Production Engineer Analyst

Barclays UK; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as a Production Engineer Analyst, where you will leverage your development and operational skills to enhance services and support applications. Work in a hybrid model from a state-of-the-art campus in Glasgow, collaborating with teams to drive automation and continuous improvement in production environments. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence service quality and operational excellence within a respected organization.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining production environments with distributed systems.
• Knowledge of databases, middleware, and networks.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality application support across various applications.
• Developing technical knowledge to deliver effective services.
• Contributing to automation initiatives to improve efficiency.

Skills

Collaboration

Technical Excellence

Problem Solving

Tools

Unix

MSSQL

Oracle

Geneos ITRS

AppDynamics

Job description

As a Barclays Production Engineer Analyst, you will join the Group Technology Service Management team within the Technology area. Your role will involve applying a hybrid of development and operation skills to collaborate across disciplines, utilizing software engineering principles to eliminate manual efforts (Toil) and develop automated, scalable, and reliable services.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers with endless opportunities—helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating essential financial and digital solutions.

We offer a hybrid working model that combines onsite presence with remote work. Employees are expected to work at an onsite location on fixed, 'anchor' days of the week, at least two days or more, as determined by the business. Please discuss specific working arrangements with your hiring manager. As we continue to refine our hybrid model, arrangements may be adjusted with reasonable notice to meet business needs.

What will you be doing?

1. Providing high-quality application support across various applications within Markets GTSM to assist users and downstream consumers.
2. Developing technical knowledge of applications and supported businesses to deliver effective and efficient services.
3. Building and maintaining next-generation monitoring tools focusing on intelligent alerting within a business context.
4. Exhibiting excellence in all tasks and promoting this mindset throughout the department by improving processes and services.
5. Driving Full Stack Observability to help achieve objectives and reduce MTTR, serving as a role model in its use.
6. Contributing to automation initiatives to improve efficiency, consistency, and reduce MTTR.
7. Fostering technical excellence and accountability within the full stack of our services.
8. Implementing continuous service improvements to surpass business expectations.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience maintaining production environments with distributed systems and highly available services.
• Knowledge of Unix, databases (MSSQL, Oracle), middleware (MQ/Solace), networks, load balancers, storage, and Autosys batches.
• Familiarity with Observability/Monitoring solutions such as Geneos ITRS and AppDynamics.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve technical failures.

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Understanding of Financial Markets and the trade lifecycle.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in large teams to achieve goals.
• Experience setting up and maintaining monitoring tools.
• Experience with automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Where will you be working?

Our new state-of-the-art campus in Glasgow is a hub of creativity and collaboration. It supports our community by creating new career opportunities and celebrating local artists. Located near Central Station, it is a key location for Barclays' presence in the city.

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