Change and Release manager + Automation and AI
Barclays · Posted Nov 4
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is seeking a Change and Release Manager + Automation and AI in Pune to build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products supporting applications and data systems. The role focuses on reliability, scalability, security, automation, incident response, and AI-enabled solutions using .NET, PowerShell, Python, Docker, Git, LLMs, MCP, and RAG. The position works with product managers, architects, and engineers to define infrastructure requirements and improve operational efficiency.
What you will do
- 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, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
- Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
- Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
- Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
- Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts using .NET, PowerShell and Python.
- Package and deploy applications and tools using Docker and containerization practices.
- Use Git for version control, branching and collaborative code reviews.
- Support the development of AI-enabled solutions, including LLM integrations, MCP tools and RAG-based workflows.
- Troubleshoot automation issues and document solutions clearly.
- Work with senior team members to follow enterprise processes, security and governance standards.
- Working knowledge of .NET (C#), PowerShell and Python.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and containerization fundamentals.
- Proficiency with Git (commit, branch, merge, pull requests).
- Basic understanding of AI concepts: LLMs, prompts, Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Strong problem-solving skills and a logical approach to automation.
- 1–4 years of relevant experience (internships and personal projects count).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or a related field.
Preferred qualifications
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with REST APIs and JSON.
- Experience with local or open-source LLM tools such as llama.cpp.
- Basic awareness of responsible AI and data security.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Barclays
Barclays is a British multinational universal bank that provides consumer, corporate, and investment banking, as well as wealth management services. Tracing its origins back to 1690 in London, the institution operates globally to serve millions of retail and institutional clients. The bank leverages cutting-edge technology and digital platforms to drive operational efficiency across its international network.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 93000+ employees
- Founded
- 1690
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Group Chief Executive
Group Finance Director
Group Chief Operating Officer
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