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Barclays Bank PLC
Hamilton
7 months ago
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As a Barclays Engineering Lead, you will get anexciting opportunity to create technology solutions to meetbusiness requirements, in line with our group architecture designstandards and principles. You will be working directly with theengineering director to design and deliver a group-wide strategicimplementation of a scalable API strategy with best of breedtechnologies. Lastly, you will be assisting in the development ofsystems strategy and plan. Essential Skills: * Strong understandingof data modelling techniques, including star schemas,normaliseddenormalised models and data warehousing solutions likeMongo DB, Couchbase, snowflake, or redshift. Desirable Skills: *Big Data Technologies with proficiencies in tools such as ApacheSpark, Kafka, and cloud based data lake architecture (AWS, S3,Databricks SageMaker Feature Store) * Knowledge of Infrastructureas code tools (e.g Terraform, Cloudformation) to automate datainfrastructure deployments to ensure repeatability and security *Skilled in workflow orchestration with tools like Apache Airflow orAWS step functions to manage data processes, automate tasks andensure reliability GlasgowPurpose of the roleTo build andmaintain the systems that collect, store, process, and analysedata, such as data pipelines, data warehouses and data lakes toensure that all data is accurate, accessible, and secure.Accountabilities* Build and maintenance of data architecturespipelines that enable the transfer and processing of durable,complete and consistent data. * Design and implementation of datawarehoused and data lakes that manage the appropriate data volumesand velocity and adhere to the required security measures. *Development of processing and analysis algorithms fit for theintended data complexity and volumes. * Collaboration with datascientist to build and deploy machine learning models.VicePresident Expectations* Advise key stakeholders, includingfunctional leadership teams and senior management on functional andcross functional areas of impact and alignment. * Manage andmitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control andgovernance agenda. * Demonstrate leadership and accountability formanaging risk and strengthening controls in relation to the workyour team does. * Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of theorganisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of thebusiness. * Collaborate with other areas of work, for businessaligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activityand the business strategies. * Create solutions based onsophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complexalternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking willbe required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. *Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problemsolving processes. * Seek out, build and maintain trustingrelationships and partnerships with internal and externalstakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, usinginfluencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. Allcolleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values ofRespect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moralcompass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also beexpected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower,Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how webehave.

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