Database Administrator

At BNP Paribas Personal Finance, we’re part of a global bank and are proud to be a Top Employer UK, providing a great place to work in an open and inclusive environment. We’re here to provide simple and straightforward consumer finance solutions and we work with many well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance their purchases in a responsible way. We care about making a positive impact for our colleagues, customers, partners and the wider community. That’s why we live by our values of being positive, brave and owning it.

The Role

To provide comprehensive support for the build, maintenance, monitoring and improvement of in-house bespoke and third party provided PostgreSQL Server solutions. You will be a valuable addition to a small team, who are looking to expand due to business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the PostgreSQL estate in a cloud environment.
• Take a proactive role in projects, providing PostgreSQL expertise to implement solutions that meet company/industry standards and best practices.
• Support the business during its move from an on-premise SQL Server environment to PostgreSQL in cloud.
• Ensure optimal database performance through proactive monitoring, analysis, tuning and optimisation.
• Maintain database security in line with legislation and internal policies.
• Work with the IT Team to establish robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
• Participate in the annual Disaster Recovery test.

Skills & Attributes

• Knowledge of relational database design fundamentals.
• Knowledge of database components and capabilities.
• Understanding of Continuity Management including backups, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management and Capacity Management.
• Knowledge of High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Knowledge of database best practices.
• A breadth of experience in Production database installation, support and administration.
• Experience with PostgreSQL 15.
• Service driven and adept at finding viable solutions to issues.

BNP Paribas Personal Finance believes it’s a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most.

What’s in it for you?

As well as working for a Top Employer UK 2022 and being part of a team that changes customers' lives, there are some excellent benefits too including a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, plus life insurance and private medical insurance, not to mention the all-important 25 days holiday each year to enjoy. There are also perks which give you fantastic discounts off eating out, cinema tickets, days out and much more. There are also monthly awards with plenty of opportunities to win vouchers and prizes.

BNP Paribas Personal Finance promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.