Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Oracle

Barclays Bank PLC

7 months ago

United Kingdom

Job description & requirements

Job Description

Join us as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Oracle where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence.

This role will include: applying software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, ensuring the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them

To be successful as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Oracle you should have experience with:

  • Oracle Enterprise manager (OEM), Oracle Internet Directory (OID),Oracle database Performance Tuning – SME
  • Deep understanding of LDAP protocols and directory services.
  • SQL Optimization
  • Strong skills in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) to automate repetitive tasks and knowledge of configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
  • Expertise in setting up and maintaining monitoring systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Ability to quickly diagnose and resolve production incidents.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in 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 campus.

Purpose of the role

To apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them.

Accountabilities

  • Availability, performance, and scalability of systems and services through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning.
  • Resolution, analysis and response to system outages and disruptions, and implement measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring.
  • Development of tools and scripts to automate operational processes, reducing manual workload, increasing efficiency, and improving system resilience.
  • Monitoring and optimisation of system performance and resource usage, identify and address bottlenecks, and implement best practices for performance tuning.
  • Collaboration with development teams to integrate best practices for reliability, scalability, and performance into the software development lifecycle, and work closely with other teams to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
  • Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Vice President Expectations

  • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
  • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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Barclays Bank PLC

Following a multi-million-pound investment in a state-of-the-art campus in Glasgow, Barclays today unveils a landmark partnership with the Scottish FA that reaffirms its long-term commitment to Scotland through football, entertainment, and community initiatives.

Barclays will become the headline sponsor of Hampden Park, Scotland’s iconic national stadium. Following in the footsteps of renowned international venues, such as The Barclays Center in New York, Hampden Park will now be known as Barclays Hampden.

After sealing partnerships with two of the UK’s most celebrated venues, as the founding Partner of Co-op Live in Manchester and Principal Partner of The O2 in London earlier this year, Barclays continues to expand its sports and entertainment portfolio. Barclays Hampden demonstrates the bank’s ongoing commitment to Scotland.

Barclays has already awarded more than 300 grants to Scottish grassroots football clubs through its Community Sport Fund over the last four years alone. Barclays Hampden will now play a pivotal role in supporting the next generation of Scottish talent.

The stadium will also host some of the world’s biggest music acts, including Take That, Metallica, and Calvin Harris, during Summer 2026. To celebrate the partnership, Barclays will open a dedicated hospitality suite later next year, offering customers and clients an exclusive experience at the heart of the action.

Barclays will also become a partner of the Men’s and Women’s Scottish Cup and serve as the official naming rights partner of the Barclays Next Gen Girls' Performance Programme, which provides clubs with tailored performance programmes to support the development of Scotland’s young talent. This initiative cements Barclays’ ongoing commitment to supporting equal access to football for girls.

For more than 25 years, Barclays has been a driving force for progress in football, from being the Official Banking Partner to the Premier League to leading record-breaking investments in women’s football across the UK, including the Barclays Women’s Super League, the Barclays Women’s Championship, as well as the Northern Irish Women’s Football Association, Scottish Women’s Football’s (SWF) Championship and League One. Its work in crucial grassroots football initiatives has seen millions of pounds of investment and tangible change to hundreds of thousands of individuals needing better access to the beautiful game – from providing equal access for girls to football in schools through the Barclays Girls’ Football in Schools network, to providing grants and support to underrepresented groups in the community through the Barclays Community Sport Fund and more.

Barclays has consistently delivered unforgettable experiences in sports, music and the arts. From 90,000 fans watching Mariah Carey at the Capital Summertime Ball with Barclaycard, to the perfect serve at Wimbledon, or a standing ovation at Sadlers’ Wells, Barclays connects people with the moments they love, creating shared experiences that matter. Barclays Hampden is the next chapter in that story.

Tom Corbett, Managing Director of Sponsorship and Client Experience at Barclays, said: “We are thrilled to be ending the year with the addition of the Scottish home of football to our partnership portfolio. Hampden is a fantastic venue in a fantastic city, and this new partnership will enable us to further support the next generation of football fans and players.”

Stephen Flaherty, Scotland Site Lead and CTO & Head of Group Technology Infrastructure Services at Barclays, said: “Our partnership with the Scottish Football Association is a reflection of Barclays continued investment in the UK and Scotland. With over 7,000 colleagues across our Scottish campuses, one of only two locations globally that has every business function represented, Scotland is central to our long-term strategy.

"This partnership is yet another milestone as we continue to drive commercial growth, expand resources for Scottish businesses, and offer greater choice in the market. Partnering with the Scottish FA further cements our ambition, and in a year like this we could not be happier to enter this partnership and cheer on our teams to further glory.”

Ian Maxwell, Chief Executive at Scottish FA said: “We’re excited to have Barclays on board as Naming Partner of Barclays Hampden. Their desire to support Scottish football – across the levels – has been clear. The impact of their investment will be felt within the walls of Barclays Hampden and far beyond – not least helping fuel the kind of programmes we run that harness the Power of Football and make an everyday impact in Scottish society.”

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