Unix System Administrator, AVP

Barclays•Jefferson, CO

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. This role involves providing technical support for the service management function, developing the support model and service offering, and executing preventative maintenance tasks. It also includes analysing system logs, identifying root causes of issues, and providing resolutions. Key areas of focus include automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support, and stakeholder management. The Assistant Vice President (AVP) level expectations include advising and influencing decision-making, contributing to policy development, and taking responsibility for operational effectiveness. This role requires collaboration with other functions and business divisions, leading a team performing complex tasks, and coaching employees. For individual contributors, leadership involves guiding team members through structured assignments and identifying new directions for projects. The role also involves consulting on complex issues, identifying ways to mitigate risk, developing new policies/procedures, and performing work that requires an understanding of how different areas coordinate. Collaboration with business-aligned support areas is crucial to stay updated on business activity and strategy. The role requires complex analysis of data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively, and the ability to communicate complex information and influence stakeholders. All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship) and the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive).

Requirements

Ensure all Business-as-Usual (BAU) activities like Operating System (OS) patching (covering major production issues, Data Center Recovery, Chef, and App data backup, Unix Security, PowerBroker, etc.) are handled promptly and effectively.
Provide improvements and changes to the platform, in support of client requirements and the organization’s strategy.
Participation in design and innovation of products using the newest technologies.
Carry out fault diagnosis relating to complex problems, reporting the results of such diagnosis in a clear and concise manner.
Provide end to end support on all Major Incidents to recover the services.
Work on monthly Linux Patching on 50K+ Linux servers and ensure they are compliant.
Perform in-depth analysis of the issue as part of root cause analysis, preventive measure and work with vendors like RedHat, HP, IBM, and VERITAS to identify the Software and Hardware issues, server reboot/crash or any performance related issues, etc.
Perform Data Centre Resilience activities to make sure services are working as expected at the remote location.
Ensure both OS and application data is backed up in regular intervals without any issues.
Work with Unix Security squad members with troubleshooting in user access related issues.
Create automations with script and other automation tools to reduce manual efforts and/or address issues proactively.
Create Knowledge Base article for both L1 and L2 teams with complete details of issue and how respective Unix Engineer can handle issues to minimize the impact to business.

Nice To Haves

May telecommute pursuant to company policies.

Responsibilities

Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client or 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.
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.
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.
Ensure all Business-as-Usual (BAU) activities like Operating System (OS) patching (covering major production issues, Data Center Recovery, Chef, and App data backup, Unix Security, PowerBroker, etc.) are handled promptly and effectively.
Provide improvements and changes to the platform, in support of client requirements and the organization’s strategy.
Participation in design and innovation of products using the newest technologies.
Carry out fault diagnosis relating to complex problems, reporting the results of such diagnosis in a clear and concise manner.
Provide end to end support on all Major Incidents to recover the services.
Work on monthly Linux Patching on 50K+ Linux servers and ensure they are compliant.
Perform in-depth analysis of the issue as part of root cause analysis, preventive measure and work with vendors like RedHat, HP, IBM, and VERITAS to identify the Software and Hardware issues, server reboot/crash or any performance related issues, etc.
Perform Data Centre Resilience activities to make sure services are working as expected at the remote location.
Ensure both OS and application data is backed up in regular intervals without any issues.
Work with Unix Security squad members with troubleshooting in user access related issues.
Create automations with script and other automation tools to reduce manual efforts and/or address issues proactively.
Create Knowledge Base article for both L1 and L2 teams with complete details of issue and how respective Unix Engineer can handle issues to minimize the impact to business.