Oracle Database Administrator

Role: Oracle DBA Location: Newcastle Salary - £31,000 - £45,000 excellent benefits A global Energy and Utilities organisation based in Canary Wharf are seeking an experienced Oracle DBA to join their Infrastructure team. You will be responsible for the support and maintenance of the Database environments, this includes performance management of database and application server environments, management of backup and recovery and maintenance of business application software within the database environments. Responsibilities: Manage the installation, maintenance and development of the corporate server software and hardware, ensuring license compliance and operational software is at least the lowest currently supported version. Manage infrastructure performance and capacity and data security and make recommendations for improvements. Monitor corporate servers and ensure efficient optimization of system performance. Diagnose and resolve infrastructure problems, ensuring that account is taken of agreed levels of service and the needs for quality, security, availability and safety, utilising appropriate specialised techniques, tools, methods or standards. Provide advice to customers on the impact of requests for change and ensure that the appropriate impact analyses are carried out before changes are authorised. Provide advice and guidance to management in the planning phases of information systems, to ensure that infrastructure requirements are reflected in the overall specification. Plan for backup and recovery of system and database information, ensuring backup is carried out as per plans, planning and managing exercises to prove recovery procedures. Implement recovery procedures when necessary. Work with Configuration Management Officer to ensure Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity documentation is in place. Working knowledge of some or all of the following: Oracle database server (version 11g - 19c ) in a Unix (preferably Solaris) environment Unix system administration Oracle E-Business Suite 12.x (desirable) Northgate Revenues, Benefits and Housing systems (desirable) Microsoft SQL server MySQL Oracle Weblogic Server (desirable) Oracle Apex (desirable) If you are looking to be part of a friendly, energetic company then please click the 'apply now' function.