Barclays Recruitment Drive | Software Engineer – Network Automation
Barclays is officially hiring for the Software Engineer – Network Automation role at its Pune and Bangalore technology centers. This Barclays Recruitment 2026 drive is an exceptional opportunity for BE/BTech graduates to bridge the gap between software engineering and network infrastructure. Join a global banking giant and build the Python-driven platforms that automate one of the world’s most complex financial networks.
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank, supporting individuals and businesses for over 300 years. Our technology teams are at the heart of our operations, ensuring that our digital infrastructure is resilient, secure, and automated. At Barclays, we value the “LEAD” behaviors—Listen, Energize, Align, and Develop. This role within the Network Automation team focuses on creating modular, scalable software products that replace manual infrastructure tasks with intelligent, code-driven solutions.
Barclays Recruitment Drive Details
Job Role: Software Engineer – Network Automation
Job ID: JR-0000104954
Locations: Pune / Bangalore, India
Experience: Freshers / Experienced
Qualification: BE / BTech (Any relevant stream)
Core Skills: Python, API Design, CCNA Fundamentals
Job Summary:
Join Barclays as a Software Engineer - Network Automation role, where this role is ideal for engineers who are strong Python developers, enjoy solving infrastructure and networking problems through software, and want to grow their skills across microservices, platform engineering, and automation. At Barclays, we don't just anticipate the future - we're creating it.
This role is based in Bengaluru and Pune office.
Purpose of the role
To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
To be successful in this role, you should have below skills:
- Strong hands on Python development experience, with a clear software engineering mindset (clean code, modular design, testability, and maintainability).
- Experience building software products using Python, not just scripts, including packaging, dependency management, and versioning.
- Good understanding of Micro Services architecture, API driven design, and service to service integrations.
- Experience with network device integration and automation using technologies such as Netconf/Restconf/Yang, YAML/Json, Jinja, Parsers, Netmiko or similar.
- Working knowledge of secure coding basics, error handling, and defensive programming practices.
Domain skills
- Strong networking fundamentals (CCNA or similar), including core routing, switching, firewall, load-balancing and troubleshooting concepts.
- Exposure to virtualization and infrastructure environments is preferred
Some other highly valued skills may include below:
- Experience working in Kubernetes and containerized environments.
- Exposure to SRE concepts, including SLIs/SLOs and observability using ELK, Grafana, or similar tools.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
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.
Accountabilities
- Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
- Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
- Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
- 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.
- Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
- Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
Analyst Expectations
- To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
- Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
- Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
- They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
- Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
- Partner with other functions and business areas.
- Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
- Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
- Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
- Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
- Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
- Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
- Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
- Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
- Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.
How To Apply for Barclays Recruitment Drive?
Eligible candidates apply this drive in online by the following the link ASAP. Venue details will be shared to shortlisted candidates through e-mail.
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Note: Apply the job before link Expires
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