Job Description

Job Title: Senior Database Developer Location: Pune
About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Introduction:
Although this is predominately a developer role, candidate must be able to work with the business to define requirements, writing high quality documentation and work through the entire development lifecycle.
The main skills sought are Oracle/MySql. However, candidates need to be willing to develop using different technologies as a significant proportion of their work would be using other languages or development tools such as Unix shell scripts, Autosys, AWS, Hive, Spark and HDFS.
What will you be doing? As well as ongoing maintenance work, current and upcoming projects include BIW 2.0 – CCAR Onboarding. The candidate is expected to be involved in all these projects with the work being spread across the whole development team. The role holder will have a solid professional technical experience. He/She will be capable of working in a fragmented, complex and changing environment and to create strong relationships with the business, technology management (and peers), and vendor representatives. The candidate needs to have strong technical skills. He/she will have the ability to quickly take ownership of issues. He/she will possess sufficient business and technical knowledge to be able to take decisions, often in stressful situations. They must be adaptable and able to converse with both technical staff and business representatives clearly.
What we’re looking for:

• Minimum of 8 years’ development and experience in MySQL/Oracle comprehending the existing SQL queries and writing medium to complex SQL queries.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Unix and shell scripting.
• Minimum of 1 years experience in investment banking or the financial sector.
• Knowledge of performance tuning and maintenance issues.
• Eager to learn new technologies in Big Data Space (Hive, Impala, Spark Sql, Scala etc).
• Any cloud experience (AWS/Azure/Google/Oracle).

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Performance Tuning of Oracle/MySQL/Hive SQL Queries/Spark SQL Statements.
• Experience in working with large databases - multi terabytes (3+ Terabytes).
• Partner with Global build team.
• Any Cloud (AWS/Azure/Google/Oracle) Certification will be plus.
• Thorough understanding of a structured development lifecycle, realizing the importance of different levels of testing.
• Ability to write high quality technical documentation. This includes design specifications and test plans.
• Delivery focused, with a strong quality driven ethic, always ensuring the best solution is provided on time.
• Strong team player, willing to work on own initiative yet able to communicate well and integrate with a diverse team.
• Confident, enthusiastic, always giving 100% to assigned tasks and being able to handle situations in which they have little or no previous experience.
• Proactive, being able to effectively deal with change and identify, react and add value to issues that affect the team as a whole.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to develop relationships with other IT teams and the business.
• Thorough understanding of a software development lifecycle, realising the importance of different levels of testing.
• Strong problem-solving skills as well as the ability to manage several tasks/projects concurrently and prioritize work effectively.
• Comfort with fast-paced, dynamic working environment with shifting priorities.
• Experience in Risk and Finance or Regulatory reporting.
• Experience in leading the team and individual contributor to the project

Where will you be working? Pune
Be More at Barclays At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are. Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details. Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term. Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution. Integrity We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do. Service We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do. Excellence We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference. Stewardship We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure. Challenge Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints. Drive Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.