Oracle DBA

Imagine Communications; Elmbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global media software leader seeks an Oracle Database Administrator to join their team in Elmbridge. The ideal candidate will manage Oracle databases, provide consultancy, and support both on-prem and cloud solutions. A commitment to quality and a customer-focused mindset are essential. Previous experience with Oracle Database and a passion for technology are required, along with strong communication skills.

Benefits

Generous pension

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Travel insurance

Subsidised gym membership

Life assurance

Group income protection

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience with Oracle Database concepts.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience Oracle Database Administration.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience Oracle performance Tuning and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Provide Database Administration for Oracle databases.
• Perform software deployments and upgrades.
• Assist in troubleshooting database issues.

Skills

Oracle Database concepts

Oracle Database Administration

Oracle performance Tuning

SQL

PL/SQL

Application Express

Perl

Windows

Unix

Communication skills

Planning skills

Organisational skills

Customer orientation

Team player

Tools

Oracle Database

AWS RDS Oracle

Datadog monitoring software

Atlassian software (Jira, Confluence)

Job description

Overview

Every day, Imagine Communications delivers billions of media moments all over the world —anywhere, anytime and on any device. Imagine Communications delivers innovative, end-to-end media software and networking solutions to over 3,000 customers in more than 185 countries, including the top broadcast facilities and the most technologically advanced sports and live-event venues.

Why Imagine?

Imagine Communications offers a generous pension to all our employees, private Medical and Dental. We like to make sure all our employees are safe when travelling so we’ve got travel insurance covered too. Employee Wellbeing is a priority for us, so all employees and their family have access to our EAP service. We have subsidised Gym membership, Life assurance and Group income protection.

A Bit About The Role

The successful candidate will be part of a wider team which develops, tests, implements and supports Imagine’s Landmark Rights & Scheduling software product. They will be working across global clients and internal stakeholders, supporting both on-prem, as well as cloud-based solutions.

• Provide Database Administration for a large farm of in-house Oracle databases
• Provide Oracle “consultancy” to the product Development and Support teams
• Perform software deployments and upgrades on in-house and external client databases
• Assist in troubleshooting issues on the database tier of the application
• Install/Upgrade/Uninstall Oracle database and client software
• Create/Maintain in-house Development, Test, Support and Demo Oracle databases
• Manage standard DBA tasks including capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Regularly refresh in-house Support databases using either Logical or physical backups
• Provide Oracle technical expertise to the in-house Engineering and Support teams
• Manage the roll-out of software related database changes to in-house databases and package/install releases to clients (the latter often performed outside of office hours).
• Maintain documentation of team procedures and in-house/customer environments and changes
• Write/maintain scripts/utilities to support the work
• Support an in-house application using Oracle Application Express

About You

• Minimum 2 years’ experience with Oracle Database concepts
• Minimum 2 years’ experience Oracle Database Administration
• Minimum 2 years’ experience Oracle performance Tuning and troubleshooting
• Experience with SQL and PL/SQL
• Application Express
• Perl
• Windows and Unix
• Communication, Planning and Organisational skills
• Self-motivated and needing minimal supervision
• Customer-orientated
• Team player

Nice to Have:

• Older versions (e.g.: 10g, 11g)
• Cloning/refreshing databases
• Multitenant architecture
• AWS RDS Oracle
• 23ai
• Atlassian software (Jira, Confluence, …)
• Datadog monitoring software

Celebrating difference, together stronger

At Imagine Communications, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our customers, our employees, our products, and our communities. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. Imagine Communications is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.