Senior Database Administrator (Private Cloud Infrastructure)

lloyds banking group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution in the UK is seeking a Senior Database Administrator for a hybrid role focused on private cloud infrastructure. You will work with Oracle technologies and mentor team members while resolving technical challenges. Ideal candidates are passionate about technology and delivering high-quality solutions. Competitive salary range: £72,702 – £80,780.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

Range of wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in database platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle database technologies.
• Ability to mentor and coach others.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate best solution design with team members.
• Identify and resolve technical impediments.
• Adapt technology to pursue best solutions.

Skills

Oracle Database 12c, 19c, 23/26ai

Oracle Cloud at Customer/OCI/Oracle Database@Azure

Oracle Autonomous Database

Agile ways of working

Performance Optimisation

Tools

DevOps

Automation Tooling (Chef/Terraform/Ansible)

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Database Administrator (Private Cloud Infrastructure)

Salary: £72,702 – £80,780

Location: Leeds or Manchester

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

We support flexible working – for more information on flexible working options, please refer to the organisation's policies.

About this opportunity

We are modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers. We’re looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join our Private Cloud Platform. You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable us to become the biggest Fintech in the UK. The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in database platform engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must. You will have worked hands-on with Oracle database technologies and bring your expertise to our specialist team.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you’ll do

On a day to day basis you will:

• Understand the business area to facilitate the best solution design with team members and product owners

• Be environment aware, identify technical impediments / bottlenecks and work directly to resolve

• Be technology agnostic and willing to adapt approach in pursuit of the best solution

• Be anchored to core engineering area and carry the ability to test and learn

• Understand Systems Thinking and Service Design to mitigate reactive solutions that leads to further technical debt

• Understand agile and the relationship between agile definitions and automated delivery

• Be passionate about automating everything

• Be industry aware and understand the importance of new technical approaches to evolve solutions and the experience of the team

• Can mentor and coach others, always sharing knowledge for the benefit of the team

What you’ll need

Expertise in a private cloud environment specialising in one or more of the following technologies:

• Oracle Database 12c, 19c, 23/26ai. Oracle OCI Console, OEM

• Oracle Cloud at Customer/OCI/Oracle Database@Azure

• Oracle Autonomous Database

• Supporting, managing and designing enterprise systems, including HA/DR solutions

• Agile ways of working

• Designing or contributing to solutions for a Private Cloud Environment

• Backup / Restore and Disaster recovery processes

• Defect Management

• Performance Optimisation

• Technical fault-finding Level 3 & 4

• Security best practises and compliance standards

• Mentoring Colleagues and supporting technical development of others

• Service design and associated methodologies

• Problem solving and communication skills

• Industry based best practice

And any experience of this would be really useful:

• DevOps, Automation Tooling (Chef/Terraform/Ansible)

Interviews for this role will take place on 1st and 2nd December 2025.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident, so if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

Benefits

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

Data and recruitment

We keep your data safe. We’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us, at which point we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

Diversity and inclusion

We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.