As a Barclays Unix System Administrator, you will work and resolve technical problems in Linux/AIXs and work on service Operations tasks (Incident, Change, Problem, Patching) Level 2 Support in 24X7 rotation. In your role, you will liaise with other teams to address the internal support team’s issue, as well as adopt best practices being followed.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the US, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

• Acting as technical first point of contact internally and externally for break fix, incident, event, change and problem management
• Leading and promoting the use of Technical Standards, Procedures and Best Practice and maximize the use of toolsets and automation
• Working with vendors like HP & Oracle in coordinating hardware replacement changes
• Troubleshooting on filesystem & user access related issues
• Troubleshooting on various UNX OS & hardware related issues like high CPU, memory utilization, disk, power supply & memory failures
• Ability to lead shift operation and drive interaction with senior stakeholders
• Exposure on ticketing tools like Service Now, BMC Remedy, HPSC Open View, IBM Tivoli
• Comfortable to work in Morning or afternoon hours including on-call support on rotation

What we’re looking for:

• Five years of experience working in enterprise Unix environment
• RedHat Linux certified
• Knowledge of AIX/Solaris
• Excellent knowledge of Veritas volume manager, Veritas cluster and VVR

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Excellent communication and articulation skill
• Ability to lead shift operation and drive interaction with senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of automation, Chef, Powerbroker technologies
• Knowledge of AWS/Cloud technology

Where will you be working?

Here in Whippany, we are defining the future of the workplace and the future of the way we work and live. We are creating a unique community, one of four strategic tech-enabled hubs that will redefine opportunity for everyone who works here. Whatever you do at Whippany, you’ll have every chance to build a world-class career in this world-class environment.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.