Job Description
Job Title: UTIF Senior Development Lead
Location: Pune
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Hybrid Working
BUK & BX – All locations
We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Introduction:
Operation Technology Services are seeking a dynamic Senior Java Developer/Lead with experience delivering innovative solutions in close collaboration with the Business.
Reporting to the offshore head for the US Settlements Business, the candidate will play a pivotal role in the execution of the strategy, identifying opportunities to realise the strategic architecture within the constraints of regulatory milestones. The individual will be required to work closely with colleagues across Operation Technology Services (Trade Processing, Operation Data Store and Data Distribution) to ensure the technical solution leverages common components, standard proven patterns and engineering principles.
This is a great opportunity to help drive forward the strategy of a major expanding area within this global Bank on a strategy programme of work.
What will you be doing?
50% - Technical Leadership
• Liaising with BA's and Project Managers for clarity development requirements
• Collaborating with business analysts and senior colleagues in order to determine the functional and technical specifications
• Developing work breakdown structures and detailed estimates, assisting in project planning and related project artefacts
• Highlight risks and opportunities, planning mitigating actions and documenting them in a log
• Liaising closely with Dev manager in managing India resource utilization
• Hands-on involvement with the design of solutions
• Perform reviews of technical specifications, code and artifacts produced by the team
• Oversight of the development team during the implementation of the solution
• Liaising closely with the test teams to ensure that QA processes are relevant and thorough
• Working with the release teams to ensure smooth deliveries
• Reviewing the progress of a project according to its plan, maintaining and reporting status updates to the development manager and stake holders
• Ensure processes and practices are followed, documentation is complete, comprehensive and signed off, and defects are tracked & closed
• Hands on development, organize and provide support during SIT, QA and UAT test phases
• Provide technical expertise on Java 1.8, Spring, Spring Integration, AWS, Scala and Cloudera Hadoop
40% - Implementation of Strategy for US Settlements Area
• Understand the current state v/s strategic state for US Settlements IT area.
• Work closely with the US Leads as well as the Offshore teams for the implementation for the strategy
• Consolidate similar functionalities across different applications into the strategic platforms and decommission the legacy ones.
• Decommission legacy technologies and migrate to more recent Java and Cloud based platforms.
• Lead the build and development of the Exception manager application from the offshore team
10% - Release and Tier 3 Support
• Ensure release plans and coordinating release walkthroughs with the environment managers and RTB teams
• Acting as a escalation point of contact for support team, investigating and resolving issues found in production
• Providing on-call support for releases where necessary
• Ensure requests from the RTB support team is promptly responded
Handle technical issues that are out of scope for the support staff.
What we're looking for:
• A degree in engineering, computer science or a quantitative discipline e.g. statistics, physics or mathematics preferred.
Skills that will help you in the role:
• 13+ years of total work experience in a relevant IT industry, of which 2 years experience as a tech lead
• 10+ years experience of core java, server-side multi threaded java using a industry standard framework such as Spring Framework, Spring Events, Spring Integration
• 2+ years experience of Scala / Big data
• 2+ years exposure to one of more of HDFS, HBase, Impala, Hive, Avro, Oozie, Spark and Solr
• 3+ years experience in database Oracle, SQL Server
• Analytical skills; ability to investigate and resolve issues in a high-pressured environment
• Strong ability to analyze data; attention to detail and good quantitative ability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a good command over English and ability to explain complex technical and functional topics in simple terms over the phone.
• Positive team player
• A highly-motivated individual; confident, proactive, enthusiastic, willing to learn and use initiative.
• Played the lead role in an investment bank
• 5+ years of Investment Banking Experience
• The candidate is expected to be a strong technologist with experience of both application and data architectures
• Bachelor's degree (or above) in Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience of working as a developer in a collaborative but disciplined agile delivery environment
• Desirable to have experience of agile delivery in a data centric, regulatory environment
Where will you be working?
Pune
Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. 'Be More @ Barclays' represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It's the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency, and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise, and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.
#Software Engineering
Location: Pune
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Hybrid Working
BUK & BX – All locations
We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Introduction:
Operation Technology Services are seeking a dynamic Senior Java Developer/Lead with experience delivering innovative solutions in close collaboration with the Business.
Reporting to the offshore head for the US Settlements Business, the candidate will play a pivotal role in the execution of the strategy, identifying opportunities to realise the strategic architecture within the constraints of regulatory milestones. The individual will be required to work closely with colleagues across Operation Technology Services (Trade Processing, Operation Data Store and Data Distribution) to ensure the technical solution leverages common components, standard proven patterns and engineering principles.
This is a great opportunity to help drive forward the strategy of a major expanding area within this global Bank on a strategy programme of work.
What will you be doing?
50% - Technical Leadership
• Liaising with BA's and Project Managers for clarity development requirements
• Collaborating with business analysts and senior colleagues in order to determine the functional and technical specifications
• Developing work breakdown structures and detailed estimates, assisting in project planning and related project artefacts
• Highlight risks and opportunities, planning mitigating actions and documenting them in a log
• Liaising closely with Dev manager in managing India resource utilization
• Hands-on involvement with the design of solutions
• Perform reviews of technical specifications, code and artifacts produced by the team
• Oversight of the development team during the implementation of the solution
• Liaising closely with the test teams to ensure that QA processes are relevant and thorough
• Working with the release teams to ensure smooth deliveries
• Reviewing the progress of a project according to its plan, maintaining and reporting status updates to the development manager and stake holders
• Ensure processes and practices are followed, documentation is complete, comprehensive and signed off, and defects are tracked & closed
• Hands on development, organize and provide support during SIT, QA and UAT test phases
• Provide technical expertise on Java 1.8, Spring, Spring Integration, AWS, Scala and Cloudera Hadoop
40% - Implementation of Strategy for US Settlements Area
• Understand the current state v/s strategic state for US Settlements IT area.
• Work closely with the US Leads as well as the Offshore teams for the implementation for the strategy
• Consolidate similar functionalities across different applications into the strategic platforms and decommission the legacy ones.
• Decommission legacy technologies and migrate to more recent Java and Cloud based platforms.
• Lead the build and development of the Exception manager application from the offshore team
10% - Release and Tier 3 Support
• Ensure release plans and coordinating release walkthroughs with the environment managers and RTB teams
• Acting as a escalation point of contact for support team, investigating and resolving issues found in production
• Providing on-call support for releases where necessary
• Ensure requests from the RTB support team is promptly responded
Handle technical issues that are out of scope for the support staff.
What we're looking for:
• A degree in engineering, computer science or a quantitative discipline e.g. statistics, physics or mathematics preferred.
Skills that will help you in the role:
• 13+ years of total work experience in a relevant IT industry, of which 2 years experience as a tech lead
• 10+ years experience of core java, server-side multi threaded java using a industry standard framework such as Spring Framework, Spring Events, Spring Integration
• 2+ years experience of Scala / Big data
• 2+ years exposure to one of more of HDFS, HBase, Impala, Hive, Avro, Oozie, Spark and Solr
• 3+ years experience in database Oracle, SQL Server
• Analytical skills; ability to investigate and resolve issues in a high-pressured environment
• Strong ability to analyze data; attention to detail and good quantitative ability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a good command over English and ability to explain complex technical and functional topics in simple terms over the phone.
• Positive team player
• A highly-motivated individual; confident, proactive, enthusiastic, willing to learn and use initiative.
• Played the lead role in an investment bank
• 5+ years of Investment Banking Experience
• The candidate is expected to be a strong technologist with experience of both application and data architectures
• Bachelor's degree (or above) in Computer Science or related discipline
• Experience of working as a developer in a collaborative but disciplined agile delivery environment
• Desirable to have experience of agile delivery in a data centric, regulatory environment
Where will you be working?
Pune
Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. 'Be More @ Barclays' represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It's the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency, and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise, and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.
#Software Engineering
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The UTIF Senior Development Lead position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Pune offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
