Oracle DBA

On behalf of Companies House, we are looking for an Oracle DBA (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month Remote contract.

Note: SC Clearance will be an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position, (and speed at which we require a postholder in situ), preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance

We are looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to join the Database Support team. Working in an agile environment, this team supports Oracle instances that underpin the core business functions of Companies House.

Your responsibilities will include:
. Leading on upgrading our Oracle 12c Database to Oracle 19c and using Golden Gate to replace streams on our replica database.
. Defining, building, bringing into service, operating, supporting, continually improving new and existing database technologies, to serve a variety of user needs.
. Managing database configuration, maintain system access and security, leading database upgrades and ensuring latest patches are applied.
. Mentor and share knowledge of tools and techniques via Show and Tell sessions to improve the capability of the team.
. Lead and coach senior infrastructure engineers on best practices and ensuring skill sets are kept up to date and innovate to trial new technologies.
. You will be part of a small team consisting of 3 lead infrastructure engineers and 3 senior infrastructure engineers.

What it is like to work in Companies House:

You'll join our digital team at a time of transformation, and you will be a part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

The IT Services Team is fundamental to the success delivery of the business. We have a target of 99.9% service availability, (24/7/365), across all public services which we have met for the past six years. This year, we are embarking on a programme of migrating these services from on premise to the public cloud. This is a challenging and exciting time as we will need to maintain service provision and availability targets through the transition period.

Experience
. We're looking for a Database Administrator who thrives in a busy support role.
. You will have extensive technical background and solid evidence of database technologies on Oracle running on Amazon EC2
. You will be experienced in leading Oracle upgrades and patching on EC2 instances.
. You'll use Agile methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement. You will be experienced in the release process and deployment cycles, having deployed releases from test through to live.
. You will lead collaboration across diverse business areas with a range of people, focussing on continuous improvement whilst identifying best practices and sharing our experiences.

We are looking for someone who has in-depth experience of:
. Oracle Database Administration
. Oracle Secure Backup
. Oracle running on Amazon EC2
. Oracle OEM 13c/19c
. Oracle RMAN
. AWS Cloudwatch
. PL/SQL
. Active Data Guard
. Terraform
. Concourse
. Ansible
. Jira

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".