Database Engineer

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a Junior Database Administrator (DBA) / Data Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing day to day database tasks for relational databases. This role requires a proactive individual who are eager to learn & adapt on new technologies and database infrastructure.

RESPONSIBILITIES
This role is responsible for:
•    Manage, monitor, and maintain databases across multiple environments.
•    Maintain database schemas, indexes, and ensure database availability.
•    Ensure the availability of database backups & troubleshoot if any failures.
•    Perform regular database patching and upgrades to ensure systems are up to date with the latest security & vulnerabilities identified.
•    Collaborate with development teams and support them on database related queries.
•    Develop and maintain documentation for database configurations, procedures, and processes.
•    Stay current with emerging database technologies and industry trends to continuously improve our data infrastructure.

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
•    4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator with a focus on AWS RDS, RDBMS.
•    Experience with relational databases such as Oracle & PostgreSQL.
•    Knowledge in SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell).
•    Experience with database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
•    Familiarity with database security best practices.
•    Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
•    Reporting Tools & Technical Documentation: Experience with reporting tools and have ability to document of technical details/tasks/etc
•    Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing requirements and environments.

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Database Management
•    Data Modelling and ETL process
•    Virtualization, Containerisation, and Orchestration (Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes)
•    Scripting (Python, Shell)
•    NoSQL and RDBMS Design and Administration (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka)
•    AI, RAG, Agentic AI    
•    On-demand Infrastructure/Cloud Computing, Storage, and Infrastructure (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
•    System Administration (GNU/Linux, nix)
•    Project Management

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.