AWS Devops Lead

Pune, India

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Date live: 11/06/2024

Business Area: Customer Digital and Data

Area of Expertise: Technology

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000012563

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?

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Embark your transformative journey Barclays Devops Lead VP, role requires you to design, build and operate robust hosting and pipeline solutions to support software delivery in Next Generation Consumer Banking Domains. Working with Barclays central technology teams such as Infrastructure Services, Enterprise Architecture, Chief Technology Office, Enterprise Development Tools you will evaluate and choose most relevant technology from the bank-wide strategic offerings and will lead its departmental implementation. As an expert technologist and adept manager you will build relationships with departmental software development teams, environment management and support functions and will have an input into architecting technology solutions for security. With a proven track of enabling others you will document and educate others on the workings of your completed deliveries. You will delivery modern and forward-looking DevOps solutions with a good degree of supportability and transparency, all within the banks chosen technology stack which includes strategic choice of hosting platforms, configuration and process tools.

To be successful as a AWS Devops Lead, you should have experience with :-

12+ years as a DevOps on large, complex applications in enterprise environment able to support multiple hosting environments including Private and Public Cloud.
Requires Expert Level proficiency in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, Tomcat, JBoss, OpenShift, Docker, Jenkins, Chef, Active Directory, Git/Stash,Python, Shell, Java, Groovy.
Requires Expert Level proficiency in AWS Landing Zone, IaC, VPC, EC2, RDS, Lambda, storage S3/EBS/EFS/Glacier & all Core AWS services, Docker & Kuberenetes. Having used EKS in the past is a plus, Adoption of various Non-Disruptive Deployment strategies along with Scalability and Availability Perspective. AWS Multi Region and Multi AZ capabilities.
Proven leadership experience with teams of at least 6 engineers for at least 3 years within corporate environment.

Some other highly valued skills may include

Skills in ElasticSearch , Kibana , Splunk, StreamSets, Logstash,Atlassian stack – Confluence/JIRA/BitBucket,ServiceNow ,PowerShell, Test automation, TDD, Junit, Sonar, Selenium, AWS – EMR, Athena, Hadoop, Fargate in general position demands strong collaboration skills with both executives and cross-functional teams, as well as the capability to communicate technical and business concepts to diverse audiences.
Accountable for full and efficient functioning of the team; you organize day to day activities, facilitate, motivate and mentor staff. The soft skills element is key and core part of the role.
Competent with Control and Governance frameworks – ITIL , Certficate & Inventory Management, Good awareness of Enterprise Security and Cyber Security as problem domains.

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 for Pune Location only.

Purpose of the role

To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.

Accountabilities

Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence.
Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps.
Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives.
Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization.
Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process.

Vice President Expectations

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.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Barclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.

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.

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.

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 Pune

Barclays Pune is the largest campus outside of Barclays’ global headquarters in London. Our aim is to build game-changing technology that supports businesses and functions across the globe, offering the highest quality service to our clients and customers.

It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions.

Pune Campus provides opportunities for our colleagues to innovate, collaborate, and deliver great outcomes for customers and clients.

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

Pune is a million-square-foot environment-friendly, ultra-modern workplace with excellent facilities for work, socialising and leisure.

This is Barclays Pune

An innovative hub

It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions.

Working better together

Pune Campus provides opportunities for our colleagues to innovate, collaborate, and deliver great outcomes for customers and clients.

A place where you can belong

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

An amazing place to work

Pune is a million-square-foot environment-friendly, ultra-modern workplace with excellent facilities for work, socialising and leisure.

Working flexibly

We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives, as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.

Hybrid working: Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.

We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with 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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