Join Barclays as a Cloud Engineer, where you’ll be responsible for leading the strategy and implementation of the global cloud infrastructure that underpins our platform, maintaining critical infrastructure, delivering solutions that align to approved design patterns and security standards. You will develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, containerise applications with Docker, orchestrate using Kubernetes, and create an optimal solution for Card based Instalments and High Value Payments Program.
Location: Knutsford office.
Qualifications
* Building and operating production systems on AWS (e.g., EC2, VPC, IAM, EKS, databases, monitoring).
* Running Kubernetes in production, deploying workloads, scaling services, and troubleshooting issues.
* Cloud and container networking (VPCs, routing, load balancers, DNS, security).
* Designing, deploying, and supporting reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure.
Highly Valued Optional Skills
* Experience building or integrating Generative AI solutions using managed services or APIs.
* Experience developing or supporting backend services written in Java.
* Experience provisioning and managing infrastructure using Terraform.
Purpose of the role
To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring the infrastructure is reliable, scalable and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability and scalability of the systems, platforms and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation and best practices in incident response.
Accountabilities
* Build Engineering: Development, delivery and maintenance of high‑quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability and ease of use.
* Incident Management: Monitoring IT infrastructure and system performance; identifying, addressing and resolving potential issues, vulnerabilities or outages.
* Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
* Security: Implementation of secure configurations and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber‑attacks, vulnerabilities and other security threats.
* Teamwork: Cross‑functional collaboration with product managers, architects and other engineers to define IT infrastructure requirements, devise solutions and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
* Learning: Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contributing to the organisation’s technology communities.
Vice President Expectations
* Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change, plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes and deliver continuous improvements.
* If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and pay decisions.
* Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.
* Act as a subject‑matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction.
* Advise key stakeholders and functional leadership teams on cross‑functional impact and alignment.
* Manage and mitigate risks and support the control and governance agenda.
* Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls.
* Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategic objectives.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, in‑depth analysis and innovative problem solving.
* Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship and the Barclays mindset of Empower, Challenge and Drive.
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