Senior Database Administrator (Outside IR35)

Senior Database Administrator – DV Cleared

Duration: 6 months initially

Location: Gloucester

Clearance: DV

Rate: Up to £575 per day (outside IR35)

An excellent opportunity for a focused and motivated Senior Database Administrator to join an expanding team at a time where our client is driving growth and development of big data. The successful candidate will gain the opportunity to work with the cutting edge of multiple technologies in an environment where day to day business as usual support is often mixed with project related workload to achieve the best results.

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

• Extensive Database administration experience across both MS SQL and ORACLE Database technologies.
• RHEL/OEL 5,6 and 7
• Install, configure database binaries
• Backup/Recovery procedures and scripting
• Database Replication
• Database Server Clustering and failover
• Sharding (MongoDB only)
• High Availability (ORACLE RAC, MS SQL Always ON)
• Disaster Recovery
• Write and maintain scripts to automate DBA tasks – Powershell, Unix Shell Scripting
• Database monitoring tools e.g. ORACLE Cloud Control, HP Ops Manager
• Troubleshoot database related issues
• Ensure data security and integrity of databases
• Perform routine, periodic and proactive operation and monitoring
• Optimise and tune database performance and SQL queries
• Experience with Virtual and Physical platforms

Desirable Skills/Qualifications:

• Experience with other Database technologies such as Mongo, MySQL, Sybase, Postgres will be considered an advantage
• Vendor DBA certification