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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 person will ideally be based in Glasgow or Edinburgh but can be further afield as the role is remote first.
This role does not offer sponsorship. Additionally 1 in every 5 or 6 weeks there is an expectation to take part in an on call rota and a willingness to work on an out of hours rota.
The role involves
- Proving effective and proactive database support & maintenance of many of the bank's critical services, which spans across multiple database technologies (predominately Oracle & SQL Server)
- Defect/Incident/Problem investigation across all environments, through to validation and resolution of database issues
- Collaboration with other teams and escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs
- Effective support and delivery on team objectives and departments goals
- 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
- Change and Incident Management
We need you to have
- Understanding and experience of database administration (Oracle and SQL Server) in a Production setting, experience in both sectors are essential for the role.
- 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
- To deliver on all objectives (including functional, departmental, and personal targets/objectives) within agreed timescales and/or targets
- ITIL Service Management awareness (Incident, Change & Problem Management processes)
In return you will receive excellent benefits such as
- A salary of 45k - 55k
- 30 days holiday + 8 days and 5 well-being days
- A discretionary bonus
- An employer pension contribution of up to 13%
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 person will ideally be based in Glasgow or Edinburgh but can be further afield as the role is remote first.
This role does not offer sponsorship. Additionally 1 in every 5 or 6 weeks there is an expectation to take part in an on call rota and a willingness to work on an out of hours rota.
The role involves
- Proving effective and proactive database support & maintenance of many of the bank's critical services, which spans across multiple database technologies (predominately Oracle & SQL Server)
- Defect/Incident/Problem investigation across all environments, through to validation and resolution of database issues
- Collaboration with other teams and escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs
- Effective support and delivery on team objectives and departments goals
- 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
- Change and Incident Management
We need you to have
- Understanding and experience of database administration (Oracle and SQL Server) in a Production setting, experience in both sectors are essential for the role.
- 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
- To deliver on all objectives (including functional, departmental, and personal targets/objectives) within agreed timescales and/or targets
- ITIL Service Management awareness (Incident, Change & Problem Management processes)
In return you will receive excellent benefits such as
- A salary of 45k - 55k
- 30 days holiday + 8 days and 5 well-being days
- A discretionary bonus
- An employer pension contribution of up to 13%
