Oracle SQL DBA

I am currently looking for an experienced Oracle SQL DBA to join a Financial Services Start up Company. You will be joining an ever expanding team that is on track to double in size by this time next year.

Ideally you will be from a financial or professional background and used to working in that environment but it is more your work ethic and attitude that is important.

Essential Skills

Experience of maintaining on-premise and Oracle SQL databases - upgrades, high availability backup administration, monitoring, optimizations of DB servers, optimizations of SQL/Procedures
Strong Oracle SQL knowledge with the ability to interrogate data stores and schema, investigate the results, and provide solutions to improve performance
Has worked with and challenged developers, support and a wider business to improve the use of Oracle SQL via better schemas, performant stored procedures/views/functions, etc.
A minimum 2.1 degree obtained in Computer Science, or a related field, ideally from a Russell Group University
A wide and inquisitive interest in general technology and ability to turn your hand to many different technical problems
A good understanding of ITIL processes, in particular a structured approach to continuous improvement of the production environment
Respect of timelines and an "in built" urgency to resolve issues in a timely way
Great team players with DevOps, Support, QA and Dev colleagues, never playing the "blame game" when problems arise
Can form strong, honest and mutually respectful relationships with key clientsDesirable Skils

High Availability via Always-On and Basic Availability Groups
Backup/restore (DB/transaction logs)
Powershell
Performance optimization
Oracle Server Maintenance
Oracle server configuration
Partitioning
SQL snapshots
Change data capture
Understanding of SAN arrays - Nimble preferred, PURE or others acceptable
Financial Services experience a bonus, but is not essential So if you're keen to work in a demanding and fast-paced role, are passionate about technology and solving complex problems then my client could be the right place for you.

As well as a strong technical background we are looking for an individual who is an excellent communicator, can work collaboratively, has proven problem solving ability, is passionate about their work and highly motivated.

If this sounds like you then get in touch ASAP