Senior Database Engineer at Virgin Money
Leeds, England, United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Sep, 25

Salary

51000.0

Posted On

13 Jun, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Good communication skills

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

Business Unit: Technology Operations and Cyber Security – Data Platform Unit
Salary range: £40,800 to £51,000 per annum - DOE
Location: Hybrid – with occasional travel to a UK Virgin Money Hub when required, typically Glasgow or Newcastle.
Contract type: Permanent (full time)

Responsibilities
  • Support and problem solve on all Production databases as a priority alongside supporting the databases within the Pre-Production environment through proactive identification of risk, swift resolution of live issues and proposal of appropriate fixes/improvements for future
  • Upgrade, decommission and deliver new databases alongside supporting changes required to existing databases on the estate including but not limited to patching, tuning / optimisation and disaster recovery testing.
  • Think “outside the box” to improve our processes through process automation, innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Work with Lead Database Engineers, Infrastructure Designers and Project Managers to ensure solutions meet the organisation’s strategic needs and service being kept safe is in mind at all times.
  • Collaborate with internal and external parties, escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers / Team Leads, to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs to ensure we provide excellent customer service.
  • Improve our processes through process automation, innovation and continuous improvement.
    Our work is highly specialised, high profile and fast paced, so you will be expected to self-manage in a professional and proactive manner in conjunction with your Team Lead who will assign you tasks.
    Following a period of training the expectation is that the successful candidate would join a 24/7 on-call rota. Due to the operational nature of the role, there will be times when you may need to work out with your core hours therefore flexibility is key.
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