System Application Engineer (Oracle DBA with Linux)

Unisys; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Oracle DBA to manage production environments, perform maintenance, and support development teams. The ideal candidate has expertise in Oracle 19c, SQL Server, and Linux environments, along with strong analytical and communication skills. The role includes remote work flexibility and occasional client site visits.

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of the DBA role and related technologies.
• Experience working in complex systems environments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain customer production environments ensuring 24/7 availability.
• Install, configure and upgrade Oracle database software.
• Provide support for development teams with SQL tuning.

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Team player

Flexibility and adaptability

Experience with Oracle DBA

SQL Server experience

Linux knowledge

Knowledge of VMWare, JBOS, MQ

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related discipline

ITIL Foundation level certification

Tools

Oracle 19c+

SQL Server 2012 or above

Linux (Centos 7)

VMWare

Job description

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a number of customer production environments ensuring that they are available 247. The role includes Oracle DBA work across multiple Oracle RACs and standalone databases. The DBA will be responsible for the smooth running of the databases, Oracle patching and maintenance and ensuring that the replication is kept up to date.
• Maintain the environment hosting the oracle databases and application. This work includes monitoring, patching and general maintenance of the Linux servers and supporting the firewalls, IDS and security of the environment.
• Install, configure and upgrade Oracle database software and related products
• Support development teams with SQL tuning and query optimixation
• Working closely with the Application Teams to perform troubleshooting on customer issues
• Assist in the development and implementation of solutions.
• Produce and maintain database documentation such as operating procedures, installation instructions, performance and tuning, disaster recovery, configurations, security policies and procedures.
• Provide support to other projects/application using other database technologies e.g. SQL Server.
• Liaise with the client's technical, business and support teams and ensure information sharing takes place.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing, Milton Keynes with flexible remote working and occasional client site visits

Qualifications

• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Flexible and positive about change
• Detailed understanding of the DBA Role bringing knowledge of the technologies and tools to be able to manage, monitor and maintain database systems
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills, interacting with both internal and external clients
• Experience working in complex systems environment
• Ability to work across multiple projects and manage the workload effectively in order to meet deadline.
• A good team player who is flexible, shares knowledge, collaborates and helps others
• Oracle DBA with experience of Oracle 19c and upwards including: + Oracle Data Guard + Oracle RAC + RMAN backup/restore + Installation and upgrades + Data migration via data pump + Monitoring of database and host environments + Understanding of performance tuning and optimization techniques
• Experience of SQL Server to support SQL environments: SQL Server 2012 or above
• Linux (preferably Centos 7) and windows scripting knowledge
• Knowledge of VMWare, JBOS and MQ Preferable
• ITIL Foundation level certification
• Batchelor's degree in IT or related discipline