Product Engineer - Messaging

Barclays; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Product Engineer - Messaging in Pune to drive the evolution of our digital landscape. You will leverage Exchange Online, integrations, and automation to enhance customer experiences and enable scalable services.

The role emphasizes incident management, security, and cross-functional collaboration with product managers and engineers, with a focus on Lean/Agile practices and ITIL guidance.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience with Exchange Online and related integrations.
• Experience in identity management and cloud security best practices.
• Scripting in PowerShell and Python for automation and DevOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build, deliver, and maintain infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements.
• Monitor, diagnose, and resolve IT infrastructure issues to reduce downtime.
• Develop automated tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Implement secure configurations to protect systems and data from threats.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to align IT needs with business goals.
• Keep up with technology trends and contribute to technical communities.

Skills

Exchange Online

Exchange integrations

Hybrid deployments

SMTP Gateways

Identity management

Directory Services

Cloud Security

PowerShell scripting

Python scripting

API integrations

DevOps

Tools

Purview

Enterprise Vault

Global-Relay

Lean & Agile (SCRUM)

ITIL

MS Technology Stack Training

Job description

Join us as a “Product Engineer - Messaging” at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting‑edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, skills to meet business requirement as well as job‑specific skillsets.

To be successful as a “Product Engineer - Messaging”, you should have experience with:

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Deep understanding and hands‑on experience with Exchange Online, Integrations with Exchange, Hybrid deployments, SMTP Gateways like MailMarshal, Proofpoint, Mimecast, etc.
• Good understanding, and experience in Identity management (Entra / AD / Hybrid), Directory Services, Cloud Security, etc.
• Powershell / Python scripting, API integrations, understand devops model and development.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Experience in working with Journaling and Compliance solutions like Purview, Enterprise Vault, Global‑Relay.
• Previous experience in architecture and engineering teams desired but not essential.
• Working knowledge and experience of methodologies including Lean & Agile (SCRUM), ITIL, MS Technology Stack Training.

This role is based out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response.

Accountabilities

• Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
• Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
• Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
• Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber‑attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
• Teamwork: Cross‑functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
• Learning: 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.