Cloud Data Engineer (Some experience required)

Barclays Bank
Brackley
5 months ago
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Join us as an ETL Developer at Barclays where youll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence.

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.Youll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as experience in Abinitio, Hadoop platform and Cloud Technologies tool like DBT, GLUE, Lambda etc.Experience working as part of an agile team of developers in credit risk regulatory and compliance data delivery projects. Additional relevant technical skills such as SQL skills in Hive, Impala, and Teradata, and experience in AWS or other cloud platforms are also highly valued.This role will be based in our Northampton office.Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.Purpose of the roleTo design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.Accountabilities● Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.● Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.● Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.● 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.● Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.● Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.Analyst Expectations● 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 policiesprocedures appropriately.● Take responsibility for embedding new policiesprocedures adopted due to risk mitigation.● Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.● 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 organisations products, services, and processes within the function.● Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisations sub-function.● Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.● Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.● Guide and persuade team members and communicate complexsensitive information.● Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.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.

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