Production Support Engineer

barclays; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Whippany, NJ is seeking a Production Support Engineer to monitor and maintain critical technology infrastructure, resolve complex issues, and minimize disruption to operations.

You will work with development teams, automate tasks, optimize monitoring, and ensure scalability and reliability of applications powering global financial operations; salary range is $80,000 to $120,000, with Barclays benefits.

Qualifications

• In-depth technical knowledge in the relevant domain.
• Thorough understanding of underlying principles of the area.
• Ability to lead or advise teams and coordinate resources.
• Strong risk and controls awareness aligned with Barclays policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for the service management function to resolve complex issues for clients.
• Perform preventative maintenance on hardware and software and monitor performance.
• Maintain a knowledge base of resolved cases for self-service and learning.
• Analyze logs and user reports to identify root causes and implement fixes.
• Automate monitoring and improve stability and efficiency.

Skills

Linux/Unix

Shell scripting

AWS

Tools

AutoSys

Geneos ITRS

MongoDB

Job description

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations.

Accountabilities

• Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders.
• Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance.
• Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing.
• Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes.
• Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management.
• Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues.
• Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

Embark on a transformative journey as a Production Support Engineer. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you’ll bring an inventive mindset to solving highly complex tasks while supporting applications that power global financial operations. You’ll push boundaries, task the status quo, and drive meaningful improvements in reliability and scalability, ensuring our systems perform at their peak as we shape the next era of digital banking.

To be successful as a Production Support Engineer, you should:

• Be highly focused to ensure mission critical applications are available uninterruptedly, performant, and resilient through preemptive response approach

• Craft innovative solutions leveraging latest technologies to reduce toil, automate repetitive tasks

• Leverage metrics and SLOs, Service Level Objectives to drive strategies which improves stability

• Ensure scalability of the applications through automated processes and avoid manual intervention in production environment

• Work together with development teams to ensure speed and stability

Other highly valued skills include:

• Deep Linux/Unix knowledge along with shell scripting and Experience in cloud platforms like AWS

• Proficiency in database guidance of Mongo DB or other warehouse technologies

• Excellent knowledge about scheduling tools like AutoSys and monitoring and observability tools like Geneos ITRS

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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $80,000
Maximum Salary: $120,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.