Senior Data Engineer

Job Summary

• Provide subject matter expertise and drive initiatives and enhancements across the Custody Operations environment.
• Partner with Technology, Product, Client Implementations and the Business to deliver robust, stable and scalable solutions, including client implementations, technology deployments and regulatory/mandatory changes.
• Bridge business requirements and technical delivery through requirements documentation, solution communication, testing/implementation coordination and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a hands-on PostgreSQL performance and reliability expert, with strong troubleshooting, SQL optimization, HA/DR, and production support experience in large-scale enterprise environments. Banking or financial services experience is preferred.

Motivations

• Solving complex operational and technology problems and improving services through collaboration, innovation and transformation.
• Delivering robust, stable and scalable solutions while working to tight deadlines in a controlled risk environment.
• Building trusted partnerships with clients, senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders, with a strong client-service orientation.

Skills and Experience

A. PostgreSQL Database Administration

• Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, and optimize PostgreSQL databases.
• Manage database environments across DEV, SIT, UAT, and Production.
• Perform regular database health checks and maintenance.

B. Performance Tuning & Optimization

• Strong expertise in SQL query optimization, execution plans, indexing, and partitioning.
• Troubleshoot slow queries, locking, deadlocks, CPU, memory, and I/O bottlenecks.
• Optimize PostgreSQL configurations, autovacuum, and large-volume data processing.

C. High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Hands-on experience with physical and logical replication.
• Manage HA, failover, backup, restore, and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR).
• Experience with Patroni, pgBackRest, or equivalent solutions.

D. Monitoring & Observability

• Implement proactive PostgreSQL monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, and PostgreSQL statistics.
• Monitor query performance, database connections, replication lag, resource utilization, and capacity.
• Establish automated alerts and perform root cause analysis (RCA).

Qualifications

E. Database Security & Governance

• Implement role-based access control (RBAC), authentication, and auditing.
• Manage privileged access and monitor unauthorized database activities.
• Ensure compliance with banking security standards and change-management policies.

F. Database Design & Data Management

• Review and optimize database schemas, indexes, and table partitioning.
• Support high-volume data ingestion, complex queries, and reporting workloads.
• Implement data retention, archival, and capacity planning strategies.

G. Connection Pooling & Platform Integration

• Hands-on experience with PgBouncer and PostgreSQL connection management.
• Strong Linux troubleshooting and scripting skills.
• Experience integrating PostgreSQL with Kubernetes and enterprise applications.

H. Production Support & Incident Management

• Troubleshoot critical production database incidents and performance issues.
• Conduct RCA and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Support database releases, upgrades, migrations, and operational improvements.

Key Experiences

7–10+ years in database administration, with at least 5 years of hands-on PostgreSQL experience.

Certifications / Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology Engineering or a closely related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Postgraduate qualification in any specialisation is identified as applicable in the source job description.
• No mandatory professional certification or licence is specified in the source job description.

Languages
• No specific language is stated in the source job description. Excellent communication skills are required, including the ability to understand business requirements and explain them to technical solution teams.

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global employee assistance programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.