Site Reliability Engineer -VP

Barclays is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join its Securitized Products team within the Markets organization. This role focuses on improving the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical Securitized Products systems through automation, and engineering practices. You will apply software engineering, automation, and incident, change and best practices to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of Barclays technology platforms. You will act as a subject‑matter specialist for SRE practices, partnering with infrastructure and engineering teams to embed reliability into platforms across cloud, on-prem, compute, storage, networking, and databases. To be successful as a Site Reliability Engineer , you should have experience with: Programming or scripting experience (Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, or similar) and SQL Linux/Unix/Windows systems and systems engineering fundamentals Client-server model architecture and scalability knowledge monitoring high traffic by distributing load across multiple backend servers. Performance monitoring and reducing latency in request-response cycles. Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes); Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SFTP) and relational databases; and monitoring and observability tools (Geneos ITRS, Prometheus, Grafana, APM, Observe) Some other highly valued skills may include: Communication skills with the ability to influence teams and drive adoption of SRE practices Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP Ability to troubleshoot multi-faceted, distributed systems with contending priorities Trading floor support experience and basic understanding of Securitized Products business Implementing redundancy, such as server clustering and failover mechanisms, to reduce application downtime and improve recovery time goals This role is located in Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary:

$170, 000

Maximum Salary:

$230, 000 The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available. Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances. This position is eligible for an incentive award. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities 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, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute 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. Vice President Expectations To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.

The four LEAD behaviours are:

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• Listen and be authentic, E
• Energise and inspire, A
• Align across the enterprise, D
• Develop others.

. OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. 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.