Database Administrator

Database Administrator DBA

Location: Southend

Duration: 6 months

Pay Rate: £575.00

Our client is seeking Database specialist to engage with their public sector end customer. This role offers the ability to achieve longevity in contract and engage with a large scale organisation.

The Database Administrator will:

• Provision Oracle / MySQL instances, both in clustered and non-clustered configurations
• Ensure performance, security, and availability of databases
• Prepare documentations and specifications
• Handle common database procedures, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, migration, etc.
• Profile server resource usage, optimize and tweak as necessary
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Prepare and run DDL/DML

Tasks:

• Establish the needs of users and monitoring user access and security
• Monitor performance and manage parameters in order to provide fast responses to front-end users
• Map out the conceptual design for a planned database
• Consider both back-end organisation of data and front-end accessibility for endusers
• Refine the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model
• Further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements
• Install and test new versions of the database management system (dbms)
• Maintain data standards, including adherence to the data protection act
• Write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)
• Control access permissions and privileges
• Develop, manage and test back-up and recovery plans
• Ensure that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly
• Carry out capacity planning
• Work closely with it project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers
• Communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
• Commission and install new applications and customise existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose
• Manage the security and disaster recovery aspects of a database

Mandatory Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of installing, configuring and working with Oracle Golden Gate - including implementing it within a green field site
• Proven experience in performing updates and main tenance and the ability to transfer knowledge on the technology and its application to internal civil servants

To discuss this role further or have your CV considered, do not hesitate to submit your profile.