Sql Developer

Summary

Join Barclays as a Senior SQL Developer in Prague! This full-time, long-term contract role requires a strong analytical and communication skillset. You will contribute to various projects, collaborating with developers, business analysts, and project managers. Responsibilities include defining analysis approaches, eliciting requirements, participating in design processes, and implementing technical solutions. The ideal candidate possesses strong data analysis experience, excellent communication skills, and stakeholder management abilities. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex projects and enhance existing systems within a global team.

Requirements

• Experience of Data Analysis E.g. Working with big datasets, creating simple/medium SQL queries, confident Excel user
• Experience of preparing and issuing a range of key business analysis deliverables E.g. Requirements Documentation
• Has enough knowledge of specialist area to be credible with business users and SMEs. Is still developing SME knowledge in a number of areas
• Excellent communication skills - including the ability to convey information to non-technical colleagues in a concise and clear way
• Strong stakeholder management, able to communicate at all levels and build sustainable relationships
• A strong analytical/problem solving mind-set

Responsibilities

• Define analysis approach in line with the strategic vision of the project and the preferred methodology of the organisation
• Work independently to elicit, validate and document systems requirements for user/feature stories depending on the SDLC in use by the development teams
• Participation in the Design process coordinated by the project manager, from Design approval to functional design completion – help to ensure the functionality/benefits envisaged are delivered
• Analyse new requirements to find the most appropriate technical solution and contribute to the overall system design
• Take responsibility and ownership of new feature development
• Document designs and communicate them with the team
• Work on all aspects of analysis, design, implementation and deployment of all software, related to the core data applications
• Design and implement applications and data flows, for accuracy, timeliness, quality and control
• Contribute to the delivery of complex projects in collaboration with global teams across Barclays, to develop new or enhance existing systems
• Perform knowledge sharing sessions to raise a common financial knowledge level of the team, or when new functionality is released
• Create stored procedures and reports, using T-SQL based on user requirements
• Clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences, establishing and maintain strong relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Negotiate delivery timelines with key stakeholders and effectively manage individual workload
• Communicate problems and issues to stakeholder to avoid last minute surprises
• Understands the needs/challenges of stakeholders and can negotiate satisfactory resolution to issues surrounding creation and implementation of technology solutions
• Ensure client expectations of operational performance and efficiency are met; discuss the same via various communication channels to senior stakeholders within the bank
• Seeking the advice of stakeholders to better create clarity in complex situations, understand problems, evaluate options and make decisions
• Considering the impact of their actions and decisions on key stakeholders, seeking to deliver a positive outcome for those involved
• Reprioritising own activities to respond to new information and changing requirements whilst staying focussed on results
• Understand the requirements and perspectives of stakeholders and integrate into their understanding of complex situations
• Demonstrates a broad understanding of how the bank operates and the metrics used to measure performance
• Analyses problems and evaluates options in a logical and systematic way

Preferred Qualifications

• Some understanding of project methodologies and their application within the organisation's project methodology
• Organisational skills and ability to multi-task in a highly pressurised support environment
• Able to work within a high performing team and contribute to overall objectives/best practice
• Always ready to learn and explore new areas with regard to technology