Barclays

Finance

GroupFinanceAI/MLandDataSME

Glasgow, United Kingdom FULL TIME
The Brief

“Group Finance - AI/ML and Data SME at Barclays. Skills: AI/ML, Data analysis, Cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, Generative AI technologies, Regulatory Reporting, Service Management. Monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure. Resolve complex technical issues”

What You'll Achieve.

Minimising disruption to operations; Improve the service to customers and stakeholders; Ensure optimal performance; Drive efficiency; Deliver robust, scalable, and secure solutions that support regulatory, operational, and strategic goals

Industry & Context.

Finance
Problems you'll solve

Resolve more complex technical issues; Identify, prevent and address potential issues; Identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues; Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience; Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Understanding of Service Management and related deliveries, including Incident, Problem, Change, Service Transition, Resiliency, Capacity, and Cyber Security, Proven hands-on experience with Cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, Generative AI technologies, and monitoring/observability tools such as AppDynamics and ITRS, Proficiency in shell scripting, Functional knowledge of Finance Technology, Hands-on experience in automation, Experience in Regulatory Reporting, Working with Axiom platforms

Nice to Have

Experience with Claude code or similar AI-assisted development tools, Knowledge of Agentic AI, Hands-on experience designing or using autonomous agents, Understanding of infrastructure capabilities and underlying platform architecture

What You'll Do.

Monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure

Resolve complex technical issues

Provision of technical support for the service management function

Develop the support model and service offering

Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software

Utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify

prevent and address potential issues

Maintenance of a knowledge base

Analysis of system logs

error messages and user reports to identify root causes

Providing a resolution to issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components

reinstalling software

or applying configuration changes

monitoring enhancements

business continuity management

front office specific support and stakeholder management

Identification and remediation or raising of potential service impacting risks and issues

Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate

Actively tune monitoring tools

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with cross-functional teams; Partner with other functions and business areas; Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function; Building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation

Communication Scope

Communicate complex / sensitive information

Process & Methodology

Change Management

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