Site Reliability Engineer - AVP

Join the APAC Equity Derivatives Flow Vol , Automated Market Making (AMM) Technology Team in Hong Kong as a AVP Site Reliability Engineer primarily with Java, Python, Shell Scripting, Gitlab, Bitbucket, TeamCity along with highly scalable trading platform.

You will join a team where the key focus is on building the robust and stable DevOps UAT and PRODUCTION environments with automation and technology of the AMM systems for our low latency product offering for giving low latency to sophisticated Equites Derivatives trading clients, mostly Hedge funds.

In the role , you will automate and develop stability driven environment, engage in holistic simulation and testing of the trading system for high reliability, provide estimates for tasks including level 1 support, design, development, testing, support analysis, testing, operations teams, participate in code reviews and architectural decisions.

You will work with dev team lead and developers, analyzing for appropriate technical solution and creating a technical specifications ,developing end to end technology solutions, system / performance testing ,fixing bugs coming out of System environment / UAT Environment testing , working to support DevOps integration, participate in post-project reviews in order to improve the project lifecycle where necessary.

You will be interacting with both senior Front Office Trading and Sales stakeholders across multiple regions. You should be able to understand stakeholder issues / requirements, proactively participate in ongoing product enhancement discussions and provide informed inputs to help shape and evolve those discussions.

To be successful in the role, you should be:

• University Graduate or above in Computer Science or related field

• Several years of strong experience in a Production support / Trade floor support role

• Minimum 2-3 years Equity Derivatives technology experience in a related front-office application support role within Investment banking

• Experience in one or more Programming languages like Python, Scripting in Python/Shell/Perl, Java, and unit testing practices with experience working in a Linux environment

• Experience in Windows and UNIX platforms, Oracle PL/SQL, Autosys

• Understanding of DevOps concepts and use cases, agile software development methodology

• Understanding of higher-level Computer Science concepts such as data structures and algorithms, expertise in computer networks, computer architecture, and operating systems

• ITIL knowledge

• Equity Derivative product knowledge

• Experience in supporting risk management system

This role is based in Hong Kong.

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

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa

sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas

are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all

times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being

withdrawn at any time

Purpose of the role

To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them. 

Accountabilities

• Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
• Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
• Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience.
• Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning.
• Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle, and work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
• 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.