Database Team Leader

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal is fully integrated in the global organization of Natixis, a French multinational financial services firm specialized in Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Payments. As part of Groupe BPCE, Natixis counts nearly 16.000 employees across 38 countries.

Based in Porto, Natixis Centre of Expertise mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the bank’s business, operations and work culture worldwide, as a key driver of the company’s culture of agility and innovation. Teams of IT and Banking Support Activities work in an integrated, inclusive and transversal way, supporting all the business lines and country platforms.

Counting with more than 1500 employees, Natixis in Portugal is the best combination of a “start-up mindset” with a large, solid structure. Its unique culture gives true meaning to a “beyond banking” personality: to be a real entrepreneur, self-challenging, ever striving to excel and go that extra mile.

Job Description

We are looking for a Database Team Leader (local contract) to join our BPCE IT business Unit.

Within BPCE-IT, the mission of the Infrastructure Data entity is to design, deploy and evolve the DATA infrastructures of the information systems to serve the business applications of BPCE-IT customers by guaranteeing safety, quality, performance, the uniqueness, coherence and sustainability of their exploitation. 

As part of its growth, the Infrastructure Data entity is looking for experts (senior and intermediate) and engineers (junior) in the Databases area whose main activities are: 

• Design, deploy and evolve Database IT DATA solutions for technical infrastructures (EXADATA, ZDLRA, …) and Transversal tools (SCRIPTS, API, EOM, OUD, MEM, …) 

• Ensure the continuity and reliability of the DATA infrastructures for all information systems of BPCE-IT customers, secure their systems by Patching or Upgrade or Migrate the Database in the appropriate supported version, always guaranteeing the service in compliance with the standards 

• Analyze and forecast necessary resource developments 

• Contribute to business projects and assist users in the use of available solutions. 

The Database Infrastructure Team Leader deploys the BPCE Managed Services & Technologies strategy at the department level. It leads its team on a human and technical level. 

• Understand the remediation strategy and process to succeed in the SI improvement 

o Develop skills on patching and migration topics. 

o know how to deal with patching and migration subjects by oneself. 

• Deploy the Company’s strategy at its department level and participate in the development of its business development plans 

o Develop and evaluate employees' skills and culture of the automation. 

o Support employees so that they are involved in their professional career. 

o In response to questions: clarify, illustrate the possibilities for development and/or needs for skills development and/or direct the employee to the appropriate contacts 

• Anticipate, define and implement changes in the organization of the activity within the company: 

o Create the optimal conditions for defining and implementing changes: involve employees, communicate, support, train 

o Propose methods for integrating changes in the activity of the service concerned to promote their consideration 

o Participate to build the future organization of Patch Management and Migration Factory teams  

• Appropriate and relay upward, downward and transversal communication. 

o Promote exchanges within his entity and within the company by  

o Ensure close proximity to employees, top-down communication as part of the deployment of key Company topics (decisions, group info, customer info, etc.) In order to ensure that the hierarchy is aware of any operational difficulties. 

• Organize and facilitate daily the activity of his entity and its interactions with the company: 

o Implement and facilitate a continuous improvement process. 

o Setup automated dashboarding to follow activity and share progresses 

o Provide business reporting and forecasting. 

Studies and Controls: 

• Monitor and control versions of existing databases and software packages selected by the company 

• Define standard technical services and solutions and their respective sizing 

• Develop detailed configuration specifications 

• Define standards for the use and operation of DBMS 

• Contribute to the development of technical solutions for the catalogue and archi