Job Summary

•    A database engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the databases that support an organization's operations. This includes tasks such as designing and creating new databases, optimizing and troubleshooting existing databases, migrating the data one Database to another (Oracle/DB2 to Postgres) and ensuring the security and availability of the data.

•    The candidate should have a strong technical background and experience with database management systems, SQL, and database design principles. They should also have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work well with cross-functional teams

Key Responsibilities

Key Roles and Responsibilities
•    Designing, implementing, and maintaining databases to support an organization's operations
•    Be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle from design to development, testing, and deployment.
•    Ability to work in application build using Java, Spring boot technologies
•    Ability to work with database developers, engineers, and different operations and applications engineering teams to help them to identify, analyze, and resolve database performance issues
•    Collaborate with software engineers and DevOps teams to design and implement technical designs and solutions
•    Adhering to best practices in securely storing, backing up, and archiving data.
•    Documenting processes related to database design, configuration, and performance.
•    Keeping abreast of developments and best practices in database engineering.
•    Optimizing and troubleshooting existing databases to ensure they perform efficiently
•    Ensuring the security and availability of the data stored in the databases
•    Designing and implementing data backup and recovery procedures
•    Collaborating with other teams such as developers and operations to ensure the databases meet the needs of the business
•    Continuously researching and evaluating new database technologies and trends to recommend and implement improvements
•    Develop and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for database infrastructure and services
•    Strong understanding of database management systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, DB2 etc.
•    Strong understanding of SQL and experience with database design and optimization.

•    Strong understanding of database security and data encryption.
•    Strong understanding of database replication and high availability.
•    Strong understanding of backup and recovery, disaster recovery procedures.
•    Strong understanding of cloud-based database services like RDS, Aurora, CosmosDB etc.
•    Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to work with cross-functional teams.
•    Strong understanding of Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems.
•    Familiarity with monitoring and performance tuning tools.

Strategy
Awareness and understanding of the business strategy and model appropriate to the role 

Business
Awareness and understanding of Retail business, the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates 

Processes
Awareness and understanding of Agile s/w development process, change and release management process 

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Qualifications

•    9+ years of work experience in software development using Database technologies tools and Java/J2EE.
•    Should have hands-on experience on Spring boot microservices.
•    In-depth knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL), Java and Spring boot
•    Extensive experience with database technologies and architecture
•    Extensive experience in data migration between different databases
•    Sound knowledge of best practices in database engineering and data security.
•    Thorough understanding of database performance monitoring and analysis tools
•    Expertise in database server specification, performance tuning, analysis and optimization
•    Strong Experience in database disaster recovery planning and recovery
•    Experience with Oracle, DB2, Postgres and/or MongoDB desired
•    Experience with AWS/GCP/Azure desired
•    Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
•    Exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
•    Team-player, flexible and able to work in a fast-paced environment

Skills and Experience

•    API & Microservices
•    Container Platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes)
•    Database Technologies (SQL, NoSQL)
•    Integration Technologies
•    Agile Methodologies, Lean Framework
•    Web & Mobile app skills

About Standard Chartered

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

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, 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.