Join us as a Senior Network Engineer in the Complex Delivery team at Barclays,
where you will undertake a leading role as an SME in multiple technologies to
scope, plan, deliver and oversee the technical delivery of other engineers on
transformational programs and networks led initiatives. You’ll provide input
into engineeringarchitectural standards and create low level designs which
are in line with current architecture guidelines as well as ensure compliance
to all network disciplines including participation in governance, change
management and riskaudit requirements.
To be successful as a Senior Complex Delivery Network Engineer you should have
SME level experience in a combination of the below technologies:
- Cisco Routing and Switching (Cisco ACI, NXOS, Arista, ASR, CSR, CSP, EVPN, NDFC and Cisco campus Wi-Fi)
- F5 Load Balancers (LTM + GTM. iRules, Policies, ClientServer TLS, mutual authentication, troubleshooting APIHTTP calls )
- Fortinet FortiGate, incl FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer, Cisco FirepowerASA
Some other highly valued skills and certifications include:
- Juniper Routing and Switching
- Bluecoat Symantec Proxy zScaler Infoblox Forescout NetScaler
- Cisco Certified - minimum CCIE Enterprise, FortiGate Professional and F5 LTMGTM at Certified Technical Specialist or equivalent level (one or multiple of the these certifications)
You may be assessed on 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 can be based out of both Knutsford and Glasgow.
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 that 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. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
- Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
- Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scriptingcoding disciplines.
- Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
- 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 via a data driven approach.
- Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organizations technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
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.
