Job Introduction
The Database Administrator is responsible for the management and support of databases on our customer sites across Europe
From our office in Market Harborough, You will be part of the team that keeps our sites across Europe running efficiently day to day.
Once you are settled in you can work on a hybrid basis from home and the office although you may prefer to work in the office to make use of the gym, coffee and snacks.

Main Responsibilities

• Creation and maintenance of all databases required across the business, this can include; development, testing and production environments.
• Perform capacity planning to create and maintain the databases.
• The DBA will work closely with System Administrators to manage the IT infrastructure environment.
• Installation, patching and upgrade of Oracle RDBMS and associated tools.
• Responsible for the planning and implementation of backups and recovery of the Oracle databases,
• including the owning and managing of the Disaster Recovery Process using RMAN and other tools.
• Support and maintain Oracle DataGuard and GoldenGate installations.
• Provide database support for new databases and projects in development.
• Implement and maintain security processes and procedures for all Oracle databases.
• Maintenance and performance tuning of databases to ensure optimum performance and availability.
• Good working knowledge of AWR.
• Evaluation of new Oracle releases and any third-party products to ensure tools are appropriate.
• Provide technical support to the customer support hotline IT and WCS teams.
• Administration of database objects.
• Impact analysis of changes made to the database objects and environment.
• Troubleshooting/analysis of database related issues, applications and development tools.
• Write and maintain SQL stored procedures, scripts and shell scripts.
• Managing sharing of resources amongst applications.
• Ability to work in a customer-facing role, with good communication skills.
• Good fault-finding and diagnostic methodology.
• Support the implementation of managed services within the wider business.

About You

• Good knowledge of Linux operating systems
• Oracle and operating system performance monitoring and tuning.
• Installation and administration of DataGuard
• Shell scripting and PL/SQL
• Installation, updating and patching of Oracle databases
• Excellent knowledge of Oracle backup and recovery procedures (RMAN).
• Good knowledge of Oracle security management.
• Good knowledge of Oracle resource management.
• Experience in code migration, database changes and data through project lifecycle.
• Experience of database and program performance testing.

We Offer

We offer a competitive package including;

• Use of the office gym
• Medicash scheme
• Company bonus scheme
• Training and Development

• Creation and maintenance of all databases required across the business, this can include; development, testing and production environments.
• Perform capacity planning to create and maintain the databases.
• The DBA will work closely with System Administrators to manage the IT infrastructure environment.
• Installation, patching and upgrade of Oracle RDBMS and associated tools.
• Responsible for the planning and implementation of backups and recovery of the Oracle databases,
• including the owning and managing of the Disaster Recovery Process using RMAN and other tools.
• Support and maintain Oracle DataGuard and GoldenGate installations.
• Provide database support for new databases and projects in development.
• Implement and maintain security processes and procedures for all Oracle databases.
• Maintenance and performance tuning of databases to ensure optimum performance and availability.
• Good working knowledge of AWR.
• Evaluation of new Oracle releases and any third-party products to ensure tools are appropriate.
• Provide technical support to the customer support hotline IT and WCS teams.
• Administration of database objects.
• Impact analysis of changes made to the database objects and environment.
• Troubleshooting/analysis of database related issues, applications and development tools.
• Write and maintain SQL stored procedures, scripts and shell scripts.
• Managing sharing of resources amongst applications.
• Ability to work in a customer-facing role, with good communication skills.
• Good fault-finding and diagnostic methodology.
• Support the implementation of managed services within the wider business