MongoDB Engineer

Barclays Bank PLC; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a MongoDB Engineer to join their innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining the bank's critical technology infrastructure, ensuring system reliability and scalability through proactive incident response and automation. Your expertise in Ansible, DevOps tools, and MongoDB will be vital in resolving complex technical issues while minimizing operational disruptions. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where your contributions will significantly impact the organization's technology landscape, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about technology and innovation.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Ansible and DevOps automation tools is essential.
• Experience with MongoDB and SRE practices in complex teams is valued.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain system performance, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Respond to outages, analyze issues, and implement preventative measures.
• Develop automation tools to enhance system resilience and reduce manual work.

Skills

Ansible

DevOps Automation Tools

SRE Practices

MongoDB

Containers

Kubernetes

Scripting Languages (Python, Bash)

Tools

Git

JIRA

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Join us as a MongoDB Engineer at Barclays, where you'll monitor and maintain the bank's critical technology infrastructure, resolving complex technical issues while minimizing operational disruption. In this role, you will apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response to ensure system reliability, availability, and scalability.

To be successful as a Database Engineer, you should have:

• Expertise in Ansible for database server configurations
• Experience with devops automation tools such as git, JIRA, and database CI/CD tools
• Good knowledge of leading SRE practices in large organizations or complex teams
• Working knowledge of MongoDB

Additional valued skills include:

• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and migration tasks

The role may assess critical skills like risk management, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technological expertise, along with job-specific technical skills.

This position is based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response to ensure the systems' reliability, availability, and scalability.

Accountabilities

1. Ensure availability, performance, and scalability through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
2. Respond to system outages and disruptions, analyze issues, and implement preventative measures.
3. Develop tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual work and enhancing system resilience.
4. Monitor and optimize system performance, address bottlenecks, and apply best practices for tuning.
5. Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability, scalability, and performance into software development.
6. Stay updated on industry trends and contribute to technology communities within the organization.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise on decision-making, contribute to policy, and collaborate across functions.
• Lead a team on complex tasks, set objectives, coach, and appraise performance.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen, Energize, Align, and Develop.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborations, guide team members, and identify new directions for projects.
• Consult on complex issues, mitigate risks, and develop policies.
• Manage risks and controls effectively.
• Coordinate with other areas to meet organizational objectives.
• Analyze data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information effectively.
• Influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays' Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and to adopt the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.