Job Description:
In this role as Senior Database Engineer at Barclays Bank PLC, you will play a crucial part in shaping the direction of our database administration. Your primary focus will be on ensuring our technological approaches are innovative and aligned with the bank's business goals.
About the Role:
* Assume a key technical leadership role to drive the development and implementation of cutting-edge database solutions.
* Collaborate with management to guide high-impact projects to completion, leveraging software engineering and database administration expertise.
* Develop and maintain tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload and improving system resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Proactively monitor, maintain, and optimize the availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services.
2. Respond to and resolve system outages and disruptions, implementing measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
3. Collaborate with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle.
Vice President Expectations:
* Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change, while managing resources, budgets, and policies.
* Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for departmental future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance, and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.