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Senior Database Sme - London, United Kingdom - MUFG - United Kingdom (BTMU)

MUFG - United Kingdom (BTMU)

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?
Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the 7th largest financial group in the world. Across the globe, we're 160,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve.

We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility.

This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION

Database Platform Operations are responsible for supporting and maintaining Database technologies for Bank EMEA and Securities International.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS
0

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

OSE OF THE ROLE

Responsible for managing, maintaining, enhancing Database technologies across MUFG

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary:

Implement tools and processes for efficient and effective operational management of the environment
Define and implement service catalogue whilst ensuring workload is kept within defined parameters
Produce clear supporting documentation to enable offshore to provide first and secondline of support
Provide deep technical assessments of ticket queues to identify and address issues in a holistic manner
Perform root cause analysis to resolve any technical issues that offshore escalate
Strive to permanently eliminate issues through automation opportunities and sustainable longterm fixes
Partner with SRE team to identify areas for continuous improvement, automation and selfservice
Ensure all project / investment workloads are delivered according to plans and budget defined
Liaise with Infrastructure Control and IT Risk teams to satisfy internal and external audit requests
Manage the lifecycle of database products and maintain strong relationships with vendor partners
Effectively manage Vulnerability Management and Security Compliance remediation agenda
Deputise for team lead when required to do so and actup accordingly
Take part in On-Call & weekend work rotation; triaging and addressing production issues as they arise
Identify cost saving and optimisation opportunities across the group
Build strong working relationships across the organisation
Adhere to the core values of the bank

Secondary:

Perform daily health and compliance checks for all systems as required
Ensure all Database systems are backed up successfully and any issues are promptly resolved
Validate monitoring alerts and batch job failures are detected promptly and satisfactorily resolved
Ensure sufficient capacity is available to accommodate database growth
Handle incidents and requests with efficiency and a "customer first" mindset
Maintain Database platforms in a highly available, reliable, secure and performant manner
General Database Administration maintenance activities
Execute disaster recovery procedures when necessary and take part in regular DR tests
Ensure patches and security updates are applied as per defined policies
Develop and maintain all operational procedures to ensure they are current and accurate

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

Current and previous versions of Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase ASE, MongoDB and Snowflake
Indepth knowledge of Unix / Linux and Windows Server operating systems and utilities
Scripting and programming languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, SQL, T-SQL and PL-SQL
Experienced in Database Installation / Deinstallation, Configuration, Tuning, Migrations and Upgrades
Advanced knowledge of Clustering, High-Availability, Replication and Disaster Recovery techniques
Fluent in Backup and Recovery processes and procedures
Excellent SQL and Systems Performance Tuning skills, indepth knowledge of system internals
Ability to tune Network, Storage, Server and Virtualisation layers for optimal performance and reliability
Competent with Logical and Physical database design
Ability to interpret and implement CIS security hardening recommendations in a controlled manner
Acute awareness of Security and Auditing requirements in a regulated environment

Highly Desirable: