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Network Engineer - AVP

senior · Engineering & R&D

Job Description

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.

Embark on a transformative journey as a Network Engineer - AVP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, build, and run of Barclays’ global network infrastructure platforms and connectivity products across data center, core, campus, branch, and edge environments. This role requires technical knowledge across routing, switching, data center and core networks, campus and branch infrastructure, wireless, WAN, and edge technologies, including SD WAN, remote access, and supporting network services such as load balancing, DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM), and proxy solutions. As part of Barclays’ Networks Modernization journey, you will be responsible for the delivery of modern, resilient network platforms, driving automation, DevOps practices, and product centric ways of working to improve scalability, security, and speed of delivery. You will act as a technical authority, shaping network architecture and design direction, guiding multi-faceted delivery, and ensuring network platforms meet business, regulatory, and operational requirements.

To be successful as a Network Engineer - AVP, you should have:

• Deep practical project delivery experience across enterprise grade networks, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, multicast, QoS, MPLS, private circuits, metro Ethernet, and network segmentation

• Considerable experience designing, implementing, and operating modern datacenter environments, including spine leaf architectures, VXLAN/EVPN, DCI, ACI, and DWDM

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing advance data networks with Cisco, Arista, Fortinet and F5 platforms

• Demonstrated experience designing and operating enterprise Wi Fi solutions, and SDWAN solutions

• Established experience in delivering large scale data networks, working with key stakeholders to provide end-to-end network design and deployment across LAN, MAN, WAN, data center, Wireless, extranet, and branch environments

Other highly valued skills include:

• Good understanding of resiliency and traffic engineering patterns, including redundancy models, segmentation, firewall integration, and traffic optimization

• Ability to assess and improve platform availability

• Practical experience implementing network automation using Cisco NSO, Ansible, and/or Python, with a focus on consistency, scale, and risk reduction

• Experience designing and supporting enterprise connectivity to AWS and/or Azure, including hybrid architectures, routing integration, and secure connectivity patterns

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 our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $120,000
Maximum Salary: $175,000

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.