Release Orchestration Lead

Join us as a Release Orchestration Lead at Barclays, where you'll take part in the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. As a part of the team, you will deliver technology stack, using strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions. You'll be working on complex technical problems that will involve detailed analytical skills and analysis. This will be done in conjunction with fellow engineers, business analysts and business stakeholders.

To be successful as a Release Orchestration Lead, you should have experience with:

• DevOps & CI/CD Expertise: Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment tools like Gradle/maven, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines using GitLab. Strong proficiency in building, deploying, and managing automated pipelines.

• Container Orchestration & Cloud Platforms: Deep knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift /OCP for container management and orchestration. Experience deploying and managing containerized applications at scale.

• Messaging & Streaming Technologies: Knowledge in Kafka (including Kraft model) and MQ for building robust, scalable messaging and event-driven architectures. Understanding of payments flow processing and integration.

• Infrastructure as Code & Cloud: Proficiency in Terraform and AWS for infrastructure automation and cloud resource management. Experience with Helm and Chef for configuration management.

• Scripting & Automation: Programming skills in Python, Java, and shell scripting (Bash) for automation, tooling, and process optimization. Experience with Cron Jobs and task scheduling.

• Platform Management: Solid understanding of ServiceFirst, release management, patching, and vulnerability management. Proficiency in monitoring tools such as GitLab, AppDynamics, Observability, Elastic/ELK.

• Linux Systems Administration: Experience with Linux-based systems, system performance monitoring, scalability optimization, and ensuring high availability.

• Process Improvement: Proven track record of improving incident, problem, change, capacity, resilience, monitoring, and automation processes.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Knowledge of distributed infrastructure and Unix/Windows expertise

• SQL skills and familiarity with databases like Oracle and SQL

• Experience with integrating multiple toolsets across the DevOps ecosystem

• Understanding of secure coding practices and vulnerability mitigation

Additional relevant skills given below are highly valued:

• Knowledge of integrating testing into the DevOps pipeline for automated build and deployment using tools like Jenkins, Gitlab and similar tools.

• Source code repository management and tools like Nexus, Bitbucket and Gitlab.

• Owns and runs with release tasks and collaborates with Release/BA/QA teams to make sure production releases are performed with high levels accuracy.

• Support, monitoring and troubleshooting of both production and non-production environments.

• Assist L2 Support teams to resolve user queries and production issues.

• Participates in team retrospective / product demo(s) and provides valuable insights and improvements for future development.

You may be assessed on 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.

This role is based in Pune.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• 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.

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.