Database Administrator

YOU WILL

• Lead and deliver infrastructure initiatives, including platform upgrades, evergreening, standardisation, estate hygiene, and decommissioning.
• Build, maintain, and manage database environments, supporting the transition towards reduced physical server deployments and improved cost efficiency.
• Assess and deploy security patches and critical updates in line with internal security, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Evaluate new database technologies and features, build proofs-of-concept, and support their safe adoption across the environment.
• Work with cloud database services where applicable and support the evolution of the database estate.
• Provide technical consultancy to project teams on database design, resilience, performance, backup and recovery, and operational readiness.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including standards, procedures, implementation guides, and runbooks.
• Provide management with clear updates on delivery progress, risks, dependencies, issues, and remediation plans.
• Support change and incident management activities, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Participate in an on-call / support rota when required.

MUST HAVE

• Strong hands-on experience with at least one enterprise relational database management system (RDBMS), such as:
  • Oracle – including technologies such as RMAN, Data Guard, RAC, or Exadata
  • DB2
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL Server
• Experience in database administration, maintenance, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting
• Experience with shell scripting and automation using technologies such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible
• Strong understanding of IT operations, including incident management, change management, and controlled production environments
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new database technologies
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to different audiences
• Strong organisational skills and a methodical, detail-oriented approach
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under tight deadlines
• Willingness to participate in out-of-hours support when required

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with Oracle RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, or Exadata
• Experience with cloud-based database services
• Experience delivering database or infrastructure modernisation and migration initiatives
• Experience creating proofs-of-concept and evaluating new database technologies