Cloud & Virtualisation Engineer

Join us as a Cloud & Virtualisation Engineer at Barclays, responsible for supporting the successful delivery of Location Strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

To be successful as a Cloud & Virtualisation Engineer you should have experience with:

• Deep knowledge of vCenter and ESXi installation, configuration / troubleshooting.
• Fair knowledge about VMware SAN / VCF infrastructure using SDDC manager.
• Manage weekend Complex/ L3 Changes.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills get along well with others.
• Experience on vRA, vRO, vROPs, vSAN, vSAN Max, vRLI(Certification will be advantage).
• Hands on Experience on HP ILO & Dell idrac.
• NSX & NSXT Basic Knowledge.
• Good knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation.
• Basic Knowledge of vIDM, vRLCM.
• A good understanding of other infrastructure areas and their interaction with the virtual environment: servers, storage, operating systems, databases and network.
• Ability to build & maintain a strong working relationship with other technical teams using SRE model & mindset.
• Manage escalated tickets from Service Ops.
• Ability to manage Major incidents.
• Deep understanding on ITIL.
• Able to multi-task, can manage and prioritize several projects to meet deadlines.
• Performs with minimal supervision, works well independently. Ability to operate Team as part of collaborative effort.
• Must be able to work under pressure, take clear ownership of issues and drive to ensure successful closure for the customer, peers and IT Production.
• Risk & Audit Compliance.
• Experience in Virtualization and Cloud Technology. 

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Work with Engineering and introduce changes in infrastructure.
• Provides input into Cloud & Virt project plans.
• Management of tasks and responsibilities to ensure the efficient running of the Supported Services.
• Coach and develop the skills of other less experienced staff.
• VCP certificated and VCAP will be added advantage.
• Preferred Certification: ITIL, VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and AWS Certification.
• Scripting experience knowledge would be added advantage.
• Familiar with tools like, Grafana, ELK Stack(elastic search or kibana) or datadog for Monitoring/Observability.
• Familiar with Ansible or chef for automated infrastructure management.
• Understanding on Networking Protocols/database Basics.

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

This role is based in Pune.