Site Reliability Engineer

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Glasgow is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to strengthen the resilience and availability of critical banking technology systems that power Barclays and support the global economy. You will join a Global L2 Team, driving operational excellence and service reliability across our diverse technology landscape, with a focus on proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and incident response.

Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability, scalability, and performance into the

Qualifications

• Experience on Lunix/Unix, Java Applications, Oracle, SQL (PLQSP/MySQL) and RDBMS with exposure to writing queries, tuning concepts, data analysis etc.
• Experience of at least two of the Middleware technologies amongst JBOSS Apache Tomcat, Glassfish.
• Experience of Cloud technologies, AWS, OpenShift/APIs.
• Experience of monitoring tools AppDynamics.
• ITRS and scheduling Tools – TWS and/or Autosys.
• Some other highly valued skills may include: Prior experience and knowledge of Barclays or and/or Banking domain knowledge will be preferred.
• Skills of any programming languages (like ML, AI/GenAI, Shell, Java, Python, Json or any other) will be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability, availability, and scalability of systems through proactive monitoring.
• Respond to outages and prevent recurrence.
• Develop automation tools to reduce manual workload.
• Monitor performance and optimize resource usage.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability in the software development lifecycle.
• Stay informed of technology trends and contribute to communities.

Skills

Linux/Unix

Java

Oracle

SQL

Tools

JBOSS

Apache Tomcat

Glassfish

AWS

OpenShift/APIs

AppDynamics

ITRS

Autosys

TWS

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them.

Accountabilities: Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.

Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.

Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience.

Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning.

Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle, and work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations.

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.

Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.

Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.

Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.

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

OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.

They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.

Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.

Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.

Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.

Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.

Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.

Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

Site Reliability Engineer – Barclays

Join us as a Site Reliability Engineer at Barclays, where you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the resilience and availability of critical banking technology systems that power Barclays and support the global economy.

You will be part of a Global L2 Team providing support for production applications, driving operational excellence and service reliability across our diverse technology landscape.

Experience & Requirements

• Experience on Lunix/Unix, Java Applications, Oracle, SQL (PLQSP/MySQL) and RDBMS with exposure to writing queries, tuning concepts, data analysis etc.
• Experience of at least two of the Middleware technologies amongst JBOSS Apache Tomcat, Glassfish.
• Experience of Cloud technologies, AWS, OpenShift/APIs.
• Experience of monitoring tools AppDynamics.
• ITRS and scheduling Tools – TWS and/or Autosys.
• Some other highly valued skills may include: Prior experience and knowledge of Barclays or and/or Banking domain knowledge will be preferred.
• Skills of any programming languages (like ML, AI/GenAI, Shell, Java, Python, Json or any other) will be preferred.
• You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in Glasgow.

Our Work Experience

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.

Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.