Technical Infrastructure Delivery Manager – Platform Engineering

Join us as a Technical Infrastructure Delivery Manager – Platform Engineering at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will be leading the design and development of enterprise-scale Java applications using modern frameworks and cloud-native architectures. Drive technical decisions and mentor development teams.

To be successful as a Technical Infrastructure Delivery Manager – Platform Engineering you should have:

• Technical Delivery & Governance – Strong delivery management skills: integrated planning, dependency management, RAID, change control, governance, and stakeholder reporting.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication – Skilled in influencing decision-making through clear communication, negotiation, and presenting options/trade-offs.

• Cloud Technology– Strong understanding of core cloud concepts: identity and access management, networking patterns, security controls, logging/monitoring foundations, and runtime/compute onboarding. (Examples may include AWS or GCP; role remains cloud-technology agnostic.)

• Platform Technologies – Strong knowledge of common platform services used by applications, such as container platforms, API management/gateway concepts, EDGE concepts and protection (e.g., WAF), load balancing/ingress patterns, secrets/certificates basics, and observability tooling.

• Infrastructure Expertise – Solid understanding of network concepts, load balancing, operating systems basics, and middleware awareness to coordinate and challenge delivery effectively.

• Risk & Controls – Strong focus on embedding controls into delivery, maintaining audit-ready evidence, and aligning to policy and regulatory expectations.

• Data-Driven Insights – Ability to use delivery and operational data to highlight risks, guide decisions, and drive discussions with engineering and application teams.

• Technical Debt & Optimization – Ability to plan and drive remediation, upgrades, standardization, decommissioning, and estate optimisation outcomes.

• Continuous Improvement – Actively recommends improvements, simplifies workflows, and increases automation to improve outcomes and meet KPI/KRI targets.

• Agility & Independence – Comfortable with fast-changing priorities; able to multitask and drive outcomes with minimal supervision.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) – awareness of onboarding, migration coordination, and operational readiness.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Experience governing or coordinating Terraform-based delivery standards (module use, approvals, traceability, and evidence capture).

• CI/CD and Delivery Tooling – Familiarity with pipeline tools and governance (e.g., Harness/Jenkins/GitLab/Azure DevOps) and Jira-based delivery tracking.

• Security Products – Exposure to WAF and other security controls; understanding of policy-driven delivery expectations.

• Analytical & Automation Skills – Proficient in Microsoft Excel; additional capability in Python, SQL, Jira automation, and Microsoft Power Automate for reporting and workflow automation.

• Observability – Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and production readiness practices.

• Exposure to AI technologies – awareness of how AI/automation can improve delivery reporting, operational insights, or productivity.

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.

This role will be based in Pune location.

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.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.