We are looking for a Senior Database Administrator to embark on a large-scale digital transformation programme alongside the brightest minds in a collaborative and energetic work environment.
You will be part of an international team working with a range of applications and wider business practices engineering to transform our client’s application suite and support them in maintaining their competitive edge. 

Role Overview

The role provides hands-on administration for a mixed estate of legacy and modern databases spanning Oracle and SQL Server, running across a hybrid environment - cloud (primarily Azure) and on-premise. The estate grew through acquisitions, so it is fragmented, has little existing documentation, and currently lacks modern tooling and monitoring. The right person can investigate an unfamiliar environment and get to grips with it quickly.

Key Responsibilities 

• Onboarding / discovery - investigate the current state of the systems and databases to understand what is there; begin building a knowledge base. 
• Routine BAU - regular health checks and proactive monitoring.
• Reactive troubleshooting - resolving performance issues and debugging problems across the different database platforms.
• Major incident support - handling high-severity incidents, potentially out-of-hours via on-call / standby arrangements.
• Knowledge capture - documenting the environment to ensure continuity and reduce reliance on any single individual (pod model).
• Preparation of Standard Operating procedures for the day-to-day maintenance of the databases and underlying systems.
• Ensure proper backup and retention polices are in place to ensure minimum data loss to the business in case of failures.

Key Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years working experience in administering, managing and tuning databases
• Oracle database administration (essential)
• SQL Server database administration (essential)
• Experience with T-SQL or PL/SQL programming skills
• Azure cloud database experience, alongside on-premise - comfortable working across both
• Performance tuning & troubleshooting - diagnosing slow queries and debugging issues across multiple platforms
• Network architectures, especially related to Microsoft Azure (e.g. vNets, NSGs, VPN, ExpressRoute, SSL/TLS certificates, DNS)
• Monitoring & health checks - able to establish good practice where modern tooling is currently absent
• Legacy system adaptability - supporting older business applications; ability to investigate and reverse-engineer an undocumented estate.
• Incident response - calm and effective under pressure, with rapid response during major/high-severity incidents that can occur at any time.
• Available for on call support 24/7 service where is expected to be available to respond to urgent requests or situations outside of regular work hours