Barclays

Financial Services

TradeFloorSiteReliabilityEngineer

£130–180k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Trade Floor Site Reliability Engineer at Barclays. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure maintenance, Automation. Monitor technology infrastructure. Maintain technology infrastructure”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Systems engineering experience, Linux experience, Windows experience, Networking experience, Kubernetes experience, Cloud infrastructure experience, Automation tools proficiency, Monitoring, alerting, observability implementation, Incident management, Troubleshooting issues swiftly, Root cause analysis

Nice to Have

Credit support experience, Rates support experience, Equities support experience, FX support experience, PaaS products experience, Virtualization experience, Containerization experience, Orchestration experience

What You'll Do.

Monitor technology infrastructure

Maintain technology infrastructure

Resolve technical issues

Minimise operational disruption

Provide technical support

Develop support model

Develop service offering

Execute preventative maintenance

Utilise monitoring tools

Identify potential issues

Prevent potential issues

Address potential issues

Ensure optimal performance

Maintain knowledge base

Document resolved cases

Analyse error messages

Replace faulty hardware

Apply configuration changes

Automate support activities

Manage business continuity

Identify service risks

Remediate service risks

Assess support activities

Implement automations

Tune monitoring tools

Ensure issues are known

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with other functions; Partner with business areas; Coordinate team resources; Guide team members; Persuade team members; Communicate complex information; Communicate sensitive information; Contact point for stakeholders

Communication Scope

Communicate complex information; Communicate sensitive information

Process & Methodology

Capacity management, Business continuity management

Full Job Description

# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. **Accountabilities** * Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. * Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. * Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing. * Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. * Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. * Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. * Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. **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, gui

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