MongoDB Engineer

Barclays Bank PLC; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a MongoDB Engineer to enhance its critical technology infrastructure. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in software engineering and automation to monitor and maintain systems, ensuring their reliability and scalability. You will collaborate with development teams to integrate best practices for performance and reliability into the software development lifecycle. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment where your contributions will significantly impact the organization's operational efficiency. If you're passionate about technology and thrive in a collaborative setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Ansible for database server configurations.
• Good working knowledge of leading SRE practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability and performance of systems through proactive monitoring.
• Develop tools to automate operational processes and reduce manual workload.

Skills

Ansible

Git

JIRA

MongoDB

Python

Bash

Kubernetes

Tools

CI/CD tools

Job description

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

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

• Expertise in Ansible for database server configurations
• Expertise in DevOps automation tools such as Git, JIRA, and database CI/CD tools
• A good working knowledge of leading SRE practices across large organizations or complex teams
• A working knowledge of MongoDB

Some other highly valued skills may include:

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

This role will be based in our Knutsford location.

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

• Ensure availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
• Respond to system outages and disruptions, analyze issues, and implement measures to prevent recurrence.
• Develop tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload and improving system resilience.
• Monitor and optimize system performance and resource usage, addressing bottlenecks and implementing best practices for performance tuning.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate reliability, scalability, and performance practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and contribute to the organization's technology communities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and collaborate across functions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives, coach, and appraise performance.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, and identify new directions for projects.
• Consult on complex issues and support risk mitigation and policy development.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls related to your work.
• Collaborate across areas, analyze data, and communicate complex information effectively.
• Influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.