Vice President, Head of Unix Operations

Barclays • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role shapes the future of Barclays’ global UNIX platform, modernizing and scaling a critical part of the company’s specialized infrastructure. The Vice President, Head of UNIX Operations - Specialised Infrastructure will drive improvements in efficiency, resilience, and service quality. This leadership position will manage a talented AMER-based engineering team and guide a global 24x7 follow-the-sun operation, setting clear standards, strengthening security, and elevating service delivery. The role offers opportunities to advance automation, optimize performance for latency-sensitive workloads, and champion next-generation operating models such as AIOps. The work directly supports the delivery of secure, high-performance UNIX services meeting client expectations and the demands of a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Requirements

• Experience as a Unix systems administrator with mastery-level knowledge and demonstrated experience managing Linux-based systems at scale in a repeatable manner that delivers resilience and fault-tolerance.
• Mastery-level knowledge of Redhat Products.
• Experience in using Chef and/or Ansible for end-to-end server configuration management.
• Knowledge troubleshooting problems that affect Linux performance (jitter, latency, resilience).
• Excellent organizational and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Computer Science / Engineering or similar technical qualifications (industry certifications).
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies / concepts and introduce them into production in a controlled and stable manner.
• Risk and controls knowledge.
• Change and transformation knowledge.
• Business acumen.
• Strategic thinking.
• Digital and technology skills.
• Job-specific technical skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team of technical individuals.
• Possess clear vision and organizational skills to manage the outcome for individuals with different personalities and levels of skill.
• Use of JIRA is a plus.
• Experience working in the financial industry or similar large tech organization where there are high demands for Linux performance, including low latency, high throughput, low-jitter.
• Experience working with kernel-bypass or offload technologies a plus.
• Experience with Kubernetes a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Drive technical excellence and foster a culture of innovation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management, and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate and enhance engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforce technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• Define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.
• Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
• Guide technical direction as a subject matter expert.
• Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments.
• Identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments.
• Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists.
• Provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organization functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• Perform in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
• Shape the future of high-performance UNIX operations.
• Set clear standards, strengthen security, and elevate how we deliver for the business.
• Advance automation, optimize performance for latency-sensitive workloads, and champion next-generation operating models such as AIOps.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees