Production DBA

Your new company

You will be joining a high-profile public sector organisation undergoing significant digital transformation to modernise its core systems and services. With a strong focus on innovation, scalability, and data-driven decision-making, the organisation is investing heavily in its technology landscape to meet growing operational demands.This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a major enterprise programme within a secure, complex, and high-performing ICT environment, where your expertise will directly support critical services.

Your new role

As a Production Database Administrator (DBA), you will take on a lead technical role within a key transformation programme, responsible for the design, development, administration, and ongoing support of enterprise-level database systems.

Key responsibilities include:

Designing, building, testing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise database systems
Acting as a lead DBA, providing expert technical guidance to stakeholders and project teams
Optimising database performance through tuning and monitoring
Developing and managing backup and recovery strategies
Supporting live environments and ensuring service levels are maintained
Maintaining database security, integrity, and compliance with data protection standards
Producing technical documentation, specifications, and data standards
Analysing and managing change requests with accurate effort estimation
Supporting database tools and applications across their full life cycleYou will work closely with technical teams and stakeholders, contributing to strategic decisions around database architecture and data services.

What you'll need to succeed

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

Essential skills and experience:

Proven experience as a Production DBA / Database Administrator in enterprise environments
Strong knowledge of relational database management systems and database design (logical and physical)
Hands-on expertise with Oracle (10g or above) and strong SQL capability
Experience in database performance tuning, backup, and recovery
Demonstrated ability to deliver and support large-scale database systems
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills
Ability to work independently and manage workloads in a structured project environment
Desirable:

Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and application server administration
Exposure to ETL design and data architecture
Knowledge of data protection and information security standards
Experience working across complex, multi-site data environments
Relevant certifications in Oracle or SQL Server technologies

What you need to do now

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