive holiday allowance
Life assurance
Private medical care
Pension contribution

Our technology

Supporting our 48 million customers and clients worldwide takes a lot of forward thinking. It means harnessing technology to support the economy. It means making a difference to people’s lives. And it requires the maintenance and development of a global, technological infrastructure. At Barclays, technology helps us keep transactions moving, manages data, and protects our customers. Join a world where your work creates unique moments of impact. Make it happen here.

This is Barclays Manchester

Barclays Knutsford is a world-class campus in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, and at the centre of our global operations. The place where it all happens. The place where we deliver the technology, security and customer care that our personal and corporate banking customers rely on 24/7/365.

Our redeveloped campus offers state-of-the art, collaborative workspaces set within 64 acres of lush gardens and surrounded by wildlife.

To ensure our campus is accessible to everyone, we offer a shuttle bus from the local bus, tram, and train stations on weekdays.

There are endless opportunities to socialise, pursue personal interests, visit the onsite gym, or join one of our many clubs and groups.

We run amazing experiences, from firework displays to gigs, diverse celebrations and art & crafts sessions. There’s something for you.

This is Barclays Manchester

Barclays Knutsford is a world-class campus in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, and at the centre of our global operations. The place where it all happens. The place where we deliver the technology, security and customer care that our personal and corporate banking customers rely on 24/7/365.

A workplace like no other

Our redeveloped campus offers state-of-the art, collaborative workspaces set within 64 acres of lush gardens and surrounded by wildlife.

Your commute

To ensure our campus is accessible to everyone, we offer a shuttle bus from the local bus, tram, and train stations on weekdays.

Much more than work

There are endless opportunities to socialise, pursue personal interests, visit the onsite gym, or join one of our many clubs and groups.

Immersive events

We run amazing experiences, from firework displays to gigs, diverse celebrations and art & crafts sessions. There’s something for you.

Barclays

Working flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. If you'd like to explore flexible working arrangements, please discuss this with the hiring manager. Your request will be reviewed in-line with the requirements of the role/business needs of the team.

Hybrid working

We have a structured approach to hybrid working, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Barclays is built on an international scale.

Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience. And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

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Make it happen at Barclays

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Application process

1

Your application

We’ll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter.

2

Your assessment

Covering your behaviours and ability at work.

3

Your interview

Exploring your past experiences and skills.

4

Next step

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