Senior Platform Engineer
Recruiter
Barclays
Listed on
27th January 2022
Location
Knutsford
Salary/Rate
Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Salary Notes
Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Type
Permanent
Start Date
ASAP
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As a Barclays senior platform engineer you will play a key part in providing the reference engineering patterns and automation needed to define the direction of the Observability and search platforms for the bank.Working closely with specialist Engineers (security, mainframe, Networks, Hosting etc) design and deliver working patterns providing the direction for the bank. Working with stakeholders you will understand requirements and to ensure what we deliver meets the desired target.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
What will you be doing?
Building reference engineering to drive and provide the technical capabilities for areas as SaaS, Observability of Network, Middle ware, OS, Devices, application layers
Providing knowledge of automation and data integration to build secure platforms using Configuration management / IaC tools like Chef / Ansible
Working on developing, testing and rolling out new patterns for use by both internal and external users
Reviewing services/patterns from an end user point of view and suggest improvements
Driving the use of new features both internally and across consumers in an efficient way
Working closely with the Dev, DevOps and Infrastructure teams to continuously gather feedback and implant newer strategies
Coding in Python or Java to develop tools/APIs that enable a self-service pattern of use and work in an Agile software development environment
What we're looking for:
BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
Proven experience in infrastructure and application monitoring and awareness of the cloud ecosystem and enterprise solutions
Hands on experience in DevOps tools
A good awareness of AWS cloud services and ability to automate deployments using terraform and CloudFormation and have exposure to kubernetes or OpenShift Skills that will help you in the role:
Knowledge of python
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Good awareness of best practice risk and control procedures
Ability to take ownership and manage time constructively.
Where will you be working?
You will be based in Radbroke, Knutsford. The Barclays Technology Campus just outside Manchester is our tech command centre and a vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. The campus is set in a 64 acre self-contained site, in a beautiful green environment and it offers unrivalled facilities for work and for play. We have an onsite gym, as well as outdoor tennis, football and cricket areas, as well as onsite restaurant and coffee shops.