TieTalent Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Solution Designer
Location: Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Posted: 2 days ago
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Job Description
Join us as a Solution Designer to support the ongoing efforts to virtualise the bank's infrastructure in a controlled, quality-oriented, and repeatable manner. The Solution Designer is part of The Service Delivery Team, based in Radbroke, UK, and Whippany. They are responsible for managing infrastructure demand and optimisation continuously, as well as providing specialised support across various GTIS technologies split between private and public cloud. You will support the migration of applications to next-generation virtualised platforms.
You will collaborate with stakeholders and application teams to understand functional and non-functional requirements, develop repeatable patterns, and propose innovative migration approaches. You will also provide feedback to engineering teams to enhance platform capabilities to support diverse use cases.
Key Experience and Skills
* Proficiency with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) products including SDDC, VMware VCenter, ESX 6.x/7.x, VRA, VRO, vROPs, and others.
* Ability to troubleshoot technical issues effectively.
* Strong documentation skills, experienced with confluence and similar repositories.
* Understanding of network technologies, including VMware NSX-V & NSX-T.
* Preferred certifications: VMware 6.5 Data Center Virtualization (VCP6.5-DCV) and VMware Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV).
* Experience with containerisation technologies such as OpenShift, Kubevirt, Harvester.
Role Responsibilities
* Design and develop solutions that evolve with business needs, following modern software engineering practices.
* Apply workload placement strategies to maximise cloud benefits like elasticity, serverless, and containerisation.
* Incorporate security principles into designs, ensuring resilience and risk mitigation.
* Balance risks and controls to deliver business and technological value.
* Use standardised solutions where possible; contribute to their evolution when necessary.
* Support operational teams with fault finding and performance troubleshooting.
* Assess impact of solutions in terms of risk, capacity, and costs, including ongoing operational expenses.
* Develop architecture artefacts to comply with governance, privacy, security, and records management requirements.
Leadership Expectations
* Contribute to strategic planning, requirements gathering, and policy development.
* If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, and lead performance management.
* Demonstrate leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
* As a subject matter expert, guide technical direction and mentor less experienced staff.
* Advise senior stakeholders on impact and strategic alignment.
* Manage risks through assessment and ensure controls are strengthened.
* Collaborate across functions to align strategies and support business goals.
* Use analytical and research skills to develop innovative solutions.
* Build and maintain trust with stakeholders through effective influencing and negotiation.
All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and to adopt the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
Additional Details
* Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment Type: Full-time
* Job Function: Engineering and Information Technology
* Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
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