Overview
Join to apply for the Oracle DBA Specialist role at Barclays. You will be supporting billing and settlement services for large corporate clients, emphasizing the criticality and scale of the Bankworks system and its Oracle database infrastructure. You will work in a dynamic team that has a five-year improvement plan, with opportunities for growth within the transaction side to build parallel systems for Investors and clients.
To be successful as a Oracle DBA, you should have experience with:
* Extensive experience in Oracle database administration (11g, 12c, 19c)
* Production support in high-volume, highly critical environments
* Considerable technical skills in areas like RMAN, Data Guard, OEM, SQL/PLSQL
* Capacity/performance management
Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include
* Experience Unix shell scripting
* ITIL framework knowledge
* Experience with vendor technical support
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role will be based in our Knutsford office.
Purpose of the role
To effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations.
Accountabilities
* Provide technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client or group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders.
* Execute preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software, and utilise monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance.
* Maintain a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing.
* Analyse system logs, error messages and user reports to identify root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and provide resolutions by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes.
* Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management.
* Identify and remediate or raise, through appropriate process, potential service impacting risks and issues.
* Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
* To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
* Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
* If leadership responsibilities apply, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
* For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for cross-functional involvement to complete assignments and projects.
* Consult on complex issues; provide advice to People Leaders to support resolution of escalated issues.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls related to the work performed.
* Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
* Engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
* Communicate complex information clearly to stakeholders.
* Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Banking and Financial Services
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