Senior Business Analyst - Markets

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst - Markets
Location: Pune

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment 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. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.  If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Hybrid Working 

BUK & BX – All locations 

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment 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. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.  If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Introduction:

Post Trade Confirmations IT department requires a hands-on .NET developer in our development team. The main job function expected from this role is to perform design, code development, application maintenance and support activities for Trident Blue confirmations applications. Role requires technology expertise in latest versions and concepts of .NET [C#, .Net core, Web API], Angular, Mongo DB. Responsibilities include technical assessment of requirements, effort estimation, solution design, coding, testing, deployment, maintenance and support in accordance with SDLC best practices. Have strong experience in design patterns, architectural patterns, and writing performance efficient applications. The role will require working closely and collaboratively with colleagues in Pune, Chennai, Glasgow, Whippany and London. 

What will you be doing?

•    Gather requirements and ability to perform effort estimation for a given piece of work.
•    Develop quality code using technologies specified in Job purpose
•    Passion for writing readable, performing, maintainable and extensible code
•    Creating and maintaining unit tests with an aim for code coverage
•    Ensuring code written meets the predefined company and department standards
•    Leading a team and drive implementation of assigned module/work.
•    Providing support during SIT, QA and UAT test phases
•    Provide UAT/Integration Testing Support as and when required across Trident Blue application
•    Strictly follow Barclays standard release management processes
•    Be able to apply knowledge and experience as well as industry best practice when assessing needs/solutions
•    Establish best practice in release and change management space and evaluate any performance impact across applications
•    Ability to juggle priorities, multi- task and flawlessly execute at speed

What we’re looking for:

•    Good level of education – ideally to degree level would be an advantage 
•    Self-driven and open minded.
•    Readiness to pick up new skills and apply to project need.
•    Willing to learn and socialize new techniques in the development arena
•    Good communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to face off with various levels of seniority 
•    Team Player and demonstrate collaboration within and across teams
•    Aptitude and willingness to work on cross functional tasks 
•    Proactive and delivery focused, with ability to work under pressure
•    Ability to multi task and adapt to changing requirements/priorities and context
•    Ability and willingness to take ownership for development tasks within the team and liaise with relevant colleagues/teams to secure successful acceptance and delivery
•    Ability to identify feasible options, problem solve and collaborate to get agreement or make necessary decisions
•    Ability to work with minimal supervision and lead.

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    Min 8 years of experience in developing enterprise grade software application using C# .Net.
•    Good understanding of micro services and event driven architecture.
•    Good understanding of SOLID design principles, Dependency Injection
•    Experience in automated unit testing using NUnit / XUnit, Mocking framework.
•    Good understanding of BDD using Specflow.
•    Experience in application development using any middleware technologies like MQ/Solace/Kafka.
•    Good understanding of tools like JIRA, Git\Bit Bucket, Team City, Sonar Cube, etc.
•    Should be able to drive and deliver the assigned tasks independently
•    Angular 
•    REST API development using Asp .Net Core.
•    Document Database – No SQL (Mongo DB or Document DB)
•    Docker, Containers
•    Open shift \ Kubernetes 
•    Understanding of Agile SDLC concepts; Understanding of Scrum/Kanban Agile SDLC methodology
•    Working in DevOps automation environment
•    Take initiatives to find room for automation of processes and develop innovative utilities to achieve it

Where will you be working?
Pune


Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency, and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise, and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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