Database Engineer - Platform Engineering

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) / Senior Data Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing and optimizing databases, both relational and non-relational databases. This role requires a proactive individual who can ensure the performance, availability, and security of our databases while also contributing to the design and implementation of data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Software Delivery

• Manage, monitor, and maintain databases across multiple environments, including AWS RDS, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Design, implement, and maintain database schemas, indexes, and complex queries to optimize performance and ensure data integrity.
• Develop and implement database backup, recovery, and archiving strategies.
• Perform regular database patching and upgrades to ensure systems are up to date with the latest security and performance enhancements.
• Collaborate with development teams to design and optimize database architectures, queries, and indexing strategies.
• Monitor database performance and troubleshoot issues, implementing tuning and optimization techniques as needed.
• Ensure database security by implementing best practices for access control, encryption, and auditing.
• Develop and maintain documentation for database configurations, procedures, and processes.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior DBAs and data engineers.
• Stay current with emerging database technologies and industry trends to continuously improve our data infrastructure.
  
  

• Participate in business process re-engineering
• Assess value, develop cases and prioritize stories, epics and themes with acceptance criteria to ensure focus on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Providing support during User Acceptance/Integration Testing
• Walkthrough the User Manual/ Production User Verification scripts with users
  
  

• Proactively identify issues and actions
• Monitor and remediate issues and actions from audits
• Awareness of the regulatory world and knowledge of AML, Fraud, Screening, Data Quality needs and ensuring these are catered for in the functional design
  
  

• Coordinate with resources and teams across different location
  
  

• Operations (Group, Regional, Country and Hubs)
• Business - Product/Sales/Segments (Group, Regional, Country)
• Technology – Delivery Teams and Technical Architecture)
• Hive Leads
• Chapter Leads
• Trade Technology Team
• Interface IT Teams
• Technology Services Teams
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience as a Database Administrator with a focus on AWS RDS, RDBMS, and NoSQL databases.
• Strong experience with relational databases such as Oracle & PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS and related AWS services.
• Expertise in SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell).
• In-depth knowledge of database design, indexing, and query optimization techniques.
• Experience with database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with database security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Experience in creating REST API documentation using Swagger and YAML or similar tools desirable
• Experience with Unix, Linux Operating Systems
  
  

• Relevant experience of 6-10 years
• Banking/Fintech experience mandatory
• Trade Finance domain experience preferred
  
  

• Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role
  
  

• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates.
  
  

• Responsible for executing within set processes
  
  

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with Trade Technology partners.
  
  

• The ability to interpret the Group's financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.
  
  

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
  
  

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
  
  

• Operations (Group, Regional, Country and Hubs)
• Business - Product/Sales/Segments (Group, Regional, Country)
• Technology – Delivery Teams and Technical Architecture)
• Hive Leads
• Chapter Leads
• Trade Technology Team
• Interface IT Teams
• Technology Services Teams
• Production Support Teams
  
  

• AWS RDS, RDBMS, and NoSQL databases.
• Strong experience with relational databases such as Oracle & PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency in NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS and related AWS services.
  
  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent degree
  
  

• Java Certified
  
  

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
  
  

we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.