Assistant VP, DevOps Engineer

Barclays•Jefferson, CO

1d•$189,592 - $199,592•Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant VP, DevOps Engineer will design, develop, and improve software using various engineering methodologies to provide business, platform, and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues. This role involves developing high-quality, scalable, maintainable, and optimized software solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, promoting code quality, staying updated on technology trends, and adhering to secure coding practices. The position also requires implementing effective unit testing and contributing to the organization's technology communities.

Requirements

Utilize computer science and IT engineering skills to support Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) approach and maintain environment stability.
Work with functional leads and business facing teams in other regions to translate and accurately understand business requirements.
Ensure that the applications developed comprise a coherent part of the trading toolkit that interoperates with other components in the EQIT platform.
Ensure that the development approach is extremely iterative with continuous client participation and feedback.
Work on developing 'best practice' standards and will work with development teams to ensure these standards are adhered to.
Ensure effective communication and collaboration within all the regions across globe.
Ensure the expectations of stakeholders are well managed during the lifecycle of the project.
Ensure the problem statement is clear and ensure solutions and decisions are executed with collaboration from senior team members.

Nice To Haves

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.
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
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.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Responsibilities

Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
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.
Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
Utilize computer science and IT engineering skills to support Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) approach and maintain environment stability.
Work with functional leads and business facing teams in other regions to translate and accurately understand business requirements.
Ensure that the applications developed comprise a coherent part of the trading toolkit that interoperates with other components in the EQIT platform.
Ensure that the development approach is extremely iterative with continuous client participation and feedback.
Work on developing 'best practice' standards and will work with development teams to ensure these standards are adhered to.
Ensure effective communication and collaboration within all the regions across globe.
Ensure the expectations of stakeholders are well managed during the lifecycle of the project.
Ensure the problem statement is clear and ensure solutions and decisions are executed with collaboration from senior team members.