Active Directory VP

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.

• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.

• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.

• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.

• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..

• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..

• 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 will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.

• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.

• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.

• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.

• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.

• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.

• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

At Barclays, we don't just adapt to the future – we shape it. Embark on a transformative journey as an Active Directory VP, where you'll play a key technical role in driving many Infrastructure activities, including technical support to facilitate design & delivery of Business driven changes and designing and implementation of solutions in line with technology roadmaps and global strategy. You'll act as an escalation point for Major Incidents related to AD.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive Projects and Initiatives related to AD Transformation.

• Working with group IT Security and Governance teams to ensure all IT Security policies and standards are applied.

• Implementation of Business-driven changes, Configuration of Group Policies.

• Support of third-party Active Directory management tools, automations, backup solutions, monitoring tools, capacity management.

• Developing installation and integration guides to aid implementation of solutions.

• Developing Post Implementation "Best Practice, Troubleshooting and Operational guides" to aid support of installed services.

• Problem resolution including: problem management, root cause analysis and implementation of remedies.

• Technical review of affected systems with a view to alleviating problems inherent in design, configuration and /or implementation.

• The provision of advice and consultancy aimed at minimising the occurrence and impact of service incidents through process improvement.

To be successful as an Active Directory VP, you should have: 

• Strong knowledge and support experience of Active Directory services on Windows 2012/2016/2019.

• Advanced scripting skills in Powershell.

• Able to manage own workload effectively & prioritize tasks during times of changing priorities/schedules.

• Is good at presenting technical / business information to peers, colleagues and senior stakeholders in clear unambiguous language.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Strong experience in supporting Active Directory Services in Engineering and/or Operations.

• Exceptional knowledge of major Windows component technologies and competent in discussing these in detail with other Subject Matter Experts.

• Good Leadership skills to encourage/motivate team members to achieve the desired outcome.

• Contributes to the development and implementation of standards and procedures.

• Understands the Availability & Continuity services offered by own technical function.

• MCSE or MCITP qualified. Quest Toolset configuration and troubleshooting. Desired state configuration through CHEF.

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.

The location of the role is Pune, IN.