Senior Database Administrator

Join Us as a Senior Database Administrator - Oracle Focus

Are you an experienced Senior Database Administrator eager for your next career move? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
We are at the forefront of a major transformation project, supporting the Ministry of Defence's Oracle environment using OCI and Azure. As a key player in this initiative, we are dedicated to enhancing our services as a provider of HR and Payroll solutions to the Armed Forces.

As a Senior Database Administrator with a focus on Oracle, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of our database systems. Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing issues and changes resulting from live incidents, transformations, maintenance, or approved change requests.

Supporting our Oracle eBusiness Suite by installing, configuring, and maintaining Oracle database software and related products.

• Collaborating with developers and system architects to seamlessly integrate database systems with other IT infrastructure components.
• Performing regular database backups, recovery procedures, upgrades, and patches in accordance with standard processes.
• Troubleshooting and resolving database-related issues with a dedication to timely incident resolution.
• Documenting database configurations, procedures, and standard processes for effective knowledge transfer within the team.
• Providing out-of-hours support as part of an on-call rota.

What you will bring:

• In-depth knowledge of Oracle database architecture, installation, configuration, and performance tuning.
• Proficiency in SQL Server.
• Solid understanding of database security principles and standard processes.
• Experience with Oracle Business Suite.
• Knowledge of WebLogic.

It would be great if you had:

• Oracle certifications (e.g., OCA, OCP).
• Familiarity with Oracle Cloud and other cloud-based database solutions.

If you are 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
Location: Gosport or Newport
Security Clearance Level: DV MoD
Internal Recruiter: Stina
Salary: £48,000 - £58,000
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

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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SSCL is the market leader in critical business support services for the UK public sector. Operating at size and scale since 2013, SSCL has delivered over £750 million of savings - providing more funds for front line public services. We transform services using digital solutions and innovative technology, developing platforms that enable flexibility to meet the changing needs of our Government, Defence and Police clients.

We employ around 3,000 people who sit at the heart of our business strategy. Their passion and connection to our values and our purpose is what sets us apart and puts SSCL in the Top 20 of GPTW large workplaces. ‘Living SSCL’ means we deliver social value within our services and work with our clients and community partners to support programmes such as education and employability initiatives across the UK.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.