Windows Server Engineering Lead - Barclays

Date live: 27/07/2026

Business Area: GTIS

Area of Expertise: Technology

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000106788

Join Barclays as a Windows Server Engineering Lead and play a pivotal role in advancing our Core Infrastructure Platform strategy. You will define and deliver the roadmap for the Windows Server platform, driving standardisation, automation, security, observability, and continuous service improvement across a large-scale enterprise estate. As part of the product leadership team, you will lead the adoption of new operating system technologies, champion infrastructure-as-code and engineering best practices, and accelerate automation and self-service capabilities. Working closely with our cloud infrastructure and security teams, you will deliver resilient, scalable, and secure platform services that enable application teams to innovate at pace.

This role provides the opportunity to shape the future of a critical enterprise platform, driving engineering consistency, improving platform reliability and operational efficiency, and supporting our strategic objectives around simplification, modernisation, and risk reduction. You will bring together diverse engineering teams to deliver a highly automated, observable, and secure Windows Server platform that underpins the Bank's technology ecosystem.

To be successful as a Windows Server Engineering Lead, you must have the following essential skills:

Windows Server platform engineering and lifecycle management.

Configuration management and infrastructure automation using Ansible and/or Chef.

Automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python and YAML.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Security and compliance, including Windows Server hardening, vulnerability and patch management, and privileged access management technologies such as BeyondTrust Endpoint Privileged Management (EPM).

Observability and telemetry platforms, including Observe and/or Elastic.

Cloud and hybrid infrastructure experience across VMware, AWS and Azure.

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 Knutsford or Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.