Senior Oracle Database Administrator

This range is provided by Head Resourcing. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Head Resourcing are looking for a Senior DBA Engineer for a financial services company. You will work within the wider Technology and Cyber Security team and work with 3rd parties to support the database estate. You will be part of the Data Platform Unit team and provide essential support to ensure the companies UK wide database environment.

The role involves:

• Providing effective and proactive database support & maintenance of many of our client’s critical services (predominately Oracle & SQL Server)
• Defect/Incident/Problem investigation across all environments, through to validation and resolution of database issues
• Provide database administrative support and guidance in the shape of:
• Database lifecycle support (provisioning / deletion / patching and upgrading)
• User Access Management
• Back-up and Recovery

We need you to have:

• Proven experience of database administration (Oracle and SQL Server) in a production setting
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues and make recommendations for system changes to resolve issues or deliver enhancements
• Experience of undertaking database builds, patching and upgrades
• Experience of high availability and disaster recovery methods including setup, troubleshooting and support
• Database performance tuning and optimisation skills
• Oracle / Red Hat Linux, Windows, AIX, and Solaris Operating System experience

In return you will receive excellent benefits such as:

• A salary of up to £55k
• 38.5 days annual leave and 5 well-being days
• A discretionary bonus
• An employer pension contribution of up to 13%

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

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