Data Base Administrator

Are you looking for a Database Administrator role with the
opportunity to learn and develop?

Sopra Steria are currently recruiting for a Database
Administrator to join a busy team supporting key public sector clients. This is
very much a learning and development opportunity for someone with some existing
experience working in the data sphere looking to grow their skillset and become
a fully-fledged DBA. From a technical perspective this role will be working predominantly
in patching on Oracle E-Business Systems with scope in the future to work on
Oracle Fusion.
This role is home based with very occasional travel to one
of our UK hubs.

Due to the sensitivity of the projects this role will be
working on, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for Developed
Vetting (DV) clearance.

What you’ll be doing:

- Selecting the patches needed for multiple products
(Exadata/GRID/DB/E-Business/Weblogic/JAVA/OPA/OHS/APEX)
- Patch Analysis to include the order of applying patches, all the pre-requisite
and post requisite patches and configuration steps needed for fellow DBAs to
follow
- Liaise with other teams (payroll, functional, developers) when additional
actions are required during the patch process
- Download and apply the patches to systems and produce DBA instruction, so an
experienced DBA can follow without having to do any further research on MoS.
- Investigate patch errors or discrepancies and understand how to interrogate log
files, Alert log in the database
- Liaise with Testing team, PMs, management when required
- Liaise with other DBAs when required

What you’ll bring:

- Comfortable with My Oracle Support, how to plough through
their documentation. Be prepared to ask for help too.
- Understanding and exposure to Oracle GRID/Database RDBMS 19C
- Exadata, RAC (multiple database and Apps servers per system) – desired but not
totally necessary
- CDB/PDB and Dual FS understanding (Container Database & Pluggable
Database and dual file system)
- Exposure to applying patches especially via ADOP on E-Business systems

If
you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are
exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Home Based
Security Clearance: DV
Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker
Salary: Up to £45,000
Benefits: 25
days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan,
life assurance, and pension.

Although
this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can
promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves
performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can
offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and
need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what
might be possible.

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Sopra
Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys
digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real
difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a
unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional
development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing
knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees
feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer,
delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex
safety- and security-critical markets.