The Role: Oracle NoSQL Database Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £65 – 70k
Location: Derby, UK
Start date: ASAP
** Due to the nature of our client’s work the successful candidate will need to either hold or be able to obtain SC Security Clearance. For this reason, we are only able to progress with applications from British nationals.
Essential Job Functions
- Monitors database activity ensuring that they are:
- Available; every effort should be made to ensure that databases are up and running and available during their operating hours for the users
- Secure; only those authorised are permitted access and only to the content that is pertinent to their roles
- Recoverable; regular backups must be taken to ensure that in the event of a disaster, the data can be recovered/recreated and allow the service to resume as normal
- Error-free; any issues that impact functionality, data integrity or data access must be identified and resolved
- Performant; any bottlenecks that negatively impact database performance must be identified, escalated, and resolved. This potentially will require collaborating with multiple teams such as Wintel, Linux, storage and network teams
- Event monitoring; where issues have been identified and no available tooling is able to provide monitoring of the event the DBA will aid in developing appropriate tools to automate identifying reoccurring or similar issues so they can be rectified quickly
- Capacity monitoring/planning; using both available and develop new tooling to periodically record CPU, memory usage and disk usage. Then use the meta data to plan future resource needs based on historical trends
- Plan and implement new database installations which incorporating DXC, vendor best practice and client requirements
- Plan and implement major release databases upgrades and periodic patching schedules
- Utilises standard corporate tools to managed incidents, problem records and changes.
Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, management information systems, or related field preferred
- Three or more years of experience in Oracle/MS SQL database design and/or maintenance
- MariaDB
- CassandraDB
- Oracle ODA
- Oracle Cloud technology
- Experience working with software installation/upgrading/patching procedures
- Experience with various operating systems such as Windows, Linux and UNIX
- Experience working with performance modelling and benchmarking skills with regards to relational databases
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good programming/scripting skills for database management and general software
- Good communication skills for providing documentation to support personnel, customers, and managers
- Good leadership skills to guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action