Barclay Simpson

About the Company

Barclay Simpson is a specialist international recruitment company that recruits Cyber Security, Technology and Governance professionals across internal audit, risk management, information / cyber security, technology and change, regulatory compliance, financial crime, resilience, data protection, data analytics, and legal & governance professionals across all sectors of the economy.

Established in 1989, we are based in London and Frankfurt and recruit for clients throughout the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Barclay Simpson

Job Title

Senior SOC Analyst

Job Description

**Job Title** Senior SOC Analyst **Role Summary** Senior Level SOC Analyst responsible for end‑to‑end incident management, leading escalation processes, and refining playbooks. Reports directly to the SOC VP and drives continuous improvement across the Security Operations Center. **Expectations** * Demonstrate leadership in complex incident escalation and containment. * Own the development and optimization of incident response playbooks and runbooks. * Partner with stakeholders to identify and implement process improvements. **Key Responsibilities** * Triage, investigate, and contain high‑severity security incidents. * Escalate incidents to appropriate teams and manage incident lifecycle through resolution. * Develop, maintain, and test SOC runbooks and playbooks for automated response. * Analyze incident trends and produce post‑mortem reports. * Collaborate with SOC peers to refine alert rules, detection logic, and response procedures. * Provide mentorship and guidance to junior SOC analysts. * Contribute to SOC metrics, dashboards, and reporting to senior leadership. **Required Skills** * 3+ years L3 SOC or Incident Response experience. * Proficient with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, QRadar) and SOAR tools. * Strong knowledge of threat hunting, malware analysis, and network forensics. * Ability to create and update detailed runbooks/playbooks. * Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. * Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, and NIST frameworks. **Required Education & Certifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field. * Industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, CISM, or equivalent preferred. ---

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

Senior

10-12-2025

Company Name

Barclay Simpson

Job Title

Threat Detection Engineer

Job Description

**Job Title:** Threat Detection Engineer **Role Summary:** Senior-level security professional responsible for profiling cyber threats, designing and maintaining detection rules as code, and driving continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) for threat detection pipelines. Works closely with Microsoft Sentinel and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks to develop, tune, and expand use cases, while implementing process improvements to enhance detection effectiveness. **Expactations:** - Proven experience in threat detection engineering, preferably within a large enterprise or financial services environment. - Strong command of MITRE ATT&CK, Microsoft Sentinel, and KQL. - Ability to translate threat intelligence into actionable detection rules, and to iterate on rule tuning for optimal performance. - Experience with CI/CD tooling and version control (Git) to treat detection rules as code. - Demonstrated competency in process implementation and improvement initiatives. **Key Responsibilities:** - Conduct threat profiling and map adversary behaviors to detection rule development. - Create, maintain, and version detection rules in Git, ensuring code quality and compliance with naming conventions. - Integrate detection rule development into CI/CD pipelines, automating testing and deployment. - Tune and optimize rule base, reducing false positives and improving detection coverage. - Design and extend use cases based on emerging threat insights and analyst feedback. - Collaborate with security analysts, threat hunters, and engineering teams to align detection strategy with overall security posture. - Participate in the implementation of process improvements, documentation, and knowledge sharing. **Required Skills:** - Threat detection engineering and analytics. - MITRE ATT&CK knowledge and application. - Microsoft Sentinel expertise (deployment, configuration, rule authoring). - Microsoft Kusto Query Language (KQL) proficiency. - CI/CD fundamentals and experience with Git (branching, merging, pull requests). - Scripting/automation familiarity (PowerShell, Python, or Azure Logic Apps). - Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, or a related field. - Certifications highly valued: - Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate - Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals - CISSP, CISM, or CEH preferred but not mandatory.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

10-12-2025

Company Name

Barclay Simpson

Job Title

Security Project Manager

Job Description

**Job title**: Security Project Manager **Role Summary**: Lead end-to-end delivery of security technology initiatives—including cloud security, automation, and related tooling—within a fast‑paced operational environment. Coordinate closely with security operations teams to align projects with incident‑response demands and broader security strategy. **Expectations**: - Deliver projects on time, within scope, and with defined quality metrics. - Balance day‑to‑day incident workloads while maintaining project momentum. - Foster stakeholder alignment, risk mitigation, and dependency management. **Key Responsibilities**: 1. Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close security technology projects. 2. Drive cloud security and security automation projects, ensuring compliance with controls and best practices. 3. Collaborate with operational security teams, adjusting delivery schedules to accommodate incident prioritization. 4. Coordinate stakeholders across functional groups, manage risks, and resolve delivery impediments. 5. Ensure all projects support the overall security strategy and regulatory requirements. **Required Skills**: - Proven track record delivering security technology projects, especially in cloud security and automation. - Strong project management background in technology or security domains (PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent). - Experience working with operational security teams and understanding incident‑driven workloads. - Excellent stakeholder communication, risk management, and dependency resolution. - Knowledge of SOAR platforms and hands‑on experience implementing or enhancing SOAR solutions (desirable). **Required Education & Certifications**: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience). - Professional project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or similar) preferred. - Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, or SOC‑related) considered advantageous.

England, United kingdom

Hybrid

05-01-2026

Company Name

Barclay Simpson

Job Title

Compliance Manager

Job Description

**Job title:** Compliance Manager **Role Summary:** Support consumer credit business on a 3‑month temporary contract, delivering regulatory change initiatives and risk assessments within a second‑line FCA‑regulated compliance environment. Operates independently while collaborating with risk, compliance, and financial crime teams. **Expectations:** - Independent, self‑directed work with minimal supervision. - Clear documentation of regulatory advice and decisions. - Timely escalation of issues to Head of Risk & Compliance. - Deliver practical recommendations to advance projects. **Key Responsibilities:** - Serve as primary compliance contact for consumer credit regulatory projects. - Provide pragmatic compliance advice, guidance and recommendations; timely escalation. - Produce risk & compliance management information (MI): regulatory decisions, risk assessments, consumer duty product/outcome assessments. - Review, challenge and update policies, processes, marketing materials, agent scripts, and training content for regulatory compliance. - Test regulatory controls and analyse MI to identify gaps or poor customer outcomes. - Support implementation, documentation and monitoring of remedial actions. - Manage all Board‑level and FCA notifications, reporting, and communications within required timeframes. - Build collaborative relationships with second‑line and oversight functions across the group. - Design and deliver training sessions and workshops; contribute to senior leadership reporting. - Perform additional tasks as directed by the Head of Risk & Compliance. **Required Skills:** - 6+ years in FCA‑regulated second‑line compliance or experience with FCA (or equivalent regulator). - Deep knowledge of FCA handbooks: CONC, DISP, PROD, PRIN, COCON, SYSC. - Strong grasp of Consumer Duty and vulnerable customer expectations. - Proven track record in driving regulatory change initiatives. - Excellent written and verbal communication, attention to detail. - Ability to influence stakeholders and tailor complex regulatory messages. - Strong change and project management skills; prioritise multiple deadlines. - Proactive, solutions‑focused mindset with confidence to make recommendations. - Effective collaboration with cross‑functional, hybrid teams. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business, or related discipline. - FCA‑approved compliance qualification (e.g., CPS) preferred. ---

England, United kingdom

Hybrid

Mid level

07-01-2026