Barclays

Financial Services

EDPCustomerEngineeringLead

Knutsford, United Kingdom; Glasgow, United Kingdom; Manchester, United Kingdom FULL TIME
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The Brief

“EDP Customer Engineering Lead at Barclays. Skills: technical design and delivery of data solutions, cloud-based Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), engineering solution design, new data architecture patterns, scalable data pipelines and integrations on AWS, migration of customer and MarTech datasets, DevOps and DataOps practices. design, develop and improve software. Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

achieving the goals of the business; accomplish key business objectives

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives; In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

hands-on expertise in Python, PySpark, SQL, and Databricks, Experience implementing CI/CD and DevOps practices for data platforms, including GitLab workflows, automated testing, deployment pipelines, and environment management, Proven experience delivering AWS solutions including cloud infrastructure with a focus on performance tuning, monitoring, data quality, security, and cost optimisation

Nice to Have

Understanding of Enterprise Data Platform concepts, including data products, domains, and consumption patterns with a focus on operability and production readiness, Awareness of data security practices, particularly in handling sensitive data using governed and automated approaches, Experience with file-based integration patterns, including managing constraints around file formats, splitting, and downstream system limitations

What You'll Do.

develop and improve software

Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions

define software requirements

devise solution strategies

ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives

participate in code reviews

promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing

Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations

actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities

Adherence to secure coding practices

Implementation of effective unit testing practices

contribute or set strategy

make recommendations for change

manage and maintain policies

deliver continuous improvements

escalate breaches of policies/procedures

define jobs and responsibilities

planning for the department’s future needs and operations

counselling employees on performance

contributing to employee pay decisions/changes

lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department

influence the operations of a department

in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities

balancing short and long term goals

ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements

demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard

be a subject matter expert within own discipline

guide technical direction

multi-year assignments

guide team members through structured assignments

identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments

guide and coach less experienced specialists

provide information affecting long term profits

organisational 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

Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls

Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation 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 the business strategies

Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives

In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions

Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes

build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives

leading the technical design and delivery of data solutions supporting the migration to a cloud-based Enterprise Data Platform (EDP)

Comms and MarTech data is provisioned and configured in the Data Lab environments

integrated and consumed

and efficient data capabilities across the organisation

leading the design and build of scalable data pipelines and integrations on AWS

driving the migration of customer and MarTech datasets from legacy platforms to the EDP

establishing robust DevOps and DataOps practices to ensure production-ready

and high-performing data products

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers; Collaboration with peers; Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas; build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders

Communication Scope

Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment

Process & Methodology

Plan resources, budgets, balancing short and long term goals, ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements, lead collaborative, multi-year assignments

Full Job Description

# **Job Description** **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. **Vice President Expectations** * To 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.. * If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also 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.. * If the position has l

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