DV - Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Posted 1 day ago by Experis UK
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Reading, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Oracle Database Administrator role involves providing expert-level database administration for Teamcenter and other Oracle platforms, ensuring database resilience and supporting critical deployments. The position requires active DV clearance and is classified as inside IR35, with an umbrella company arrangement. The role includes responsibilities such as backup management, application upgrades, and acting as a senior point of escalation for the onsite Oracle team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support programme initiatives through direct DBA involvement in Teamcenter deployments.
- Act as the senior DBA during release activity, providing hands-on support for deployments, rollbacks, and recovery if required.
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, and vendor teams to ensure deployments are planned, tested, and executed safely.
- Create, manage, and review regular Oracle database backups across all Teamcenter environments.
- Ensure backups meet recovery objectives and are tested on a regular basis.
- Provide assurance that restore processes are proven and documented.
- Support upgrades and patching of other Oracle-based applications, including P6.
- Review upgrade plans, assess database impacts, and provide execution support during change windows.
- Act as the senior DBA for the onsite Oracle team, providing technical oversight, mentoring, and peer review.
- Serve as the point of escalation for complex incidents, performance issues, and data integrity concerns.
- Provide BAU oversight for Oracle database services, reviewing health, performance, capacity, and availability.
- Identify recurring issues and implement service improvements.
- Assist with other project work as it arises, providing DBA input during design, build, test, and transition phases.
Key Skills:
- Oracle Database administration and product upgrades.
- Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS, Report Writer.
- Unix, Shell scripting, PowerShell, Python.
- Databases: Oracle (19c, 18c, 12c, 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, 7.3), SQL Server (2000-2019), DB2, MongoDB.
- Development tools: Developer 2000, Forms (4.5, 5, 6, 6i), Reports (2.5, 3, 6).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Oracle Database Administrator 12 months Aldermaston - hybrid Active DV Clearance Required Inside IR35 - umbrella only
Role purpose
Provide senior level Oracle database administration across Teamcenter and wider Oracle based platforms. The role supports critical deployments, ensures database resilience, and provides technical escalation to the onsite Oracle team.
Key Responsibilities
- Teamcenter and BDCT support
- Support programme initiatives through direct DBA involvement in Teamcenter deployments.
- Act as the senior DBA during release activity, providing hands on support for deployments, roll backs, and recovery if required.
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, and vendor teams to ensure deployments are planned, tested, and executed safely.
- Database backup and recovery
- Create, manage, and review regular Oracle database backups across all Teamcenter environments.
- Ensure backups meet recovery objectives and are tested on a regular basis.
- Provide assurance that restore processes are proven and documented.
- Oracle application upgrades
- Support upgrades and patching of other Oracle based applications, including P6.
- Review upgrade plans, assess database impacts, and provide execution support during change windows.
- Ensure known risks are raised early and controls are in place.
- Senior DBA and escalation support
- Act as the senior DBA for the onsite Oracle team.
- Provide technical oversight, mentoring, and peer review.
- Serve as the point of escalation for complex incidents, performance issues, and data integrity concerns.
- Support out of hours activities where required for critical changes.
- Business as usual oversight
- Provide BAU oversight for Oracle database services.
- Review health, performance, capacity, and availability.
- Identify recurring issues and implement service improvements.
- Help embed standard ways of working, documentation, and operational discipline.
- Project support
- Assist with other project work as it arises, providing DBA input during design, build, test, and transition phases.
- Ensure database considerations are built in early and aligned with operational support models.
Essential Skills And Experience
- Oracle Database administration and product upgrades
- Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS, Report Writer
- Unix, Shell scripting
- PowerShell
- Python
- Databases: Oracle (19c, 18c, 12c, 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, 7.3), SQL Server (2000-2019), DB2, MongoDB
- Development tools: Developer 2000, Forms (4.5, 5, 6, 6i), Reports (2.5, 3, 6)
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