Database Team Leader

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal belongs to Global Financial Services business unit, the global arm of Groupe BPCE. As the second largest banking group in France, Groupe BPCE pursues a full range of banking and insurance activities, counting 100.000 employees and serving 36 million customers worldwide.

Based in Porto, Natixis Center 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: a perfect fit in Portuguese labour culture. Teams of IT, Banking Support Activities and Compliance work in an integrated, inclusive and transversal way, supporting all the business lines and country platforms.

Natixis in Portugal is the best combination of a “start-up mindset”, given its multicultural and inclusive environment, culture of proximity and participation and dynamic working methodologies, based on agility, collaboration and creativity, with a large, solid structure, founded on career management, including international mobility, financial security and robust processes, along with unlimited learning opportunities: small enough to keep entrepreneurial spirit, big enough to deliver globally.

Join a team where you can make things change, achieve limitless perspectives to evolve and grow, become an expert and reach your full potential Because you deserve much more than a job.

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

Founded in 2015, BPCE Infogérance & Technologies is a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, dedicated to Infrastructures, End-User Environment, Security and Production. Improving the quality of service for all Groupe BPCE employees and clients, strengthening IT security, in particular Cybersecurity controls and risks, and improving user experience, while contributing to the business growth in a competitive environment are the priorities at the heart of its strategy.

The activities performed in Natixis in Portugal consist of an accelerator of BPCE Infogérance & Technologies strategic ambitions, fully integrated in the global organization model. Driven by growth, expertise, transformation and agility, this project embraces an international mindset and a diverse skill set. You’ll find yourself in a dynamic and enriching workplace or, as we like to name it, a real tech playground, where you’ll be able to explore a huge tech stack.

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
- Develop skills on patching and migration topics.
- Deploy the Company’s strategy at its department level and participate in the development of its business development plans
- Develop and evaluate employees' skills and culture of the automation.
- Support employees so that they are involved in their professional career.
- 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:

- Create the optimal conditions for defining and implementing changes: involve employees, communicate, support, train
- Propose methods for integrating changes in the activity of the service concerned to promote their consideration
- Participate to build the future organization of Patch Management and Migration Factory teams
- Appropriate and relay upward, downward and transversal communication.
- Promote exchanges within his entity and within the company by
- 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:

- Implement and facilitate a continuous improvement