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Join us as a CSO – Service Manager 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.
Job Responsibility:
Development of strategic direction for IT Services, including the implementation of up-to- date methodologies and processes
Management of the IT Services department, including oversight of IT Services colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness
Relationship management of IT Services stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third party services
Development and implementation of policies and procedures for IT Services, implementation and adherence of control targets and standards, policies and procedures for IT Services, managing adherence to group SLAs and controls associated with core technology production activities in incident, problem, and change
Management of IT Services risk, including identification of potential IT Services risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s change and compliance functions
Monitoring the financial performance of the IT Services department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control, driving value from any commercial agreements, strong management of any directly controlled costs etc
Management of IT Services projects, including driving successful research and related product launches, and deliverance of integrated solutions to clients
Effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations
Requirements:
A minimum of 10 years of L2/L3 Application Support Experience
Strong experience working within an ITIL Environment
Hands-on expertise in supporting Applications and APIs on OpenShift and AWS, with a solid grasp of DevOps practices for deployment\maintenance automation and environment management
Proficiency in analyzing logs, heap dumps, thread dumps, and using tools like AppDynamics or ITRS
Hands-on experience with servers and containers such as Tomcat, WebSphere, JBoss, Apache, Nginx, and platforms like OpenShift or AWS
Knowledge of debugging and analyzing code-level issues
Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python) for automation and monitoring
Skilled in using APM tools (AppDynamics, Kibana, and Observability) for issue troubleshooting and proactive monitoring
Experience in driving major incidents to resolution by owning the end-to-end incident recovery and stakeholder communication
Nice to have:
Ability to collaborate effectively across development and infrastructure teams
A dependable team player with excellent coordination skills and a commitment to delivering customer-centric solutions
Applies a logical, analytical, and methodical approach to troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues
Maintain flexible approach and ability to adapt under pressure
Demonstrates sound organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently to meet deadlines