Join us as a Database Engineer at Barclays where you'll effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimizing disruption to operations. You will shape the direction of our database administration, ensuring our technological approaches are innovative and aligned with the Bank’s business goals.
To be successful as a Database Engineer, you should have:
Experience as a Database Administrator, with a focus on PostgreSQL and similar database technologies such as Oracle or MS-SQL.
Experience with DevOps automation tools such as Code versioning (git), JIRA, Ansible, database CI/CD tools and their implementation.
Expertise with scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Bash) for automation/migration tasks
Experience of working on Data migration tools and software’s
Expertise in system configuration management tools such as Chef, Ansible for database server configurations.
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
To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them.
Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience.
Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning.
Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle, and work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
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.
To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
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.