Senior Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) – Ministry of Justice

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Database Administrator at the MoJ you will have technical and people responsibilities.

Technical:

• Lead on service improvements, including upgrades, implementations and migrations which may include the design and build of cloud database environments
• Perform installation, maintenance, and upgrade of databases that are going out of support and configuration of Oracle products, including the deployment of quarterly security patches
• Some out of hours work on a rota may be required for this role
• Troubleshoot incidents including priority 1 or priority 2 major incidents, conduct blameless post-incident evaluations and ensure permanent closure of incidents for production and non-production environments
• Review and deploy application patches or upgrades provided by vendors or development teams
• Perform application database administration services including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, database application design, physical data modelling, development support and engineering

People:

• Developing and influencing people via line management duties, informal and formal coaching, and mentoring
• Supporting lead developers in building high performing teams
• Helping to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the development community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential:

Experience of:

• Upgrading and migrating PL/SQL based applications
• Working with Oracle database versions 19c on Oracle Linux and / or migrating to latest versions
• Working in cloud native environments
• Oracle installations, upgrades and patching
• Oracle Automatic Storage Management / RMAN
• Experience of working with Microsoft SQL Server (2008/2012/2014/etc.)
• Experience of SQL installations, upgrades and patching
• Experience of SQL Server database backup recovery and maintenance schedules

• A systematic approach to solving problems
• Experience of mentoring and supporting your colleagues, whether one-to-one or in groups
• Awareness of version control for databases
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Experience of working with AWS