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 cycle You 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 If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk