Senior DevOps Engineer — Cloud Platforms & CI/CD Leader

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Data and Analytics team in Glasgow. You will design, implement, and support scalable cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and observability, while embedding security and reliability across the software lifecycle.

You will lead engineering teams, promote DevOps best practices, and drive cost-effective, high-performing infrastructure solutions in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53).
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement IaC using industry-standard tooling and frameworks.
• Automate manual operational processes to improve delivery speed and quality.
• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure platforms are secure, highly available, and cost-efficient.
• Develop platform standards, reusable components, and self-service capabilities.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Platform Engineering

IaC

CI/CD

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Monitoring

Observability

Security

Reliability Engineering

Tools

EC2

ECS/EKS

Lambda

S3

IAM

CloudWatch

Route 53

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Barclays is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Data and Analytics team in Glasgow. You will design, implement, and support scalable cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and observability, while embedding security and reliability across the software lifecycle.

You will lead engineering teams, promote DevOps best practices, and drive cost-effective, high-performing infrastructure solutions in a hybrid environment.