177 jobs found in Knutsford

Barclays is seeking a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer to design and maintain robust, high performing financial services systems. You will focus on resilience, security, and scalability while automating operations and improving observability. The role involves working in SRE/DevOps, managing replicaset, sharding, backups, and performance tuning, with Python or Bash automation to reduce manual work. Based in Knutsford, this position offers a challenging, impact driven environment.

Barclays in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall) seeks a Scrum Master to enable Agile delivery across high impact initiatives, driving transparency and continuous improvement. You will facilitate ceremonies, optimise team flow, and remove impediments while aligning with risk and governance in a dynamic digital environment. Success requires proven Scrum facilitation, strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, and hands on coaching in Scrum/Kanban, with experience using Jira dashboards and sprint reporting to

Join Barclays as a Scrum Master within the Digital LAB Segments & Propositions Risk and Control team, where you will enable Agile delivery across high-impact initiatives supporting customer growth and revenue. Acting as a servant leader, you will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, optimise team flow, and remove impediments to ensure iterative, high-quality delivery. Operating in a dynamic digital environment, you will play a key role in managing risk and control across the delivery lifecycle while maintaining strong governance, data quality, and compliance. You will collaborate closely with product, business, and technical stakeholders, leveraging Agile metrics and tools to drive transparency, continuous improvement, and alignment with organisational objectives. To be successful in this role, you will need the following: Proven experience facilitating Scrum events and ceremonies, ensuring efficiency and adherence to agreed timeboxes. Strong working knowledge of Agile methodologies, delivery tools, and practices (e.g., backlog management, sprint reporting, dependency tracking, Kanban). Hands on experience coaching teams in Scrum and/or Kanban frameworks. Proficiency in Agile tools (e.g., Jira dashboards, sprint reporting, backlog configuration). Experience supporting delivery in complex and/or regulated environments. Experience supporting ART events (e.g., PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, ART Sync) and fostering collaborative team environments. Some other highly valued skills may include: Agile certifications such as CSM, PSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent. Exposure to engineering or software development (e.g., Java, .NET, Angular, YAML, GitLab). Experience maintaining and refining the product backlog in collaboration with the Product Owner and Technical Delivery Lead. Solid understanding of risk management and controls. Demonstrated project management experience and skills. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job specific technical skills. The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall). Purpose of the role Facilitates and supports Agile teams by ensuring they follow Scrum principles. Removes obstacles, enhances team collaboration, and ensures smooth communication, enabling the team to focus on delivering high quality, iterative results. Facilitates Scrum events, promotes continuous improvement, and acts as a bridge between the team and external stakeholders. Accountabilities Facilitate Events: Facilitate events, as needed, and ensure that all events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox. Support Iteration Execution: Ensure quality of ceremony artefacts and continuous customer value through iteration execution, maintain backlog refinement, and iterate on stakeholder feedback. Optimise Flow: Identify and facilitate the removal of conflicts impacting team flow, utilising metrics to empower the team to communicate effectively, making all work visible. Mitigate Risks: Identify and elevate risks to remove impediments and shield the Squad from interruptions. Build High Performing Teams: Foster and coach Agile Team attributes and continuous improvement, encourage stakeholder collaboration, deputise 'in the moment leadership', and drive high performing team attributes. Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors) and build trust with stakeholders. Governance and Reporting: Ensure data quality and provide representation at required governance forums, if applicable. 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 practices (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 our team as a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of designing and maintaining robust, high-performance systems that power critical financial services. In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, your role will be essential to ensuring our infrastructure remains resilient, secure, and scalable. You'll work on automating operations, enhancing system observability, and driving continuous improvements that reduce downtime and improve efficiency. If you're motivated by solving, multi-layered problems and building systems that perform reliably amid shifting priorities, we encourage you to apply. To be successful as a MongoDB Site Reliability Engineer, you should have experience with: Working in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, and MongoDB administration in financial services. Using MongoDB features like replicaset, sharding, backups, performance tuning, and shell scripting. Writing scripts in Python or Bash to automate tasks and reduce manual work. Some other highly valued skills may include: Using Percona, ClusterControl, CI/CD tools, and automation platforms like Ansible or Chef. Monitoring systems with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and running containers with Kubernetes. Building APIs with FastAPI and supporting scalable, high-performance systems. 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 will be based in Knutsford. Purpose of the role To effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. Accountabilities Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self service opportunities and knowledge sharing. Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. Proactively assess support activities, implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. 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 develop 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 practices (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.

Salesforce Consultant - Financial Services Location: Knutsford, South Manchester (with 2-3 days per week on-site, monthly travel to London) Duration: 6-12 months Salary: 91,000 per annum We are actively looking to secure a Salesforce BA to join Experis. Experis Consultancy is a Global entity with a well-established team with over 1000 consultants on assignment across 20 clients globally. Our UK operation is growing and has very aggressive plans for expansion over the coming years. We form part of the Manpower group of companies that turn over $20 billion a year collectively. Experis UK have partnerships with major clients across the UK spanning multiple industries; our approach is a very personal one, with both our clients and our own employees. We are passionate about training, technology and career development. Our client, a leading organisation in the banking and financial services sector, is hiring for a highly experienced Salesforce Business Analyst to support a major transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex enterprise-level projects, delivering innovative solutions within a dynamic environment. What you'll be doing: Lead and own end-to-end Salesforce initiatives, focusing on Financial Services Cloud (FSC), Data Cloud, and Agentforce capabilities. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Business, Architecture, Data, and Engineering to translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements and user stories. Drive decision-making, challenge senior stakeholders, and resolve ambiguities to keep projects on track. Identify dependencies, risks, and gaps early, proactively managing them to ensure smooth delivery. Provide leadership and guidance to other Business Analysts, improving programme delivery quality and pace. Take responsibility for complex business areas from discovery through to technology implementation and outcomes. What you'll bring: Extensive hands-on Salesforce experience, with a deep understanding of CRM platforms and enterprise implementations. Strong domain knowledge in banking and financial services, including regulatory and control environments. Proven expertise in Salesforce FSC, Data Cloud, and Agentforce. Demonstrated success leading major workstreams within large Salesforce transformation programmes. Ability to operate independently, challenge stakeholders confidently, and deliver results in an Agile environment. Experience working across multiple teams and managing dependencies effectively. Ideal background: Significant experience in a senior, delivery-focused Salesforce BA role. Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels. Relevant certifications in Salesforce and financial services are advantageous. If you're ready to make an impact on a high-profile project within a supportive team, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to innovation and excellence. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Salesforce Consultant - Financial Services Location: Knutsford, South Manchester (with 2-3 days per week on-site, monthly travel to London) Duration: 6-12 months Salary: £91,000 per annum We are actively looking to secure a Salesforce BA to join Experis. Experis Consultancy is a Global entity with a well-established team with over 1000 consultants on assignment across 20 clients globally. Our UK operation is growing and has very aggressive plans for expansion over the coming years. We form part of the Manpower group of companies that turn over $20 billion a year collectively. Experis UK have partnerships with major clients across the UK spanning multiple industries; our approach is a very personal one, with both our clients and our own employees. We are passionate about training, technology and career development. Our client, a leading organisation in the banking and financial services sector, is hiring for a highly experienced Salesforce Business Analyst to support a major transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex enterprise-level projects, delivering innovative solutions within a dynamic environment. What you'll be doing: * Lead and own end-to-end Salesforce initiatives, focusing on Financial Services Cloud (FSC), Data Cloud, and Agentforce capabilities. * Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Business, Architecture, Data, and Engineering to translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements and user stories. * Drive decision-making, challenge senior stakeholders, and resolve ambiguities to keep projects on track. * Identify dependencies, risks, and gaps early, proactively managing them to ensure smooth delivery. * Provide leadership and guidance to other Business Analysts, improving programme delivery quality and pace. * Take responsibility for complex business areas from discovery through to technology implementation and outcomes. What you'll bring: * Extensive hands-on Salesforce experience, with a deep understanding of CRM platforms and enterprise implementations. * Strong domain knowledge in banking and financial services, including regulatory and control environments. * Proven expertise in Salesforce FSC, Data Cloud, and Agentforce. * Demonstrated success leading major workstreams within large Salesforce transformation programmes. * Ability to operate independently, challenge stakeholders confidently, and deliver results in an Agile environment. * Experience working across multiple teams and managing dependencies effectively. Ideal background: * Significant experience in a senior, delivery-focused Salesforce BA role. * Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels. * Relevant certifications in Salesforce and financial services are advantageous. If you're ready to make an impact on a high-profile project within a supportive team, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to innovation and excellence. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Business Analyst (Payments) 515 P/D Inside IR35 Hybrid, 2 days on site per week in Knutsford 6 months, scope to extend We're looking for a Business Analyst to support the design and transformation of payments investigations processes for our client. You'll play a key role in analysing current workflows, defining future-state solutions, and ensuring processes are efficient, compliant. Critical Skills Strong knowledge of current accounts, packaged bank accounts and insurance. Ability to identify automation opportunities and drive process improvements Experience mapping business processes to system workflows and case lifecycles Strong stakeholder management across both business and technology teams Ability to translate complex requirements into clear documentation Experience working with user stories and Agile backlog management Focus on ensuring compliant and high-quality processes Accountabilities Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation. Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities. Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations. Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions. Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions. Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget. Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope. Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Security Engineer Join us as a Security Engineer 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 unsurpassed customer experiences. The purpose of this role is to develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the bank's systems and sensitive information. Key Accountabilities Build, deploy and maintain DLP services and policies. Drive service level incidents through to remediation. Create and maintain high quality documentation. Engage with stakeholders to prioritise requirements and set expectations. Collaborate with other DLP SMEs to ensure adequate service coverage across DLP tooling. Evaluate and implement technical changes and project deliverables. Engage product vendors where necessary for incident investigation and product enhancements. Experience and Skills Strong understanding of the software security landscape: CVEs, CWEs, common software vulnerability types. Experience with SAST, SCA, and DAST, including their strengths and weaknesses. Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Java, Go). Experience with at least one major cloud provider (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure). REST API design and HTTP authentication. Linux shell scripting and automation (e.g. shell, Python). Experience with CI/CD. Experience with GraphQL. Location The role will be based out of our Knutsford or Glasgow campus. Additional Accountabilities Provision of subject matter expertise on security systems and engineering patterns. Development and implementation of protocols, algorithms and software applications to protect sensitive data and systems. Management and protection of secrets, ensuring secure generation, storage and use. Execution of audits to monitor, identify and assess vulnerabilities in the bank's infrastructure and software and support response to potential security breaches. Identification of advancements to support innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques. Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure cryptographic solutions align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements. Development / implementation and maintenance of Identity and Access Management solutions and systems. Values and Mindset All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Barclays is looking for a Security Engineer based in Knutsford. In this role, you will lead the advancement of our digital security landscape by developing and maintaining solutions that safeguard sensitive information. You'll engage with stakeholders to prioritize requirements and set expectations while collaborating with other experts to ensure comprehensive service coverage. Key responsibilities include managing DLP services and driving incident remediation through collaboration and documentation. We're seeking candidates with strong software security knowledge and experience with SAST, SCA, DAST, and programming languages.

Overview Join us as an Application Support Analyst, where you'll play a key role in supporting the bank's card applications. Working in a follow-the-sun model, you'll be committed to delivering exceptional service to both colleagues and customers. In this role, you'll provide incident and problem management across critical card systems, ensuring adherence to the bank's SLA targets. You'll collaborate on Major Incident Management (MIM) calls and contribute to the smooth operation of a 24/7/365 environment. To be successful as an Application support Analyst, you should have experience in: COBOL-based applications DB2 and VSAM JCL and CICS Some other highly valued skills may include: Hogan / CAMS ZOS/Connect REXX tool 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 out of our office in Knutsford, Cheshire. Purpose of the role To effectively monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations. Accountabilities Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders. Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance. Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing. Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes. Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management. Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues. Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur. Analyst Expectations To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement. Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate. Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area. Partner with other functions and business areas. Takes responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities. Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately. Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation. Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct. Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function. Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail. Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents. Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information. Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation. 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.

Every day, Barclays' mobile apps support hundreds of thousands of customers with important financial transactions, and it is critical that these transactions are secure. Our Android and iOS mobile apps use multiple layers of cryptography and encryption to protect customers and their data. To support this, we are hiring a Mobile Security Engineerwho will play a key role in building and maintaining our mobile security containers, controls, and protocols. This role is suitable for applicants who have a strong engineering foundation and a genuine interest in learning mobile security, rather than deep prior experience in the domain. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your technical capability in mobile security within a supportive engineering environment. We recognise that mobile security is a specialist area. As such, we are looking for someone who is curious, motivated, and keen to develop niche skills, supported by on-the-job learning and mentoring. Successful candidates will have: A solid foundation in at least one programming language such as Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective C, C#, or Node.js. A good understanding of the software development lifecycle, including source control, build, test, and release activities. Some hands on experience or exposure to build pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitLab Pipelines. The following skills or interests would be beneficial, but are not essential: An interest in software cryptography concepts and how they are applied in internet facing mobile applications. Awareness of build and release controls, including versioning, dependency management, and promoting artefacts across environments. A well organised approach with strong attention to detail. The ability to manage multiple work requests and adapt priorities as needed. 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. The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall). Purpose of the role To develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the banks systems and sensitive information. Accountabilities Provision of subject matter expertise on security systems and engineering patterns. Development and implementation of protocols, algorithms, and software applications to protect sensitive data and systems. Management and protection of secrets, ensuring that they are securely generated, stored, and used. Execution of audits to monitor, identify and assess vulnerabilities in the banks infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches. Identification of advancements in to support the innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques. Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure that cryptographic solutions align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements. Development/Implementation and maintenance of Identity and Access Management solutions and systems. Analyst Expectations To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement. Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise. Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise. They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate. Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area. Partner with other functions and business areas. Takes responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities. Escalate breaches of policies/procedure appropriately. Take responsibility for embedding new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation. Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct. Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function. Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub function. Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail. Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents. Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information. Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation. 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.

Barclays is seeking a Mobile Security Engineer to design and maintain security controls for our Android and iOS apps, ensuring strong protection of customer data and transactions. You will contribute to security containers, protocols, and tooling while learning advanced mobile security concepts in a collaborative engineering environment. The role emphasizes on-the-job learning, mentoring, and the opportunity to grow niche skills in security across mobile platforms, with a base in Knutsford

Principal Engineer Duration: 6 months + Location- Knutsford, South Manchester (on-site 2-3 days per week) UMBRELLA ONLY Our client, a leading banking institution, is hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer to drive a strategic technology transformation. This role is perfect for an experienced backend engineer with deep expertise in workflow orchestration platforms like Camunda and/or Temporal.io, and a passion for building resilient, scalable enterprise systems. What you'll be doing: Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.io Design scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestration Drive modern backend engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practices Architect durable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with high observability Develop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systems Build reusable frameworks, prototypes, and production solutions independently Guide engineering teams on orchestration, system resilience, and operational excellence Collaborate with stakeholders to define scalable technology roadmaps Contribute to AI-enabled software initiatives using LLM frameworks and AWS AI services What you'll bring: Proven experience with Camunda and/or Temporal.io in backend and distributed systems Strong Python skills and experience designing production-grade APIs Expertise in building resilient, fault-tolerant enterprise applications Knowledge of workflow orchestration, retries, state management, and failure handling Experience with APIs, messaging, microservices, and event-driven architectures Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, and AI-powered workflows Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, serverless, and container deployments (preferred) Ability to evaluate technologies independently and influence engineering standards Strong stakeholder management and mentoring skills This is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative projects within a dynamic financial environment. If you're passionate about AI, workflow automation, and building operationally mature systems, we want to hear from you! Apply now to be part of a forward-thinking team shaping the future of banking technology. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Principal Engineer Duration: 6 months + Location- Knutsford, South Manchester (on-site 2-3 days per week) UMBRELLA ONLY Our client, a leading banking institution, is hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer to drive a strategic technology transformation. This role is perfect for an experienced Back End engineer with deep expertise in workflow orchestration platforms like Camunda and/or Temporal.io, and a passion for building resilient, scalable enterprise systems. What you'll be doing: * Lead technical evaluation and comparison of Camunda vs Temporal.io * Design scalable patterns and reference architectures for enterprise workflow orchestration * Drive modern Back End engineering standards, including CI/CD, deployment automation, and operational best practices * Architect durable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with high observability * Develop integration strategies across enterprise APIs, event streams, and downstream systems * Build reusable frameworks, prototypes, and production solutions independently * Guide engineering teams on orchestration, system resilience, and operational excellence * Collaborate with stakeholders to define scalable technology roadmaps * Contribute to AI-enabled software initiatives using LLM frameworks and AWS AI services What you'll bring: * Proven experience with Camunda and/or Temporal.io in Back End and distributed systems * Strong Python skills and experience designing production-grade APIs * Expertise in building resilient, fault-tolerant enterprise applications * Knowledge of workflow orchestration, retries, state management, and failure handling * Experience with APIs, messaging, microservices, and event-driven architectures * Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, and AI-powered workflows * Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, serverless, and container deployments (preferred) * Ability to evaluate technologies independently and influence engineering standards * Strong stakeholder management and mentoring skills This is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative projects within a dynamic financial environment. If you're passionate about AI, workflow automation, and building operationally mature systems, we want to hear from you! Apply now to be part of a forward-thinking team shaping the future of banking technology. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Barclays is seeking an IMS Database Administrator in Knutsford to support and optimise the IMS mainframe environment. You will enhance database performance, ensure high availability, and collaborate with technical teams on long term platform improvements. Responsibilities include engineering infrastructure solutions, incident management, automation, security, and cross functional teamwork to align with business objectives and governance standards.

Join Barclays as an IMS Database Administrator to support the stability of our mainframe infrastructure. In this role, you will enhance IMS database performance and availability across business critical systems. You will collaborate with technical teams and contribute to long term platform improvements. Qualifications To be successful in this role, you will need the following: Extensive experience with IMS databases (Fastpath and Full Function), PSB/PCB configuration, and IMSv15. Demonstrable experience with BMC and IBM toolsets, JCL scripting, TWS scheduling, and RACF security. Solid experience in Programming in Assembler or COBOL within enterprise environments. Preferred Skills Experience troubleshooting infrastructure issues and supporting live production systems. Knowledge of mainframe architecture and IMS to Db2 migration processes. Experience supporting change, transformation, and modernisation across legacy platforms. 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. The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall). 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 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 Specialist at Barclays working with the Mainframe Security Engineering Team, where you'll build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems. You will use hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required, with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. The team provides 24x7 support for Production systems so you will be expected to work both standard hours and on an on call basis, weekends, and evenings. To be successful in this role you should have: Expert knowledge of Mainframe security, including: RACF administration and the management of RACF profiles, user access, and permissions. The implementation and maintenance of RACF security policies and procedures to ensure data protection. Performance of regular audits and reviews of RACF access controls, resolving any security issues. Monitoring and response to security alerts; performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions. Understanding the implementation of Mainframe Certificates and Mainframe cryptography. Experience of Security Best Practices and Compliance, assisting in the development and maintenance of security policies and procedures. Knowledge of Enterprise Security Manager RACF. Expert knowledge of REXX programming, including: Proficiency in the development and maintenance of REXX and JCL scripts for the automation of security processes and monitoring. Allowing for the enhancement of system efficiency through scripting to support security operations. Working with development teams to optimize scripts for performance and maintainability. Expert knowledge of JCL, including: The creation, maintenance and troubleshooting of JCL scripts for batch processing in a secure manner. Ensuring that JCL scripts adhere to security best practices and company standards. Collaboration with the operations team to support job execution and resolve job failures. Some other highly valued skills may include: Knowledge of Mainframe z/OS architecture and Sysplex. Understanding of IDAM Certification - CISSP / CISA / CISM 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 will be based out of our Knutsford location. 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 organization 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.

Barclays is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist in Knutsford to build and maintain secure infrastructure platforms supporting critical applications and data systems. The role emphasizes Mainframe security, RACF administration, and automated scripting with REXX and JCL, ensuring reliability, scalability, and strong data protection. You will join a team providing 24x7 production support, with on-call duties, and collaborate across IT to deliver secure infrastructure aligned with business

Join us as a GEN AI Architect. In this role you will define, direct and govern the bank's target data architecture (inc. shared data environment, data model and standards) in support of business strategy, ensuring that data is accurate, secure and accessible to meet the needs of stakeholders. To be successful in the role of a GEN AI Architect you should have: Experience of Advanced AI/ML Architecture. Experience of Responsible AI & Governance. Innovation & Strategic Vision. Some other highly valued skills include but are not limited to: Research Publication Record Experience. Industry Speaking Experience. Cross-Industry AI Implementation. 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 can be based in Knutsford, Manchester or Glasgow. Purpose of the role To define, direct and govern the bank's target data architecture (inc. shared data environment, data model and standards) in support of business strategy, ensuring that data is accurate, secure and accessible to meet the needs of stakeholders. Accountabilities Development of the banks data architecture strategy, including the translation of bank-wide goals and objectives into target data architecture and transition plan. Collaboration with stakeholders, including data operations, engineers and analysts, to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to promote standardised, consistent, safe and value-driven data usage. Development and maintenance of the banks data architecture governance, standards and protection policies, regarding data models, authoritative data stores, and data capabilities, to support data quality, accuracy and consistency and the protection of sensitive information. Management of the alignment of projects to the target data architecture through the provision of guidance, data solutions and monitoring of progress. Definition of the shared reusable data capabilities, assets, tools and technologies required to connect disparate data sources, optimise data storage and provide seamless data access. Custodianship of an overarching data model that directs how data is logically and physically structured within the banks physical data resources, e.g. database, interfaces and reports. Monitoring applicable regulatory standards and industry developments for potential impact on the banks operations, controls and application portfolio. Identification and selection of best-in-class data technologies and ongoing assessment of compliance with the bank's service level agreements and quality standards. Vice President Expectations To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.