Network Engineer - AVP

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Embark on a transformative journey as a Network Engineer - AVP. At Barclays, our vision is clear — to redefine the future of banking and craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will design, deliver, and continuously improve advanced network security controls that protect our enterprise against evolving threats. You will work hands-on across strategic network security platforms, embedding security-by-design and zero trust principles while enabling safe, predictable change at scale in a highly regulated environment. As a senior technical contributor, you will influence platform design, engineering standards, and security outcomes across the global network estate, with clear ownership and visible impact. Production Network Engineering operates within the Network Product Design & Engineering domain and is responsible for the design, build, and run of strategic network infrastructure platforms and connectivity services. In this role, you will partner closely with infrastructure, cloud, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to engineer secure, resilient services and drive modern engineering practices through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD patterns.

To be successful as a Network Engineer - AVP, you should have experience with:

• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating network security solutions across one or more domains: firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxy services, remote access, NAC, and network segmentation
• Considerable understanding of security policies, standards, and technical baselines, with the ability to implement and continuously improve secure configurations across on premise, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Evidence of automation and engineering efficiency through Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform
• Experience operating within change, risk, and control governance, including contribution to audit, compliance, and operational reporting requirements
• Incident and problem management capability, including root cause analysis and remediation of vulnerabilities (with senior technical leadership expected at VP level)

Other Highly Valued Skills Include

• Experience advising stakeholders on secure design, risk tradeoffs, and strategic security decisions (particularly at VP level)
• Experience driving continuous improvement of platform health, reliability, and operational integrity
• Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CCNP Security, AWS or Azure Security, or equivalent, considered an advantage

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in our Whippany, New Jersey office.

Minimum Salary: $120,000

Maximum Salary: $175,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response.

Accountabilities

• Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
• Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, addres…