Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements:
* I require candidates to have at least 10 years of proven experience working within an IT organization set up for Banking and Financial Services.
* A strong domain knowledge of the banking ecosystem and a deep understanding of market dynamics is essential.
* Candidates must possess strong technical expertise in Oracle database administration.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are needed to build rapport and trust with clients.
* I am looking for strategic thinkers who can develop and execute innovative solutions.
* An understanding of technology trends and market developments is required.
* Candidates should have the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
* A degree or equivalent qualification is necessary for this role.
Responsibilities:
* As a Senior Database Administrator, I expect you to provide database support for mission-critical Oracle environments, ensuring high availability and minimal downtime through proactive monitoring and quick issue resolution.
* You will be responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Oracle on different versions, and upgrading databases from lower versions to higher versions.
* I need you to implement Oracle database backup and recovery solutions using RMAN and manual methods.
* Coordinating all test phases with functional and technical leads to achieve timely processing and meet SLAs is a key responsibility.
* You will design and implement disaster recovery plans, including regular testing of recovery procedures.
* I anticipate you will configure custom alerts and notifications within OEM to monitor key performance indicators such as disk space usage, CPU utilization, query response times, and network latency.
* Utilizing Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) and AWR reports to monitor and analyze database performance trends is critical, as is resolving high-severity incidents to minimize downtime and ensure SLAs are met.
* You will configure TDE for both tablespace-level and column-level encryption in compliance with security policies and industry standards.
* Coordinating cloud migrations and ensuring a smooth transition of Oracle On-prem databases to AWS Cloud is essential.
* I expect you to design and develop self-service dashboards in Grafana to provide real-time insights into Oracle database performance, availability, and resource utilization for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Improving database query performance, designing and optimizing indexing and partitioning strategies to enhance performance, manageability, and scalability of large-scale OLTP databases is also your responsibility.
Technologies:
* AWS
* Cloud
* Grafana
* Support
* Network
* Oracle
* Security
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last updated 36 week of 2025