Network Engineer

Join us as a Network Engineer at Barclays, responsible for supporting the successful delivery of Location Strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality, and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. To be successful as a Network Engineer, you should have experience with: - Good years of relevant experience in network administration, designing, planning, implementation, installation, configuration, maintenance, security policies, and troubleshooting. - Experience with Cisco routers/switches/routing protocols and other network equipment. - Good troubleshooting experience on multiple networking platforms and technologies. - IP Address and DHCP management. Good knowledge of ITIL framework and Service Management. - Work with Cisco, Fortigate, and Ansible technologies to support network needs. - Participate in meetings and activities aligned to EMEA, APAC, and AMER business hours. Collaborating with IT Personnel and vendors. - Certifications like CCNA (Mandatory), SD-WAN, or additional certifications (e.g., CCNP) are a plus. Some other highly valued skills may include: - Routing, Switching, ACI technologies, and Nexus platforms, Firewall Security, and support Automation capabilities. - Basic understanding of automation scripting and good-to-have knowledge of Python and Ansible. - Strong troubleshooting and configuration skills. The purpose of the role is 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 fulfill business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimization, 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, utilizing software scripting/coding disciplines. - **Security:** Implementation of secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including the protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorized 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. **Analyst Expectations** - 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. - Lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements, and coordinating team resources. - Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area. - Partner with other functions and business areas. - Takes responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities. - Escalate breaches of policies/procedure appropriately. - Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation, and codes of conduct. - Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organization's products, services, and processes within the function. - Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organization sub-function. - Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents. - Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside the team and external to the organization. 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. This role is based in Pune.,