Job Title Middleware ArchitectLocation Knutsford GTIS is a global team of approximately 5000 colleagues based in EMEA, US and APAC. GTIS is accountable for delivering and supporting resilient, secure infrastructure technology and services to customers, clients and colleagues. GTIS's mission is to build and run commercial hosting and collaboration solutions at speed, whilst ensuring robust and resilient environments in a partnership-oriented manner through a continuous improvement culture.
As a Middleware Architect, you'll be working closely with Barclays application development, platform development, and Security/Controls functions. You'll be defining the future of application middleware services at Barclays across multiple hosting environments ranging including both on-prem and public cloud. You'll be working with Application Architecture colleagues ensuring that the middleware strategies are fully integrated with the other application hosting strategies
What will you be doing? - Form, owning and communicating the technical strategy across Barclays' middleware services and related systems and technologies
- Developing architectures that enable Barclays to adopt middleware services in a fast, secure, yet low-cost manner
- Building and managing multiyear product roadmaps aligning them to overall strategy for Application Platforms
- Enabling successful transition to the target state by structuring the product backlog into features and releases, understanding and managing inter and intra product dependencies
- Ensuring the end-to-end technical integrity and quality of solutions and product releases
- Working within programs to successfully deliver product change and program objectives
- Participating in the development and formation of the overall Enterprise Technology strategy and architecture
- Collaborating with Technical Architects within and outside to drive their strategy and understanding how their strategy should influence to ensure compatibility
What we're looking for: - Sound end to end architectural knowledge of middleware technologies and strategies
- Understanding of cloud
- Strong stakeholder management
Skills that will help you in the role: - Experience of large-scale middleware deployments spanning multiple applications, global locations, and varied technologies
- Experience in designing internet facing application architectures including both the application and infrastructure elements
Where will you be working? We are set in the beautiful countryside of Knutsford, and have lots to on offer to our employees including: Dress down code every day, an onsite gym, remote working, Starbucks, family fun days, Astro turf, Tennis courts and much more. We also offer a free shuttle bus service from Knutsford train station to the site in the morning and from the site back to the train station in the evening.
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