OverviewJoin us as a Lead Network Engineer within the Complex Delivery team at Barclays, where you will act as a subject matter expert (SME) in one or more network technologies and take ownership of end-to-end delivery across strategic programmes. You will lead the technical execution, ensuring alignment with architecture and compliance standards, and guide engineers assigned to your programme—providing direction, support, and progress updates to the wider leadership team.ResponsibilitiesLead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.Mentor and support team members\' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.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 escalate breaches of policies/procedures.If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department\'s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to pay decisions/changes. May lead specialists to influence operations aligned with strategic and tactical priorities while balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.For an individual contributor, act as a subject matter expert within your discipline, guide technical direction, lead multi-year assignments, and coach less experienced specialists while considering long-term profitability and risk.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 related to your work.Collaborate with other areas of work to stay aligned with business activity and strategy.Develop solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, compare complex alternatives, and define problems to develop innovative solutions.Adopt outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.Build and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiation skills to achieve outcomes.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.QualificationsProven demonstrable experience in leading, designing and implementing complex network solutions in a regulated industry or large enterprise environment.Experience as a lead engineer on complex programmes, technically leading a team and providing progress updates to leadership.Industry based certification such as Cisco CCIE, Fortinet Professional or F5 LTM/GTM at\'Certified Technical Specialist\' or equivalent level.SkillsExperience in large scale data centre infrastructure deployments using vendors and technologies including but not limited to Cisco (ACI, NXOS & NDFC, F5 (GTM & LTM), Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer) and Infoblox DDIDesign and deployment of solutions to support end user connectivity including Cisco Catalyst (Wired & Wireless), Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA) & ForescoutFamiliarity with cloud and virtualisation technologies such as AWS, Azure, ESXi, VXLAN, NSX-T/VThis role will be based in our office in either Knutsford or Glasgow. #J-18808-Ljbffr