Oracle DBA

We are looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing our enterprise database estate running 19c, with expertise in pluggable databases, BMS, and automation.

If you are a motivated self-starter who is passionate about Oracle database administration and enjoys working in a dynamic team environment, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Oracle databases, including troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Design and implement database backup and recovery strategies.
• Monitor and maintain database security and user access.
• Manage database storage, including planning for capacity and allocating disk space.
• Implement and manage pluggable databases, including creating and managing pluggable databases, managing common objects, and configuring network services.
• Implement and manage automation for database administration tasks, including database patching, upgrades, and monitoring.
• Work closely with developers, system administrators, and other IT staff to ensure the performance, availability, and reliability of our database systems.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24x7 support for production databases.

This is not a full definition of the role but covers the main aspects and drivers for success.

Experience and Qualifications Required

Essential:

• Professional experience working on a multi-terabyte, high volume enterprise database setup
• Maintaining and scheduling backup and archiving (BAR) processes
• Designing and implementing indexing, archiving and partitioning strategies
• Updating statistics and performance optimisation of long running queries
• Operational maintenance e.g. patching and failovers
• Database Performance tuning (StatsPack & AWR)
• Flashback Technologies
• SQL/PLSQL scripting skills
• UNIX shell scripting skill

• Practical experience using Oracle 12c, 19c: -
  • RAC
  • Dataguard
  • RMAN

• Able to work with structured frameworks, methodologies and best practices
• An ability to learn from, and adapt to, a changing technical environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team (co-located or dispersed)
• Excellent organisational and documentation skills
• In-depth knowledge of Oracle database administration, including experience with Oracle 19c, pluggable databases, and BMS
• Experience with database automation using tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Database Security, CIS, TDE, Audit

Desirable:

• Experience with OVLM
• Oracle Certification
• Redhat Linux Admin
• Experience of working in Agile and Waterfall projects
• Experience of working in the Financial or Insurance sectors

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.