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Network Engineer

Knutsford, England

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Date live Apr. 01, 2025

Business Area GTIS

Area of Expertise Technology

Contract Permanent

Reference Code JR-0000029691

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Barclays Technology

It’s happening at Barclays.

Be a part of a place where challenges are measured in billions, qubits and nanoseconds. Build your career in an environment where we’re advancing machine learning, leveraging blockchains, and harnessing FinTech.

Working in Barclays technology, you’ll reimagine possibilities: learning and innovating to solve the challenges ahead, delivering for millions of customers.

We are shaping the future of financial technology. Why not join us and make it happen here?

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Job description

Join us as a Network Engineer in the Complex Delivery team at Barclays, where you will undertake a role as an SME in one or more technologies and lead on transformational programs and networks led initiatives. You'll be responsible for creating designs which are in line with current architecture guidelines and documentation is fit for purpose, as well as ensure compliance to all network disciplines including participation in governance, change management and risk/audit requirements.

To be successful as a Complex Delivery Network Engineer, you should have experience in a combination of the below technologies:

Cisco Routing and Switching (Cisco ACI, NXOS, Arista, ASR, CSR, CSP, EVPN, NDFC and Cisco campus Wi-Fi)
F5 Load Balancers (LTM + GTM. iRules, Policies, Client/Server TLS, mutual authentication, troubleshooting API/HTTP calls )
Fortinet FortiGate, incl FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer, Cisco Firepower/ASA

Some other highly valued skills and certifications include:

Juniper Routing and Switching
Bluecoat / Symantec Proxy / zScaler / Infoblox / Forescout / NetScaler
Cisco Certified - minimum CCNP Enterprise, FortiGate Associate or Professional and F5 LTM/GTM at 'Certified Technical Specialist' or equivalent level (one or multiple of these certifications)

You may be assessed on 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.

This role is based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response.

Accountabilities

Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
Learning: 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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Who succeeds in Tech at Barclays?

For a career with us, you need to be prepared to take big steps forward, curious to face the challenges ahead, and driven to focus on the outcomes. We need people with the Barclays Mindset to make it happen here.

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What you get
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Flexible, future-proof careers – that’s what a career in tech means at Barclays. Our employees receive a competitive package of core benefits flexible to you and your family’s needs. In exchange for the work of supporting our customers and clients, you’re rewarded with the perks for making a difference.

Competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance

Private medical care

Pension contribution

Training opportunities

Competitive pay

Income protection

Flexible working options

Voluntary benefits

Planned progression

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Our technology

Supporting our 48 million customers and clients worldwide takes a lot of forward thinking. It means harnessing technology to support the economy. It means making a difference to people’s lives. And it requires the maintenance and development of a global, technological infrastructure. At Barclays, technology helps us keep transactions moving, manages data, and protects our customers. Join a world where your work creates unique moments of impact. Make it happen here.

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Locations

A world of innovation

Our work takes place in state of the art technology campuses around the globe. Want to help build a tech-first future? These are places where you can find the very best talent and learn from industry leaders, all working on the tools for tomorrow. So, whether it’s Glasgow, Prague, Chennai, Radbroke, Whippany or Pune, it’s happening here.

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London

Our London hub in Canary Wharf is home to over 2,000 colleagues. It’s a hugely diverse workforce of specialist teams comprised of the world’s best financial and tech talent, a place where you can explore the many functions and opportunities of a global financial leader. Here, you’ll get more from your career by collaborating with other talented tech thought-leaders on game-changing innovations that are redefining the future of finance.

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London

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Radbroke & Liverpool

In the North West we have roles open for Customer Service roles in our Radbroke and Liverpool offices. Radbroke is home to over 5,000 people in one of the UK’s largest tech workspaces: a 64-acre, university-style campus of world-class facilities. Our Barclays Wavertree Liverpool office is another strategic site, which is a vitally important home to all Barclays and Barclaycard services. Both offer great opportunities as both campuses offer a culture that encourages people to stay and progress their careers, and places of work that continually attracts the best new talent.

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Newcastle & Sunderland

In the North East, we have opportunities in two of our key locations: Sunderland and Newcastle. Located in the Newcastle Quayside is our Newcastle office, where our diverse workforces offers an extensive range of services from PLCs to Risk; from personal banking to customer service. Our Sunderland Contact Centre is based at Doxford International. This is home to a diverse variety of business functions including Moment Banking, Fraud Experts, Business Banking and Mortgages to name just a few.

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Manchester

Our central Manchester offices are right at the heart of the action in Spinningfields and Piccadilly place – these are hubs for all of our operations in the region, places where colleagues from across the Manchester area come together in an atmosphere of community and collaboration.

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Glasgow

At our new state-of-the-art facility, you’ll work with, and learn from, likeminded colleagues across a range of disciplines, all of them passionate about redefining the future of finance.

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Northwich

Here, you’ll find our teams have built a strong reputation for exceptionally high standards of customer service, as they provide a seamless experience to help our business and corporate clients grow and prosper.

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Jersey

In Jersey you’ll discover a world of opportunity and connection and build relationships across the globe. You can support clients with everything from high-flying investments to household budgets and lost debit cards; all from the place you call home.

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Hamilton

Barclays Hamilton is located at the centre of the Cincinnati-Dayton-Oxford triangle. Colleagues support the US Consumer Bank in a variety of Customer Service telephony and non-voice functions including: Customer Care, Fraud and Barclays Financial Assistance. Non-telephony functions such as Colleague Experience and Ops Rigor also have a presence in Hamilton.

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Delaware

In Wilmington, you’ll find Barclays US Consumer Bank, an exciting, diverse and fast-paced place to work, which has more than 10m customers in the United States.

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Wilmington

Wilmington, the largest city in Delaware just south of Philadelphia, is the home of Barclays US Consumer Bank and customer service teams that support Barclays Financial Assistance, Fraud and Collections. With about 1,500 employees in Wilmington and more than 3,000 nationwide, our US Consumer Bank is a leading co-branded credit card issuer and financial services partner that creates highly customized programs to drive customer loyalty and engagement for some of the most successful travel, entertainment, retail and affinity institutions in the US.

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Henderson

Barclays Henderson is the largest Operations centre for our US Consumer Bank (USCB), located just miles from Las Vegas, NV. Colleagues at the state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot campus support the USCB in a variety of Customer Service telephony and non-voice functions including: Customer Care, Credit, Fraud and Barclays Financial Assistance. We also house many support teams including: Data & Analytics, Technology, Anti-Money Laundering, Customer Experience and other key functions.

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Radbroke, Knutsford & Manchester

The North West is very important to us. We have multiple offices in Manchester and our campus in Radbroke – our state-of-the-art technology hub – is one of the UK’s largest centres for information security. Here, over 5,000 people conceive of, design and develop the innovative technological solutions that protect our customers and lead the world in digital banking.

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Scotland

Barclays is a true Scottish success story, a global strategic hub bringing together the best of Barclays’ talent, functions and technology in a supportive and caring community. Our operations range from Wealth to Risk; from personal banking to customer service; from Fraud to technical innovations. Significant growth and the investment we are receiving reflects our importance in the Barclays world.

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Northampton

Barclays Northampton Campus is the vitally important home to Barclaycard and all Barclays card and payment services. It’s also a strategic centre of excellence for Barclays globally. Our culture of innovation has led to many ‘firsts’ including Barclaycard; the first chip and pin in 2003; contactless payments in 2007; the first mobile payment device in 2011; and we’re making huge advancements in machine learning and AI right now.

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Whippany, New Jersey

Barclays Whippany is our first purpose-built Campus in the US: a technology-led, state-of-the-art workplace of the future, home to the Tech, Cyber Security and Payments command centres that are key to our US and global strategy. We are developing automation, machine learning, AI and cloud computing technology in a wireless and flexible environment designed to be a place where the best people can do great work.

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New York, New York

Times Square, New York is home to Barclays’ US headquarters, and the Americas hub for our Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB). Here, over 4,500 colleagues come together in front office and infrastructure roles to support our CIB clients. It’s a community of dedicated professionals creating opportunities and solving challenges for some of the world’s top companies, from start-ups to industry leaders, and our trading floors buzz with the energy of one of the world's largest investment banks.

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Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is where you’ll find Barclays US Consumer Bank, an exciting, diverse and fast-paced home to over 1,500 technically excellent colleagues. We have a real desire and enthusiasm to connect with our Barclays colleagues across the USA to develop the disruptive technologies that will continue to make the bank stand out in the banking and payments market.

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Pune

Barclays Pune is a huge campus, the largest single location outside of Barclays’ global headquarters in London. It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to nearly half of our Indian workforce. Home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions, our aim is to build game-changing technology that supports businesses and functions across the globe, offering the highest quality service to our clients and customers.

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Chennai

Chennai is one of our key strategic locations. It is home to over 5,000 talented and passionate Barclays colleagues across Finance and HR functions through to Operations and Technology, ensuring the bank’s technology and infrastructure runs smoothly. Our office is well-equipped with state-of-the-art technology and is designed to provide a vibrant, collaborative and unique working environment for our colleagues.

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Mumbai

Mumbai is home to our Global Market Operations, Research teams, and group Functions. his innovative atmosphere translates into our work in Mumbai, where our colleagues push boundaries to solve challenges and create opportunities for development and innovation.

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Singapore

Our Singapore office is in the heart of the city’s central business district. Home to over 900 colleagues, it focuses on Barclays’ business operations and includes a state-of-the-art trading floor. As an integral part of Barclays’ global operations, there is immense scope in our work; we are all united by our passion for excellence and our drive to innovate.

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Prague

Barclays Prague is home to some of the most talented tech developers in the world. It’s a place where great minds come together and make remarkable innovations, and where developers re-write the past, protect the present and anticipate the future. Our tech team is admired and respected by colleagues in Barclays tech across the globe.

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The Barclays Way

This is the spirit of Barclays. It’s why we exist, what we believe and how we behave. But most importantly, it’s how we make decisions, take action and get things done.

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Purpose

Working together for a better financial future.

Values

We believe great talent RISES. It acts with Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Mindset

We discover our full potential through our desire to Empower, Challenge and Drive each other.

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Key information

Barclays Technology

Where will you be located?

Job description

Who succeeds in Tech at Barclays?

What you get in return

Our technology

Locations

A world of innovation

London

London

Radbroke & Liverpool

Newcastle & Sunderland

Manchester

Glasgow

Northwich

Jersey

Hamilton

Delaware

Wilmington

Henderson

Radbroke, Knutsford & Manchester

Scotland

Northampton

Whippany, New Jersey

New York, New York

Wilmington, Delaware

Pune

Chennai

Mumbai

Singapore

Prague

The Barclays Way

Purpose

Values

Mindset

How to Apply

Flexible Working

Diversity and Inclusion

What makes a tech career at Barclays?

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What you get
in return