Application DBA

Join us as an Application DBA at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. This role is to build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response.

To be successful as an Application DBA you should have:

1. Mainframe DBA experience in DB2, z/OS
2. Design Build, performance and maintenance of database systems
3. Presentation skills involving presenting complex technical ideas both verbally and written

Some other highly valued skills may include:

1. Financial services experience
2. Data life cycle experience from start to deployment
3. DevOps technology experience

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.

Purpose of the role:

To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response.

Accountabilities:

1. Build Engineering: Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
2. Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
3. Automation: Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
4. Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
5. Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
6. Learning: 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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations:

1. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
2. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
3. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
4. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
5. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
6. 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) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
7. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
8. Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

Job Info

Job Title: Application DBA

Company: CV-Library

Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Salary: Competitive

Posted:

Closes: Jan 9th 2025

Sector: IT

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time