Devops Engineer

Barclays

About the Role

Join us as a DevOps Engineer at Barclays where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions. The role is based out of Pune, India.

Purpose of the Role

To design, develop, and improve software, utilizing various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
• Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participation in code reviews, and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contributing to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
• Performing prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard, consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Taking responsibility for embedding new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advising and influencing decision-making within own area of expertise.
• Taking ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work owned or contributed to.
• Delivering work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulations, and codes of conduct.
• Maintaining and continually building an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organization's products, services, and processes within the function.
• Demonstrating understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organization sub-function.
• Making evaluative judgments based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolving problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guiding and persuading team members and communicating complex/sensitive information.
• Acting as a contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside the team and external to the organization.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficiency in cloud technologies – AWS, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform / CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab, Maven.
• Knowledge of Helm charts and GitOps-based deployment models.

Other Highly Valued Skills

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef or Ansible.
• Strong scripting and automation skills like Python, Bash, or Go.
• Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as ESaaS, Observe, Grafana, etc.
• Understanding of building secure, scalable, and reliable platforms in an enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise.
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours.
• For an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.