3rd Line Oracle DATABASE Administrator in Huntingdon

Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Security Clearance Level: High - DV 'Developed Vetting'

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams in the UK to address some of the most complex problems in defence, government, safety and security, and transportation. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated third line Oracle Database Administrator, with high levels of security clearance, to join our growing team of IT experts in delivering high quality IT services to our government and commercial customers. You will be self-motivated and able to work autonomously to achieve day to day objectives with significant results on project or operational deliverables, whilst also owning a variety of activities ensuring compliance with project milestones and customer KPIs and SLAs. You must be an effective communicator, comfortable directly engaging with customers and colleagues. You will also demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach to technical challenges.

We operate a high paced and exciting collaborative working environment where the work you do is normally customer facing and has demonstrable real world impact. As such we value our staff highly and are committed to training, career development and providing opportunities to progress.

Responsibilities:

• You will be providing enterprise operational database support and maintenance services to a complex range of imagery and geospatial system capabilities in a high availability operational environment.
• This role is within the live support team and primarily covers the maintenance of Oracle database systems and to a lesser extent MSSQL & POSTGRES databases in a predominantly Windows environment across a multisite enterprise solution and involvement/support where these databases interact or provide services to the wider software solution.
• This includes the maintenance and updates to Data Models and Data Definition Language as well as responsibility for database integrity.
• You will need a thorough understanding of Oracle databases and to a lesser extent MSSQL and other database products.
• Experience with Geo-spatial products such as ArcGIS, Arc Server and Arc SDE environments is highly advantageous.
• The role includes support to ClearCase and ClearQuest software and patch fixes.
• There is also an expectation to provide remote and on-site support, and out of hours on-call support from time to time.
• You will contribute towards the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation and, while primarily supporting the operational service, also be able to provide material to support change projects if required.

Qualifications:

• Experience in an ITILv3 support enterprise environment.
• Oracle DBA (10g/11g) experience in an Operational Support environment.
• Knowledge of the change and operational release cycle, including Systems Integration, Development and Test.
• Experience of IT architectures and the application of Software/Systems engineering principles within a secure IT environment.
• A history as a proactive 'self-starter', able to respond to complex situations with little oversight and asking for support from other technical experts as required.
• Experience with Oracle 12c support, Windows Server, VMWare environments, WebSphere and JBOSS Applications.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL.
• Any experience in working in a Defence environment, and/or with imagery and geospatial tooling and datasets would be highly desirable but is not essential.

Clearance & Travel:

Occasional travel to other Leidos and customer sites may be required. To work with our talented team and our customers you would need to be able to achieve a high level of security clearance. Clearance to Start DV; Clearance for Role DV.

What We Do for You:

We offer an engaging career with a collaborative culture and support for your career goals, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains top talent, including pension, private medical insurance, generous annual leave, flexible benefits, and other well-being programs.

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know.