Database SME
6 Months
5 days on site per week in London
£Negotiable (Inside IR35)

My client in the banking industry are looking for a Database SME to join their team on an initial 6 month contract based on site 5 days per week in London. The selected candidate must have strong experience in the banking industry.

Key Responsibilities:

* Responsible for ensuring daily health and compliance checks are performed for all Production systems.
* Responsible for ensuring database systems are backed up successfully and any issues are promptly resolved.
* Responsible for ensuring database jobs are running successfully and any issues are promptly resolved.
* Responsible for ensuring database monitoring alerts are detected promptly and satisfactorily resolved.
* Responsible for ensuring sufficient capacity is available to accommodate projected BAU growth.
* Responsible for ensuring all emails sent to the team distribution list are responded to in a timely manner.
* Responsible for ensuring problem tickets and service requests are handled with efficiency and the customer in mind.
* Responsible for ensuring database platforms are highly available, reliable, secure and performant.
* Responsible for database installation, configuration, tuning, upgrades and general maintenance activities.
* Responsible for providing technical support to application support and development teams.
* Responsible for providing consultancy to application support and development teams on database and systems design.
* Responsible for executing disaster recovery procedures when necessary.
* Responsible for applying database security updates as per defined policies.
* Responsible for reviewing and subsequently remediating items detected by Qualys vulnerability and compliance scans.
* Responsible for ensuring that all project/investment related workloads are delivered according to plans and budget defined.
* Responsible for ensuring all operational procedures are kept current and accurate.
* Responsible for participating in On-Call rotation, triaging and addressing production issues as they arise.
* Responsible for identifying cost saving and optimisation opportunities within MUS EMEA and the wider MUFG group.
* Responsible for building strong relationships across the Bank and Securities with other Bank and Securities functions and business areas, underpinned by trust and the core values of the bank.

Skills and Experience:
Essential
* Excellent knowledge of multiple database platforms such as MSSQL, Oracle, Sybase, Snowflake and MongoDB.
* Excellent knowledge of multiple database platforms such as MSSQL, Oracle, Sybase, Snowflake and MongoDB.
* Excellent knowledge of configuring Linux and Windows operating systems for optimal database performance.
* Excellent knowledge of networking, storage, server and virtualization layers.
* Excellent knowledge of logical and physical database design.
* Excellent knowledge of database installation and configuration.
* Excellent knowledge of backup and recovery strategies.
* Excellent knowledge of database performance and tuning.
* Excellent knowledge of database migrations and upgrades.
* Excellent knowledge of clustering and high-availability.
* Excellent knowledge of replication and disaster recovery.
* Excellent knowledge of database security and auditing.
* Excellent knowledge of data security governance and regulations such as GDPR and SOX.

Desirable:
* Good working knowledge of MSSQL 2008 / 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 (including Always-On and Analysis Services).
* Good working knowledge of Oracle 11g / 12c / 18c / 19c (including RAC, ASM, DataGuard and ODA appliances).
* Good working knowledge of SAP (Sybase) ASE 12.5 / 15.7 / 16.0.
* Good working knowledge of MongoDB 3.4 / 3.6 / 4.0 / 4.2.
* Good working knowledge of Snowflake.
* Good working knowledge of SQL, T-SQL and PL-SQL.
* Good working knowledge of Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, C#, Java, Ruby.
* Good working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Solaris.
* Good working knowledge of Windows Server.
* Good working knowledge of BMC Control-M.
* Good working knowledge of ESX VMWare.
* Good working knowledge of Nutanix HCI.
* Good working knowledge of Rubrik.
* Good working knowledge of EMC and HDS storage arrays.
* Good working knowledge of EMC Networker, Data Domain and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.
* Good working knowledge of Bradmark, Oracle Cloud Control and Tivoil.
* Good working knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP and Kerberos.
* Good working knowledge of GitHub, Subversion and TeamCity.
* Good working knowledge of CyberArk.
* Good working knowledge of Splunk and QRadar.
* Good working knowledge of Qualys.
* Good working knowledge of SharePoint, JIRA and Confluence.
* Good working knowledge of ServiceNow and Serena Business Manager.
* Good working knowledge of cloud computing - IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings across Azure, AWS, GCP and Oracle.

Personal Requirements:
* Excellent communication skills
* Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
* A proactive, motivated approach.
* The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
* Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
* A structured and logical approach to work
* Strong problem solving skills
* A creative and innovative approach to work
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines
* Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
* A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment
* Strong numerical skills
* A confident approach, with the ability to present to both management and technical audiences

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.