Job Description

Job Title :Large holdings Sr Dev
Location: Pune About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. Risk and Control Objective Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards. Working Flexibly We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers\xe2\x80\x99 and clients\xe2\x80\x99 needs. Whether you have family commitments or you\xe2\x80\x99re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.
If you would like some flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs. Hybrid Working
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We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We\xe2\x80\x99re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances These requests will be reviewed and agreed for a period of time i.e., will have a start and end date.
Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager. Introduction:
The candidate selected for this role will be responsible for developing and enhancing Large Holdings application for the Compliance business.

• End to end project delivery through Agile teams
• Providing coaching and ensuring the adaption of Agile & DevOps methodologies to the wider team and department.
• Working with development manager to agree release schedules.
• Providing regular updates to the development manager and stakeholders regarding progress.
• Partnering with the Production Support, analysing issues and addressing user queries.

Additionally the successful candidates will have the soft skills to complement their technical knowledge, including technical analysis experience, strong communication skills and documentation skills. The candidate will be expected to proactively improve their knowledge and skills and take on greater responsibilities as they grow into their roles. There are significant opportunities for career development and training. What will you be doing?
This section should include:
Analysis:

• Facilitate Sprint Planning and Product Backlog meetings.
• Assist as required in the requirements analysis for system enhancements and changes.
• Demonstrate good development domain knowledge with experience of different domains, utilities and experience to recommend appropriate technologies.
• Assist or lead analysis of production issues with production support team.
• Assess team readiness for Agile and proactively manage any gaps to ensure good Agile delivery.

Design:

• Interpret and understand functional specifications. Work with Business Analysts, Transformations partners and end users in order to provide clarity around complex concepts.
• Design of physical data model from data model.
• Craft innovative solutions that will support scalable, performant, robust architectures. Represent the team at Innovation forums within Barclays and apply tools, technologies and techniques as appropriate.
• Creation of technical design documents adhering to predefined standards.
• Organisation and retention of project-level, system-level, task-level and defect information.
• Defining efficient processes to baseline the code to manage build activities using continues integration across concurrent workstreams.

Implementation / Coding:

• Implement, act and asses team delivery utilizing the appropriate the DevOps tools
• Establish the KPI and metrics to help establish a baseline for transition and measure progress.
• Facilitate daily stand ups, retrospectives and product demos
• Hands on development of high-quality (i.e. readable, optimal and supportable) code, delivering the functionality detailed in the technical specifications
• Hands on development using Java/J2EE technologies delivering the functionality described in the technical specifications.
• Secondary development activities using Oracle / PL-SQL
• Integration of different levels and technology stacks within the Large Holdings implementations.
• Ensuring code written meets the predefined company and department standards
• Conduct regular meetings to ensure that team are meeting expectations and that potential risks and challenges are well understood.

Performance Tuning:

• Demonstrate strong knowledge of J2EE/Web technologies to implement appropriate performance optimizations in Java and refactor the system as appropriate to meet the long-term performance and volume objectives of the system as they change over time.
• Ensure that up-to-date tools and platforms are used in the Large Holding Systems. Oversee migration initiatives, where necessary, in order to upgrade the underlying technologies.
• Trouble-shooting performance and functional problems
• Incorporation of non-functional requirements in the implementation to reduce the technical debt.

Quality Assurance:

• Conduct regular code reviews and provide constructive feedback across the team.
• Mentor junior members within and outside of the team. Identify appropriate training needs.
• Document and archive QA approach, findings, and innovations.
• Lead test-driven development approaches as appropriate.

Testing:

• Design and implementation of automated unit test cases.
• Execution of unit test cases, resolution of defects, and documentation of results
• Providing support during QA and UAT test phases which will include preparing environments for user testing
• Diagnosis and resolution of defects found during QA and UAT test phases
• Support regression testing - investigate output differences.

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for:

• 8+ years of total IT experience
• 3+ years experience of working for an Investment Bank
• 8+ years experience with Java / J2EE technologies including Java frameworks such as Springs/Hibernates/Angular JS
• Able to document system architectures and process flow
• Able to work well with IT developers in multiple locations and across other teams
• Knowledge of software development \xe2\x80\x98best practices\xe2\x80\x99 and the software development life cycle using Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem solving skills, able to shift priorities quickly
• Values-based approach
• Analytical skills \xe2\x80\x93 ability to investigate and resolve issues in a high-pressured environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multitask
• Must be independent and creative in approach to problems and issues and be proactive
• Ability to train others
• Flexible and hard working
• BS or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Physics, Maths or other relevant subjects.

Skills that will help you in the role:-

• 2+ years of working in the Compliance or Risk domains.
• Experience with Java Script/HTML5 a plus
• Experience with the following tool sets:
• Perforce/GIT for source code control
• Confluence, JIRA, UML for project and task tracking
• Autosys for batch control
• MQ for messaging
• MS or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Physics, Maths or other relevant subjects.
• Experience with software release/build processes (e.g., Continuous Integration, Automated Deployment, Test Driven Development, etc.)
• Project management certification; PMP, CSM, etc.
• Strong appreciate of Global Markets and awareness of global economic, regulatory and Compliance trends.
• Specific knowledge of financial products such as Equities or Commodities

Where will you be working?
Pune


Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more \xe2\x80\x93 as a professional, and as a person. \xe2\x80\x98Be More @ Barclays\xe2\x80\x99 represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It\xe2\x80\x99s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone\'s contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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