About the Role

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Nearly five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant.

Are you an experienced database engineering expert excited to lead a small team of passionate engineers, then keep reading below. Even if you are not sure if you are an exact fit, we want to talk to you. At SWIFT, we believe in “One Team” and developing high performing teams. You will have support from our senior leadership team to grow into your potential as a leader.

What to expect

In this role you will: 

Acting as a Chapter Lead, you will manage approximately 8-12 database engineers who are assigned to squads that specialise in Oracle DB, Oracle Exadata or Datastax Cassandra NoSQL

•    Perform people management activities, such as recruitment, assign engineering resources, set objectives, conduct performance appraisals
•    Ensure best practices and recent trends are applied within the team, in terms of technologies and DevOps principles
•    Follow future trends via education, conferences or articles
•    Create a culture of excellence and continuous learning, of knowledge & experience sharing between the members, allowing professional growth of the chapter members
•    Build a network outside the chapter, maintain relationships with all relevant stakeholders
•    Orchestrate the feedback collection and foster a positive feedback culture

Acting as a squad member (approximately 50% of your time)
•    Be a ‘hands-on’ member of the squad with strong interest to keep your technical skills current
•    Work as a squad member making use of your database expertise to delivers highly resilient and highly secure database solutions to our internal customers.
•    Help to orchestrate the sound engineering of the underlaying DB platforms, automation and DevOps acceleration of our services.
•    Be part of the on-call rotation within your squad to help resolve critical service incidents and restoration of time-critical services.

What will make you successful?

We are seeking professionals with:  

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science or related field
•    5 years’ experience in database engineering or related field
•    Proven experience of taking full accountability for database technology decisions/strategies and their implementation
•    Mindset and experience in supporting mission critical IT infrastructure
•    Previous experience as people manager is a plus
•    Strong ability to quickly adapt and respond to change
•    Customer oriented and quality mindset – we continually strive to deliver true customer value
•    Open-minded, solutions oriented, and a true team player – gaining energy through collaboration with others
•    Fluent in English (spoken and written)
•    Ability to lead with a team focus
•    Ability to deliver results
•    Ability to demonstrate operational excellence
•    Ability to communicate effectively 
•    Ability to build and reinforce customer relationships 

              

              

What we offer

We put you in control of career

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

              

We give you the freedom to be yours