Release Train Engineer - FinOps Transformation

Join us as a Release Train Engineer - FinOps Transformation at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

This role involves undertaking portfolio planning, managing finances, resourcing, and delivery demand for the support that the data team provides across the corporate landscape. You will also be involved in reengineering and reorchestrating the design of financial and resource control processes in line with the move to a scaled agile framework.

To be successful as a Release Train Engineer - FinOps Transformation, you should have experience in:

• Scaled agile
• Portfolio planning and management
• Portfolio governance
• Forecasting
• Financial planning

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience of large-scale agile transformation
• Process reengineering
• Track record of working in data

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role can support flexible working arrangements, and colleagues seeking part-time work may wish to consider applying for this role.

This role is based in our Glasgow campus.

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain systems that collect, store, process, and analyse data, such as data pipelines, data warehouses, and data lakes to ensure data is accurate, accessible, and secure.

Accountabilities

• Build and maintain data architecture pipelines that enable the transfer and processing of durable, complete, and consistent data.
• Design and implement data warehouses and data lakes that manage appropriate data volumes and velocity, adhering to security measures.
• Develop processing and analysis algorithms suitable for data complexity and volumes.
• Collaborate with data scientists to build and deploy machine learning models.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements; escalate breaches.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future needs, counsel on performance, and contribute to pay decisions. Lead specialists to influence operations, balance goals, and ensure budgets and schedules meet requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver excellence. The four LEAD behaviours are: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, serve as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead multi-year assignments, and mentor less experienced staff. Provide strategic advice to stakeholders and manage risks, ensuring controls and governance.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, alongside the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.