Role & responsibilities :

Mandatory Skills :

- Proven detailed experience in designing mid to large-scale network solutions

- Capable of bringing together expert knowledge from across the organization and consolidating into a cohesive end-to-end solution

- Strong communication and presentation skills for conveying complex solutions effectively.

- Experience collaborating within virtual teams in a complex network environment

- Comprehensive technical knowledge of major network infrastructure components utilized within the Barclays group (including data networks, firewalls, proxy, and load balancers).

- In Depth knowledge of routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

- Practical experience with Cisco products like Cisco ACI, Nexus platforms, Firepower/ASA.

- Expertise in F5 BIG-IP load balancers and virtualization platforms (VMware/AWS).

- working knowledge of Proxy

- Familiarity with Fortinet, Juniper, Checkpoint, and Cisco ASA firewalls.

- Familiarity with Automation / scripting

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Serve within the Connectivity Delivery Center to ensure efficient project delivery in the Core Networks domain

- Collaborate with Project/Program Managers to create Low level design for the project by following engineering standards.

- Engineer is responsible for ensuring that any design produced is in line with the current network architecture and infrastructure strategy documentation and are fit for purpose.

- Be responsible & manage end-to-end delivery of assigned project tasks

- Work with global teams to achieve desired outcomes.

- Contribute to risk management and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and mandatory policies.

- Take full ownership of ensuring that complex and critical infrastructure component strategies align with business needs and budget constraints.

- Contribute to the definition of infrastructure strategy and policy.

- Support the Leadership/Network Engineering in aligning network infrastructure initiatives with the strategic roadmap.

- Working with designers, Project Service Architects and Architecture, Governance & Standards for input and to understand and influence changes in architectures policies and strategy.

- Timely update and whenever necessary timely escalation of issues to right stakeholders.

- Accurate estimation of workload and timelines for delivery. Decision-making and Problem Solving

- Candidate should have excellent analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.

- Apply strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, exercising sound judgment to enhance project outcomes and prevent delays.