Database Administrator II

Bottomline Technologies; Theale; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading payment solutions company in the UK is seeking a Database Administrator II to join their Central database team in a hybrid role. The successful candidate will manage database availability, performance tuning, and data protection. With 5-7 years of experience, you'll ensure system security and collaborate effectively within the team. The position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Opportunities for professional growth

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of hands-on Database Administration experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and resolve system availability, performance concerns.
• Create and maintain replication strategies between various database environments.
• Communicate with members of Senior Leadership when necessary.

Skills

Database Administration

Performance tuning

Backup and recovery

Database provisioning

Replication and encryption

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant experience

Tools

Oracle

MS SQL Server

Job description

Are you ready to transform the way businesses pay and get paid? Bottomline is a global leader in business payments and cash management, with over 35 years of experience and moving more than $16 trillion in payments annually. We're looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help drive impactful results for our customers.

This position is located in the United Kingdom.

The Role

Bottomline is looking for a Database Administrator II to grow with us in a Hybrid work environment out of our Theale, Reading, UK office! We are the Central database team supporting all our Product lines focusing on Database availability (uptime), performance, and data protection.

This role is for someone who has hands on experience with relational databases and is well versed with all aspects of Database administration including but not limited to Database provisioning, performance tuning, Backup and recovery, replication, and encryption.

Working hours: 2:00pm – 10:00pm (LOCAL UK TIME). This is a hybrid work environment, with 1 day in our Theale office! The remaining 4 days can be remote!

How you’ll contribute:

• Proactively identify and resolve system availability, performance concerns as well as ensure system security.
• Create and maintain replication strategies between various database environments.
• Communicate from time to time with members of Senior Leadership providing explanations to non-technical team members when necessary.
• Positive and all in attitude.
• Works collaboratively within a team.
• Drives work to closure.
• Shows pride in the quality of work being done.
• Understands, follows, and contributes to the refinement of team processes.

What will make you successful:

• 5-7 years of hands-on Database Administration experience.
• Additional administration experience in Oracle or MS SQL Server preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools.
• Experience with performance tuning utilizing indexes, disk and query optimizations, and other methods.
• Experience with database replication and failover mechanisms.
• Experience with encryption methodologies for databases.
• Experience with database clustering techniques.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or relevant experience.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Flexible working arrangements.

We welcome talent at all career stages and are dedicated to understanding and supporting additional needs. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive and open environment for everyone.