Infrastructure Engineer-Network Delivery

Infrastructure Engineer-Network Delivery Location: Pune, Gera Commerzone SEZ Job Description Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure.  Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. Accountabilities Build Engineering:  Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution. Automation:  Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access. Teamwork:  Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach. Learning: 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. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. 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. Join us as an “Infrastructure Engineer-Network Delivery " 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 unapparelled customer experiences. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, skills to meet business requirement as well as job-specific skillsets. To be successful as an “Infrastructure Engineer-Network Delivery", you should have experience with: Basic/ Essential Qualifications: Must have 6–8+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering within complex, regulated environments, with strong depth in either production network operations (supporting 24/7 operational reliability, incident management, and production change) or service fulfilment (working with stakeholders and project managers to deliver low-level designs and solutions aligned to architectural standards, supporting transformation and business-aligned demand). Experience across both areas is beneficial; strong depth in at least one is required. Strong network fundamentals and troubleshooting: Confident diagnosis across routing/switching, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, and edge services; packet-level analysis; effective decision-making under pressure. Production operations and reliability: Incident and problem management execution, post-incident reviews, and implementation of controls to prevent recurrence. Network technology breadth: Capability across Cisco ACI/Nexus/Catalyst, SD-WAN, F5 (or equivalent), Fortinet (or equivalent), Infoblox (DNS/DHCP/IPAM), proxy/remote access services, and associated tooling. Change governance and risk: Ability to execute production change safely within regulated environments, with strong awareness of audit, risk, and control requirements. Automation and scripting: Practical experience using Python and/or Ansible (and related tooling) to automate operational tasks, reduce toil, validate configurations, and improve reliability at scale. Desirable skillsets/ good to have: Reliability engineering and observability: Experience improving monitoring, alert quality, operational KPIs, and proactive issue prevention. Advanced automation and IaC: Exposure to CI/CD patterns for network change, configuration management, testing/validation, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) where applicable. Hybrid and cloud networking: Working knowledge of cloud connectivity and hybrid patterns (AWS/Azure), including operational troubleshooting across on-prem and cloud. Vendor and service integration: Experience working with vendor-delivered services under defined operational controls, knowledge transfer, and measurable outcomes. Operational excellence: Recognised escalation SME who drives sustained operational improvement through data, controls, and disciplined execution. This role will be based out of Pune.