This role presents an exciting opportunity for a technically proficient Senior Oracle Platform Engineer. You will be joining the highly skilled and well-regarded Database support team, an integral part of the wider CNI Platform support team.

As a senior engineer, you will be able to provide support and expertise to other team members and contribute to all deliverables including planning. The role requires the ability to work out of hours, partake in a 24x7 standby rota and provide incident support as required for critical events. This position requires a minimum of 40% in-office attendance.

Flexible Working Options: This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:

• Flexible start and end time to each day
• Part-time
• Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
• A 40% in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks
• Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

Opportunities in Leeds: We're excited to be growing our presence in Leeds, a city we've been connected to for nearly 200 years! Our modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers a supportive, flexible working environment.

A Day in the Role: The key application supported by the CNI Platform team is RTGS, this service settles £800 billion on an average day and is classed as Critical National Infrastructure, by the UK Government, important to the smooth functioning of the UK economy.

Role Requirements: You are a dedicated Oracle Platform engineer within an Agile environment and meet the minimum criteria. You have a clear collaborative approach to working with others, and keen to share knowledge with colleagues.

Minimum Criteria: We're looking for someone who has the following key skills and experience:

• Oracle Database Real Application Cluster (RAC) configurations
• Oracle Dataguard configuration, maintenance, and operational optimisation
• Oracle Goldengate configuration and Support
• Oracle key Vault (OKV) Capability
• Oracle Database engine Fault Diagnosis and Resolution
• Practical expertise in Oracle Database performance tuning and optimization
• Oracle Enterprise Monitor (OEM) setup, configuration, and alerting enhancements (Metric Extensions)
• Oracle Platform Security concepts and delivery (Kerberos, mTLS and Database Vault)
• Experience with automated build and deployment of Oracle Platforms (Jenkins/Ansible)
• Ability to provide in and out of hours support to the 24/7 production environment, resolving issues as they arise.

Desirable Criteria: It would also be beneficial, but not necessary, to have some of the following:

• Experience with other Database Technologies, e.g. Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Splunk Monitoring Integration capability
• Linux Operating System Administration knowledge and experience
• Enterprise systems network integrations with Oracle Platforms
• SAN (Pure) Database Storage Configuration and Integration
• Security skills: knowledge of modern security practices and technologies to ensure the security of applications and infrastructure.
• Industry Certifications

Our Approach to Inclusion: The Bank values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

We offer a salary as follows: Leeds circa £72,320 - £81,360. In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
• 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.