Oracle Database Administrator

Manchester Digital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking an Oracle Database Admin to join their Database support team in the United Kingdom. The role involves managing large-scale enterprise servers and includes responsibilities for monitoring, optimising memory, and managing complex database activities. This position offers a hybrid working environment, requiring a mix of office and remote work. The ideal candidate must have strong experience with Oracle, MSSQL, and PostgreSQL, along with necessary security clearance. We prioritize employee wellbeing and offer extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Wellbeing programs

Extensive training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Professional experience with Oracle.
• Professional experience with Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).
• Professional experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience working with Linux-based platforms.
• Familiarity with virtualisation technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Operations Manager and Senior DBA.
• Monitor and optimise memory usage.
• Fine-tune physical I/O.
• Manage lock activity.

Skills

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL)

PostgreSQL

Linux-based platforms

Virtualisation technologies

Job description

To drive the growth agenda in Managed Service, IMS, we are currently looking for an Oracle Database Admin to join the Database support team. Within this role you will be responsible for the day-to-day management and support of a large-scale enterprise servers. Server Technicians are required to work to a shift pattern that spans 08:00 – 18:00.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your Role

• Collaborating with the Operations Manager and partnering with the Senior DBA.
• Monitoring and optimising memory usage.
• Fine-tuning physical I/O.
• Observing and managing lock activity.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your Skills and Experience

• Professional experience with Oracle
• Professional experience with Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL)
• Professional experience with PostgreSQL
• Experience working with Linux-based platforms
• Familiarity with virtualisation technologies

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as d Thrive and Peppy.

Shape your path
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.