Senior Application Developer
Glasgow
A brand new opportunity has become available for a Senior Application Developer within our Operational Risk Technology Function. This dedicated function is primarily responsible for the end-to-end technology delivery of the risk management systems such as ORAC, RSAM and Sentinel applications. We are currently planning to build a new Risk management system to be used by approx. 10,000 users across all Barclays’ business areas. As part of this function, you will play a key role in the build during 2020 and 2021 and will be a big enabler for the Operational Risk business teams.
What will you be doing?
• Comprehend the functional requirements and build the ORAC replacement in accordance with business needs, by designing a scalable and maintainable solution
• Deliver projects in a fast-paced environment and work with different analytic and technology groups to produce high quality solutions in a timely manner
• Co-ordinate defined projects, their interdependencies, and associated risks and issues to deliver to agreed milestones
• Design and build ORAC replacement, drive full project life cycle until delivery and provide Level 3 production support thereafter
• Participate in the release management, by ensuring that the application platform is fit for purpose and scalable to meet future demand
• Understand and make decisions based on the operational impact of changes and react quickly to live reporting issues in co-operation with Support and Application Development teams
What we’re looking for:
• A solid background in component and object oriented programming/design in Java/JEE, Multi-Threading, Message-oriented-middleware, XML, Web presentation technologies
• Experience with RESTful web services and JavaScript application frameworks such as Angular and ReactJS
• Experience with Java VM architecture and extensive knowledge of system optimization /performance tuning
• Hands-on experience with Dev Tools such as Eclipse / STS / RAD and DevOps Tools such as, JIRA, GIT or Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Nexus, Chef and Docker
• Hands-on experience or exposure to building and hosting applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Report development experience using PL/SQL, Microsoft Power BI or Jasper reports
• Extensive hands-on experience with Dev Tools such as Eclipse / STS / RAD, JIRA, Bit Bucket, Jenkins
• Extensive Knowledge of Spring, JavaScript Frameworks and related Open source Frameworks
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Any hands-on experience with Operational Risk management solutions
• Any experience with Microsoft Office toolset, primarily Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookups, Macros)
Where will you be working?
This role will be based in the Aurora Building, 1 of our 3 modern City Centre locations until our
exciting new campus location overlooking the River Clyde is opened in late 2020. Aurora is close to the main stations, other transport links and also benefits from an onsite canteen.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
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