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Solution Architect

Knutsford, United Kingdom
Observability Architect Solution Architect
Actively hiring

Solution Architect

Barclays
Knutsford, United Kingdom
Observability Architect Solution Architect
Barclays
Actively hiring

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Join us on a transformative journey as a Solution Architect-Component Designer Assurance & AI, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

 

Operational Support Systems (OSS) & Tools is a newly formed functional unit in  the Network Product domain at Barclays. The Barclays OSS & Tools Engineering team is responsible for the design, build and operate of the underlying OSS infrastructure and toolchain across cloud, data centre, campus and branch that are required to run the Barclays Global Network at scale.

 

To be successful as a Solution Architect, you should have experience with

 

  • Demonstrable experience of building high scale observability solutions using open-source tooling like ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios, Telegraf and others.
  • Knowledge and demonstrable hands-on experience with middleware technologies (Kafka, API gateways and others) and Data Engineering tools/frameworks like Apache Spark, Airflow, Flink and Hadoop ecosystems.
  • Understanding of network technology fundamentals, Data Structures, scalable system design and ability to translate information in a structured manner for wider product and engineering teams to translate into working solution.

 

Some other highly valued skills may include

 

  • Knowledge of DevOps tooling, GitOps, CI/CD, configuration management, Jenkins, build pipelines and source control systems. Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services: compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security and IAM.
  • Programming experience in one of the highlevel languages like Python, Java, Golang and NetDevOps automation and AI engineering (GenAI/Agentic AI), API service development.
  • Proficiency in Agile Methodologies Scrum/Kanban, backlog and workflow mgmt. and SRE specific reporting (MTTR, deployment frequency, SLO and others)

 

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

 

Location is Knutsford

 

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