Join us as a Test/Software Engineer Lead at Barclays, where you will bring to life a new Digital Platform capability by transforming and modernising our digital estate to build a market-leading digital offering with customer experience at its heart.
This is an exciting and key role where you will adopt a Product Operating Model mindset, to truly hear the customer, business, and technical challenges and needs, supporting the adoption and build of new technology into multiple lines of business, alongside writing code in Java. Your main day-to-day activities include working with the lines of business to realize their needs through solutions, rapid prototyping, and proof of concepts using Java, BDD testing concepts, and Public Cloud (AWS).
To be successful in this role, you should have:
* Strong experience with Permissions and Profiles, where policy as code is used to define permission roles, alongside security models such as Relationship Based Access Control (ReBAC), Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC), and Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
* Expertise with Java, BDD testing concepts, and Public Cloud (AWS).
* An understanding of authorisation and authentication technologies such as Policy as Code, IAM, and IAM solutions.
Some highly desirable skills include:
* A willingness to constructively disrupt and challenge the norm.
* Strong relationship-building skills, patience, and resilience to change current thinking and working practices.
* Ability to translate technical concepts and solutions to both non-technical and technical teams without losing detail.
* Experience with Ping solutions (PingGateway, PingAM, PingIDM, PingDS).
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role will be based in our Glasgow or Knutsford locations.
Purpose of the role
To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to ensure software quality and reliability.
Accountabilities
* Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with quality standards.
* Creation and execution of automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools for early defect detection.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, participate in design discussions, and develop acceptance criteria.
* Conduct root cause analysis for defects, working closely with developers to support resolution.
* Participate in code reviews and promote a culture of quality and knowledge sharing.
* Stay informed of industry trends and contribute to technology communities within the organization.
Vice President Expectations
* Contribute to strategy, requirements, and recommendations for change. Manage resources, budgets, and policies; deliver improvements; escalate breaches.
* If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, counsel on performance, and lead specialists to influence operations aligned with strategic priorities.
* Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
* For individual contributors, act as subject matter experts, guide technical direction, lead assignments, and mentor less experienced staff.
* Advise stakeholders, manage risks, and demonstrate leadership in controls and risk management.
* Understand organizational functions to contribute to business goals.
* Collaborate across areas to stay aligned with business strategies.
* Analyze complex alternatives, develop innovative solutions, and incorporate research outcomes.
* Build and maintain trust with stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve objectives.
All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays' values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
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