JOB DETAILS
Job Band: D
Contract Type: Permanent, Full‑time
Department: HIPE (Hosting Infrastructure & Platform Engineering) in Technology & Media Operations
Location: London - hybrid
Proposed Salary Range: Up to £62,500 plus London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As a Senior Systems Engineer (DBA) within the BBC’s Technology & Media Operations group, you’ll be working with systems that support both broadcast and corporate services. This role gives you the chance to directly influence technical strategy and key engineering decisions, driving performance, resilience, and reliability across business‑critical platforms. You will work hands‑on with a wide range of relational database technologies, including Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Join the well‑established, highly skilled Database Team working alongside other Engineering teams. As a Senior Systems Engineer (DBA), you will work across the BBC’s diverse on‑premise database estate while helping shape our journey into cloud‑based operations. You will also get the chance to explore machine learning and containerisation technologies, making this a great opportunity to innovate, develop new skills, and make a real impact across the BBC.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Work with teams across the BBC and with system vendors and suppliers on the implementation of secure and highly available database solutions.
* Write, review and take responsibility for technical documentation as part of project and product delivery.
* Install, configure and provide operational support for relational databases.
* Monitor and tune database performance.
* Respond to incidents during office hours and as part of out of hours support, leading on resolution and root cause analysis.
Essential - Your Skills and Experience – Key Criteria
* Expertise in at least 3 of the following major RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
* Strong SQL, T‑SQL/PL‑SQL, scripting (Python, PowerShell).
* Knowledge of monitoring and performance tuning solutions for relational databases.
* Familiarity with replication, clustering, and HA/DR configurations for different database technologies.
* Experience with backup and recovery strategies and their implementation.
* Experience with security best practices and compliance, and their implementation.
Desired But Not Required
* Experience with databases on cloud platforms.
* Experience with containerisation technologies.
* Experience with NoSQL databases.
* Experience with automation and Machine Learning.
Disclaimer: This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct employment screening checks which include reference checks; eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
For any general queries please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
Redeployment: The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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