Oracle Database Administrator

Rate - £500 - £575 Inside IR35 (Total to umbrella)

Duration - 6 months

Location - Remote working (Some requirement into Glasgow or Newcastle for workshops)

A client of ours within the Financial Services space is looking for an experienced Oracle DBA consultant to join them on a 6 month initial contract with limited time on site in Glasgow or Newcastle (On site for workshops).

You would be required to:

• Provide effective and proactive database support & maintenance for many of the bank's critical production services, which spans across multiple database technologies (predominately Oracle & SQL Server).
• Provide database administrative support and guidance in the shape of:
  • Database lifecycle support (provisioning / deletion / patching / upgrading / migrating)
  • Back-up and Recovery
  • Monitoring and Alerting
  • Change and Incident Management
  • Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
  • Tuning and Optimisation
  • Disaster Recovery
• Collaborate with other teams and escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs.

Required skills:

• A strong understanding and experience of database administration (across Oracle and SQL Server)
• Ability to troubleshoot Production issues in an analytical manner and make recommendations to resolve issues and/or deliver enhancements.
• Experience of undertaking database builds, patching, migrations and upgrades.
• Experience of High Availability and Disaster Recovery Methods including setup, troubleshooting and support - Oracle RAC, Oracle Restart, ASM, Oracle Data Guard & SQL Server Always on High Availability.
• Database Performance Tuning and Optimisation skills.
• Experience of using Oracle Enterprise Manager.
• Oracle / Red Hat Linux, Windows, AIX, and Solaris Operating System experience.
• To display collaborative behaviours and excellent verbal / written communication skills.
• ITIL Service Management awareness (Incident, Change & Problem Management processes).