Senior Platform Engineer


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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.

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