Production Support Database Engineer (SC Cleared) - 12 months

Production Support Database Engineer (SC Cleared) - 12 months - UK-wide, preferably London/Belfast/Birmingham/Sheffield (Hybrid - 1 day/week in office) | £350/day | Active SC Clearance Required

We're recruiting for a Security Cleared Production Support Database Engineer to manage production support databases with Oracle, PL/SQL knowledge, and Unix Scripting for a leading organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2 production support, including Incident, Problem, and Change Management
• Support applications involving Oracle Back End databases
• Write and troubleshoot SQL queries - joins, subqueries, views, indexes
• Perform data validation, data analysis, and data reconciliation
• Understand and work with Oracle schemas, tables, and relationships
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA), monitoring, and ticket resolution
• Analyse complex SQL queries and query performance
• Perform data fixes and work with stored procedures/packages
• Analyse application issues using database data
• Provide availability during deployment windows, which normally occur out-of-office hours

What You Will Ideally Bring

• Good understanding of Oracle Database concepts, schemas, tables, and relationships
• Ability to write and troubleshoot SQL queries (joins, subqueries, views, indexes)
• Ability to work in a 24x7 production environment
• Data validation and data analysis experience
• Oracle PL/SQL knowledge, OCA certification (desirable)
• Good communication skills - listening to customer needs, restating those needs, and documenting work
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Contract Details:

• Duration: 12 months
• Rate: £350 day - Inside IR35
• Location: UK wide (Hybrid) - preferably London/Belfast/Birmingham/Sheffield - Hybrid, 1 day/week in office
• Start Date: ASAP