Senior PostgreSQL Site Reliability Engineer
Join us at Barclays where you will effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve complex technical issues, while minimizing disruption to operations. You will assume a key technical leadership role, shape the direction of our database administration and guide high‑impact projects to completion.
Responsibilities
* Availability, performance and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance and capacity planning.
* Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, implementing measures to prevent similar incidents.
* Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload and improving resilience.
* Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identifying and addressing bottlenecks.
* Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability and performance into the software development lifecycle.
* Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organisation’s technology communities.
Qualifications
* Strong experience as a Principal Level Database Administrator, focusing on PostgreSQL.
* Proven track record of implementing and leading SRE practices across large organisations or complex teams.
* Extensive hands‑on experience on Containers and Kubernetes.
* In‑depth experience with DevOps automation tools such as code versioning (Git), JIRA, Ansible and database CI/CD tools.
* Expertise with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash) for automation and migration tasks.
* Experience with data migration tools and software.
* Expertise in system configuration management tools such as Chef and Ansible for database‑server configurations.
* Risk & controls, change & transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job‑specific technical skills.
Location
* London, Knutsford or Glasgow.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Banking and Financial Services
Values
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
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