Platfrom Engineer

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Platform Engineer to spearhead infrastructure evolution and deployment pipelines in Pune. You will build and manage scalable, secure infrastructure, and collaborate with teams to ensure reliable digital solutions. Strong Unix/Linux skills and experience with GitLab CI/CD are expected.

The role emphasizes DevOps practices, cloud services, and container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift, plus monitoring and automation to maintain peak performance.

Qualifications

• Strong Unix/Linux experience including troubleshooting and shell scripting.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD for pipeline creation and deployment automation.
• DevOps and reliability engineering experience, including monitoring and incident management.
• Knowledge of cloud/platform services (AWS/OpenShift/Kubernetes) and automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift for scalable deployments.
• Knowledge of monitoring/observability tools (AppDynamics, ELK).
• Familiarity with automation, storage, databases, and messaging technologies including Python scripting, NetApp storage, PostgreSQL, IBM MQ and Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability, performance, and scalability through proactive monitoring and capacity planning.
• Resolve outages, analyze incidents, and implement measures to prevent recurrence.
• Develop tools and scripts to automate operational processes and reduce manual workload.
• Monitor and optimize system performance and resource usage; address bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability, scalability, and performance in the software lifecycle.
• Stay informed of technology trends and contribute to technology communities.

Skills

Unix/Linux

GitLab CI/CD

DevOps & reliability engineering

Cloud services (AWS/OpenShift/K8s)

Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift

Monitoring & observability

Python scripting

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AppDynamics

ELK

NetApp storage

IBM MQ

Kafka

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.

Join us as a Platform Engineer at Barclays

We 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. To be successful as a Platform Engineer , you should have experience with:

• Strong hands‑on experience with Unix/Linux, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and shell scripting.
• Enterprise Infrastructure Management, including server provisioning, configuration management, operational support, and environment maintenance.
• GitLab & GitLab CI/CD expertise, including pipeline creation, build automation, deployment automation, and repository management.
• DevOps & Operations experience, including monitoring, incident management, problem management, automation, and reliability engineering.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Good knowledge of cloud and platform services, including AWS, OpenShift, and Kubernetes, along with automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef.
• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and platform engineering, leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift for scalable and resilient application deployments.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, including AppDynamics, ELK, to support proactive monitoring, performance analysis, and operational excellence.
• Working knowledge of automation, storage, databases, and messaging technologies, including Python scripting, NetApp storage, PostgreSQL, IBM MQ and Kafka.

You may be assessed on 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.

Location and Culture

The role is based out of Pune. 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.