Job Title: Senior MSSQL DBA

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.
• Role to be a technical SME and provide technical support, advice and guidance to all Barclays business areas implementing SQL Server based solutions.

What will you be doing?
• Technical engagement in Incident, Change and Problem management, as part of BAU Operations activities.
• Ownership and leadership of technical resolution for high severity production incidents.
• Involve in estate wide SQL patching, Scheduled Disaster Recovery/Production Crossover exercises and estate wide remediation and rollouts.
• Able to clearly communicate complex technical issues to a wide audience.
• Analysis of re-occurring incidents and identify service improvements where possible.
• Adherence to Barclays standards for change control, database security and database patterns, adhering to bank’s governance and control procedures
• Provide on-call rota support where required.
• Be an effective, proactive team member, influencing the behaviour of colleagues internally and across Infrastructure Services

What We’re Looking For
• Expert knowledge of T-SQL. Experience in setup/configuration/support of all components of the MS SQL Product set (Core DB engine and SSRS, SSAS, SSIS, Replication topologies, Service Broker, Log Shipping, Database Snapshots and experience with AlwaysOn etc.) on SQL Server 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2024
• Must have extensive experience as Production support SQL Server Database Administrator - Strong experience in large, high volume and high criticality environments. Strong skills in designing and delivering platforms to hosts SQL server, covering HA and DR, at Enterprise