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Technical Consultant (Implementation/Oracle DBA)
Posted 23 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
We’re Civica, and we create software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world.
From local government, to education, health, and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to provide essential services to over 100 million citizens.
Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work, supporting the needs of citizens and those who serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point in our journey to realise that aspiration.
Why you will love this opportunity as Technical Consultant in health & care at Civica
You'll be part of a multi-disciplined technical team that solves problems for customers and delivers solutions that provide measurable benefits via the Civica Clinical Systems product set.
You'll focus on the implementation, and ongoing maintenance and support of Applications, Databases and related infrastructure provisioned for developing and delivering solutions both externally for customers and internally to support development and testing requirements.
What you will do to be successful in this role
Responsibilities:
- Deploy Civica applications on environments for customers and for internal use within the end-to-end software delivery life cycle.
- Carry out configuration, administration and maintenance of multiple Oracle database instances where required.
- Configure and maintain application servers.
- Work alongside project teams (analysts, developers, testers and implementation managers) during software release and patching.
- Play an active role in the design and build of new systems, including high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
- Validate and advise customers on the suitability of their platforms for the installation of the Clinical Systems software solutions.
- Perform daily system monitoring checks to ensure integrity and availability of server resources, systems and key process and respond to any alerts generated by the proactive monitoring and alerting system.
- Participate in weekly support rota and Support out-of-hours implementation and service delivery activities as required.
- Conduct Backup monitoring and in line with supported backup strategies.
- Support the planning and execution of application and platform Service Pack upgrades as required.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues within defined Service Level Agreements, which includes responding to, identify and resolve application and platform problems and diagnose hardware or software faults in order to maintain supported environments.
- Support performance monitoring and tuning (Index maintenance and management, housekeeping, memory, CPU, Disk I/O etc.) as required.
- Assume responsibility for ownership of customer or internally reported issues through to conclusion where such ownership has been delegated.
- Adhere to change management procedures and ensure correct procedures are adhered to as tasks are being progressed.
- Participate in the maintenance of asset registers of all provisioned physical, virtual, and cloud-based internal platforms that support the Clinical Systems product set and internal business functions.
- Ensure that technical designs, internal documentation, processes and procedures are fully documented and maintained as required.
- Ensure that all procedures and routines comply with the requirements of the Company’s documented Quality System and Information Security Management System
- Pro-actively identify opportunities to improve productivity/efficiency.
- Test and evaluate new technology, in line with business or customer requirements.
- Attend hosting data centres and customer premises as required.
- Support sales activities such as input to ITT responses, bids, tenders and other Pre-Sales activity as required
Requirements
- Experience and knowledge of installing configuring and troubleshooting software applications within virtual technology platforms
- Troubleshooting Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019/2022 Operating Systems in enterprise scale environments.
- Technical knowledge of both hosted and remotely administered environments and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of security administration, server configuration, security best practice
- Operational support of Oracle (11g/12c/19c/OCI).
- Knowledge of T-SQL, PL/SQL Querying techniques
- Ability to take a pro-active approach to tasks and duties.
- Logical and strong problem-solving skills
- A flexible, customer focussed approach to work and attitude to drive through issues to completion.
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to demonstrate a willingness towards personal self-development, by keeping skills set and knowledge current and appropriate for the role.
- The ability to be flexible, adaptable, think on your feet and work on your own initiative.
- Excellent skills to manage expectations and control changing requirements.
- Experience of working within the public healthcare sector
- Experience of installation, patching, administration and maintenance of Oracle and SQL Server production and non-production environments
- Experience of using Oracle RMAN, Data guard, Active Cloning and Oracle Clusterware technologies
- Experience of using SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Replication, SQL Server Always On technologies
- Experience of Cloud Technology Platforms (e.g. Microsoft Azure/ Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Docker containers
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Linux
- Experience of supporting & troubleshooting Citrix and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (2012R2/2016/2019/2022)
We Want You to Bring Your Whole Self to Work
There is no such thing as the perfect candidate, so if you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point on the list above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
As a company, we're passionate about what we do and the citizens we serve. If you, too, want to champion the use of technology in public services to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve career growth, and make a real difference to people and communities.
We know that when our people are happy, they work better and have greater job satisfaction. Here's what you can expect:
Benefits
Time Off & Work-Life Balance
25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
Financial Well-being & Security
Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
Health & Perks
Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.
At Civica, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a variety of perspectives drives innovation and excellence, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our recruitment process is designed to ensure fairness and transparency, so every candidate has an equal chance to contribute to our mission.
If you need any adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
Technical Consultant (Implementation/Oracle DBA)
Posted 23 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
We’re Civica, and we create software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world.
From local government, to education, health, and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to provide essential services to over 100 million citizens.
Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work, supporting the needs of citizens and those who serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point in our journey to realise that aspiration.
Why you will love this opportunity as Technical Consultant in health & care at Civica
You'll be part of a multi-disciplined technical team that solves problems for customers and delivers solutions that provide measurable benefits via the Civica Clinical Systems product set.
You'll focus on the implementation, and ongoing maintenance and support of Applications, Databases and related infrastructure provisioned for developing and delivering solutions both externally for customers and internally to support development and testing requirements.
What you will do to be successful in this role
Responsibilities:
- Deploy Civica applications on environments for customers and for internal use within the end-to-end software delivery life cycle.
- Carry out configuration, administration and maintenance of multiple Oracle database instances where required.
- Configure and maintain application servers.
- Work alongside project teams (analysts, developers, testers and implementation managers) during software release and patching.
- Play an active role in the design and build of new systems, including high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
- Validate and advise customers on the suitability of their platforms for the installation of the Clinical Systems software solutions.
- Perform daily system monitoring checks to ensure integrity and availability of server resources, systems and key process and respond to any alerts generated by the proactive monitoring and alerting system.
- Participate in weekly support rota and Support out-of-hours implementation and service delivery activities as required.
- Conduct Backup monitoring and in line with supported backup strategies.
- Support the planning and execution of application and platform Service Pack upgrades as required.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues within defined Service Level Agreements, which includes responding to, identify and resolve application and platform problems and diagnose hardware or software faults in order to maintain supported environments.
- Support performance monitoring and tuning (Index maintenance and management, housekeeping, memory, CPU, Disk I/O etc.) as required.
- Assume responsibility for ownership of customer or internally reported issues through to conclusion where such ownership has been delegated.
- Adhere to change management procedures and ensure correct procedures are adhered to as tasks are being progressed.
- Participate in the maintenance of asset registers of all provisioned physical, virtual, and cloud-based internal platforms that support the Clinical Systems product set and internal business functions.
- Ensure that technical designs, internal documentation, processes and procedures are fully documented and maintained as required.
- Ensure that all procedures and routines comply with the requirements of the Company’s documented Quality System and Information Security Management System
- Pro-actively identify opportunities to improve productivity/efficiency.
- Test and evaluate new technology, in line with business or customer requirements.
- Attend hosting data centres and customer premises as required.
- Support sales activities such as input to ITT responses, bids, tenders and other Pre-Sales activity as required
Requirements
- Experience and knowledge of installing configuring and troubleshooting software applications within virtual technology platforms
- Troubleshooting Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019/2022 Operating Systems in enterprise scale environments.
- Technical knowledge of both hosted and remotely administered environments and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of security administration, server configuration, security best practice
- Operational support of Oracle (11g/12c/19c/OCI).
- Knowledge of T-SQL, PL/SQL Querying techniques
- Ability to take a pro-active approach to tasks and duties.
- Logical and strong problem-solving skills
- A flexible, customer focussed approach to work and attitude to drive through issues to completion.
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to demonstrate a willingness towards personal self-development, by keeping skills set and knowledge current and appropriate for the role.
- The ability to be flexible, adaptable, think on your feet and work on your own initiative.
- Excellent skills to manage expectations and control changing requirements.
- Experience of working within the public healthcare sector
- Experience of installation, patching, administration and maintenance of Oracle and SQL Server production and non-production environments
- Experience of using Oracle RMAN, Data guard, Active Cloning and Oracle Clusterware technologies
- Experience of using SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Replication, SQL Server Always On technologies
- Experience of Cloud Technology Platforms (e.g. Microsoft Azure/ Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Docker containers
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Linux
- Experience of supporting & troubleshooting Citrix and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (2012R2/2016/2019/2022)
We Want You to Bring Your Whole Self to Work
There is no such thing as the perfect candidate, so if you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point on the list above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
As a company, we're passionate about what we do and the citizens we serve. If you, too, want to champion the use of technology in public services to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve career growth, and make a real difference to people and communities.
We know that when our people are happy, they work better and have greater job satisfaction. Here's what you can expect:
Benefits
Time Off & Work-Life Balance
25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
Financial Well-being & Security
Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
Health & Perks
Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.
At Civica, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a variety of perspectives drives innovation and excellence, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our recruitment process is designed to ensure fairness and transparency, so every candidate has an equal chance to contribute to our mission.
If you need any adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
Technical Consultant (Implementation/Oracle DBA)
Posted 23 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
We’re Civica, and we create software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world.
From local government, to education, health, and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to provide essential services to over 100 million citizens.
Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work, supporting the needs of citizens and those who serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point in our journey to realise that aspiration.
Why you will love this opportunity as Technical Consultant in health & care at Civica
You'll be part of a multi-disciplined technical team that solves problems for customers and delivers solutions that provide measurable benefits via the Civica Clinical Systems product set.
You'll focus on the implementation, and ongoing maintenance and support of Applications, Databases and related infrastructure provisioned for developing and delivering solutions both externally for customers and internally to support development and testing requirements.
What you will do to be successful in this role
Responsibilities:
- Deploy Civica applications on environments for customers and for internal use within the end-to-end software delivery life cycle.
- Carry out configuration, administration and maintenance of multiple Oracle database instances where required.
- Configure and maintain application servers.
- Work alongside project teams (analysts, developers, testers and implementation managers) during software release and patching.
- Play an active role in the design and build of new systems, including high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
- Validate and advise customers on the suitability of their platforms for the installation of the Clinical Systems software solutions.
- Perform daily system monitoring checks to ensure integrity and availability of server resources, systems and key process and respond to any alerts generated by the proactive monitoring and alerting system.
- Participate in weekly support rota and Support out-of-hours implementation and service delivery activities as required.
- Conduct Backup monitoring and in line with supported backup strategies.
- Support the planning and execution of application and platform Service Pack upgrades as required.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues within defined Service Level Agreements, which includes responding to, identify and resolve application and platform problems and diagnose hardware or software faults in order to maintain supported environments.
- Support performance monitoring and tuning (Index maintenance and management, housekeeping, memory, CPU, Disk I/O etc.) as required.
- Assume responsibility for ownership of customer or internally reported issues through to conclusion where such ownership has been delegated.
- Adhere to change management procedures and ensure correct procedures are adhered to as tasks are being progressed.
- Participate in the maintenance of asset registers of all provisioned physical, virtual, and cloud-based internal platforms that support the Clinical Systems product set and internal business functions.
- Ensure that technical designs, internal documentation, processes and procedures are fully documented and maintained as required.
- Ensure that all procedures and routines comply with the requirements of the Company’s documented Quality System and Information Security Management System
- Pro-actively identify opportunities to improve productivity/efficiency.
- Test and evaluate new technology, in line with business or customer requirements.
- Attend hosting data centres and customer premises as required.
- Support sales activities such as input to ITT responses, bids, tenders and other Pre-Sales activity as required
Requirements
- Experience and knowledge of installing configuring and troubleshooting software applications within virtual technology platforms
- Troubleshooting Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019/2022 Operating Systems in enterprise scale environments.
- Technical knowledge of both hosted and remotely administered environments and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of security administration, server configuration, security best practice
- Operational support of Oracle (11g/12c/19c/OCI).
- Knowledge of T-SQL, PL/SQL Querying techniques
- Ability to take a pro-active approach to tasks and duties.
- Logical and strong problem-solving skills
- A flexible, customer focussed approach to work and attitude to drive through issues to completion.
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to demonstrate a willingness towards personal self-development, by keeping skills set and knowledge current and appropriate for the role.
- The ability to be flexible, adaptable, think on your feet and work on your own initiative.
- Excellent skills to manage expectations and control changing requirements.
- Experience of working within the public healthcare sector
- Experience of installation, patching, administration and maintenance of Oracle and SQL Server production and non-production environments
- Experience of using Oracle RMAN, Data guard, Active Cloning and Oracle Clusterware technologies
- Experience of using SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Replication, SQL Server Always On technologies
- Experience of Cloud Technology Platforms (e.g. Microsoft Azure/ Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Docker containers
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Linux
- Experience of supporting & troubleshooting Citrix and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (2012R2/2016/2019/2022)
We Want You to Bring Your Whole Self to Work
There is no such thing as the perfect candidate, so if you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point on the list above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
As a company, we're passionate about what we do and the citizens we serve. If you, too, want to champion the use of technology in public services to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve career growth, and make a real difference to people and communities.
We know that when our people are happy, they work better and have greater job satisfaction. Here's what you can expect:
Benefits
Time Off & Work-Life Balance
25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
Financial Well-being & Security
Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
Health & Perks
Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.
At Civica, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a variety of perspectives drives innovation and excellence, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our recruitment process is designed to ensure fairness and transparency, so every candidate has an equal chance to contribute to our mission.
If you need any adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
Technical Consultant (Implementation/Oracle DBA)
Posted 23 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
We’re Civica, and we create software that helps deliver critical services for citizens all around the world.
From local government, to education, health, and care, over 5,000 public bodies across the globe use our software to provide essential services to over 100 million citizens.
Our aspiration is to be a GovTech champion everywhere we work, supporting the needs of citizens and those who serve them every day. Building on 21 years of continuous growth and success, we're at a pivotal point in our journey to realise that aspiration.
Why you will love this opportunity as Technical Consultant in health & care at Civica
You'll be part of a multi-disciplined technical team that solves problems for customers and delivers solutions that provide measurable benefits via the Civica Clinical Systems product set.
You'll focus on the implementation, and ongoing maintenance and support of Applications, Databases and related infrastructure provisioned for developing and delivering solutions both externally for customers and internally to support development and testing requirements.
What you will do to be successful in this role
Responsibilities:
- Deploy Civica applications on environments for customers and for internal use within the end-to-end software delivery life cycle.
- Carry out configuration, administration and maintenance of multiple Oracle database instances where required.
- Configure and maintain application servers.
- Work alongside project teams (analysts, developers, testers and implementation managers) during software release and patching.
- Play an active role in the design and build of new systems, including high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
- Validate and advise customers on the suitability of their platforms for the installation of the Clinical Systems software solutions.
- Perform daily system monitoring checks to ensure integrity and availability of server resources, systems and key process and respond to any alerts generated by the proactive monitoring and alerting system.
- Participate in weekly support rota and Support out-of-hours implementation and service delivery activities as required.
- Conduct Backup monitoring and in line with supported backup strategies.
- Support the planning and execution of application and platform Service Pack upgrades as required.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues within defined Service Level Agreements, which includes responding to, identify and resolve application and platform problems and diagnose hardware or software faults in order to maintain supported environments.
- Support performance monitoring and tuning (Index maintenance and management, housekeeping, memory, CPU, Disk I/O etc.) as required.
- Assume responsibility for ownership of customer or internally reported issues through to conclusion where such ownership has been delegated.
- Adhere to change management procedures and ensure correct procedures are adhered to as tasks are being progressed.
- Participate in the maintenance of asset registers of all provisioned physical, virtual, and cloud-based internal platforms that support the Clinical Systems product set and internal business functions.
- Ensure that technical designs, internal documentation, processes and procedures are fully documented and maintained as required.
- Ensure that all procedures and routines comply with the requirements of the Company’s documented Quality System and Information Security Management System
- Pro-actively identify opportunities to improve productivity/efficiency.
- Test and evaluate new technology, in line with business or customer requirements.
- Attend hosting data centres and customer premises as required.
- Support sales activities such as input to ITT responses, bids, tenders and other Pre-Sales activity as required
Requirements
- Experience and knowledge of installing configuring and troubleshooting software applications within virtual technology platforms
- Troubleshooting Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019/2022 Operating Systems in enterprise scale environments.
- Technical knowledge of both hosted and remotely administered environments and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of security administration, server configuration, security best practice
- Operational support of Oracle (11g/12c/19c/OCI).
- Knowledge of T-SQL, PL/SQL Querying techniques
- Ability to take a pro-active approach to tasks and duties.
- Logical and strong problem-solving skills
- A flexible, customer focussed approach to work and attitude to drive through issues to completion.
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to demonstrate a willingness towards personal self-development, by keeping skills set and knowledge current and appropriate for the role.
- The ability to be flexible, adaptable, think on your feet and work on your own initiative.
- Excellent skills to manage expectations and control changing requirements.
- Experience of working within the public healthcare sector
- Experience of installation, patching, administration and maintenance of Oracle and SQL Server production and non-production environments
- Experience of using Oracle RMAN, Data guard, Active Cloning and Oracle Clusterware technologies
- Experience of using SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Replication, SQL Server Always On technologies
- Experience of Cloud Technology Platforms (e.g. Microsoft Azure/ Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Docker containers
- Experience of installing, supporting & troubleshooting Linux
- Experience of supporting & troubleshooting Citrix and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (2012R2/2016/2019/2022)
We Want You to Bring Your Whole Self to Work
There is no such thing as the perfect candidate, so if you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point on the list above, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
As a company, we're passionate about what we do and the citizens we serve. If you, too, want to champion the use of technology in public services to improve outcomes for citizens and public sector organisations, then Civica is the right place for you. We will help you unlock the best version of yourself, achieve career growth, and make a real difference to people and communities.
We know that when our people are happy, they work better and have greater job satisfaction. Here's what you can expect:
Benefits
Time Off & Work-Life Balance
25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
Financial Well-being & Security
Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
Health & Perks
Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.
At Civica, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We believe that a variety of perspectives drives innovation and excellence, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our recruitment process is designed to ensure fairness and transparency, so every candidate has an equal chance to contribute to our mission.
If you need any adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
Database Administrator
Posted 2 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
**Database Administrator (DBA)**
Leidos is seeking an experienced Database
(DBA) to be part of a team supporting and maintaining an IT service management tool (ServiceNow) for a large organisation. This role requires hands-on experience with database administration, optimization, and disaster recovery planning. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring database stability, security, and performance, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance data integrity and system efficiency. This role requires a daily in-office presence.
Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.
Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers' needs as if they were our own. United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.
Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Candidate must be eligible to undergo security clearance (DV).
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Database Administration & Maintenance: Provide technical support for MariaDB (MySQL) databases, ensuring optimal performance and availability.
+ Backup & Disaster Recovery: Implement regular database backups to allow for efficient data recovery in the event of system failures.
+ Monitoring & Performance Optimization: Track system performance and identify bottlenecks affecting database efficiency and data integrity.
+ Incident & Problem Management: Troubleshoot database-related incidents and implement proactive solutions to minimize downtime.
+ Capacity Planning: Monitor and forecast database storage and performance needs, ensuring scalability.
+ Upgrades & Patch Management: Plan and execute major database upgrades and periodic patching to maintain system stability.
+ Database Logging & Monitoring: Configure and manage database logs for integration into a SIEM (Security information and event management) solution for monitoring and security compliance.
+ High Availability & Failover Management: Monitor, maintain and orchestrate manual failover and failback procedures to maintain uptime.
+ Automation & Scripting: Develop scripts using SQL, Bash, or Python to automate database maintenance and monitoring tasks.
+ Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Maintain database build and upgrade documentation, ensuring accuracy and accessibility for the team.
+ Testing & Validation Support: Assist testing teams with execution of test scripts for database validation and performance assessment.
**You will have:**
+ Proven experience as a Database Administrator (DBA)
+ Expertise in MariaDB or other relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server).
+ Experience with backup and disaster recovery strategies for databases.
+ Knowledge of database tuning, indexing, and query optimization.
+ Understanding of networking protocols relevant to databases (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing).
+ Familiarity with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools, preferably ServiceNow.
+ Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
+ Knowledge of ITIL/ITSM principles and best practices.
+ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
**Desirable Skills:**
+ Familiarity with security frameworks such as CIS benchmarks or ISO 27001.
+ Hands-on experience with high availability clustering and replication.
+ Familiarity with virtualization technologies.
+ Experience with automated patch management in database environments.
+ ServiceNow environment experience is desirable.
+ Experience of transitioning systems to service.
**WHAT DO WE DO FOR YOU?**
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
- Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
-Dynamic Working
**Commitment to Diversity:**
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
**Who We Are:**
Leidos UK & EUROPE ( - we work to make theworldsafer,healthier,andmore efficient through technology, engineering andscience.
Leidosis agrowing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
**What Makes Us Different:**
Purpose:you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can _inspire_ change.
Collaboration:having _flexibility_ to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs andours.
People:Leidos _empowers_ people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by _enabling growthwhilst developing_ . We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to _be inspired_ and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plan that enhance your future.
At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."
If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2. good. You'll fit right in.
**Original Posting:**
At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."
If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2. good. You'll fit right in.
**Pay Range:**
£47,500.00-£60,900.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
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This is an exciting opportunity as a Senior SQL DBA to work for a company that encourages the development of your knowledge, skills and experience, which will allow you to thrive and prosper whilst working in a diverse, forward thinking and agile environment!
Hybrid Role
Central London Based
£110-140k package
Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining and supporting operations of SQL server databases.
- Installation of SQL server.
- Restoring/backing up + administrative tasks
- Tuning + troubleshooting
Skills Needed:
- Supporting the database solutions lifecycle form phases of design to installation
- Experience performing backups, troubleshooting etc
- Experience of daytime and on call shifts
- Database administration experience with SQL server
- Knowledge of HA and DR
- Automation with the use of scripting languages (e.g Powershell)
- Experience in SQL Server in MS Azure
If you would like to know more about this SQL DBA role, please apply now!
SQL Database Administrator
Posted 2 days ago
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Senior SQL Server DBA
This is an exciting opportunity as a Senior SQL DBA to work for a company that encourages the development of your knowledge, skills and experience, which will allow you to thrive and prosper whilst working in a diverse, forward thinking and agile environment!
Hybrid Role
Central London Based
£110-140k package
Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining and supporting operations of SQL server databases.
- Installation of SQL server.
- Restoring/backing up + administrative tasks
- Tuning + troubleshooting
Skills Needed:
- Supporting the database solutions lifecycle form phases of design to installation
- Experience performing backups, troubleshooting etc
- Experience of daytime and on call shifts
- Database administration experience with SQL server
- Knowledge of HA and DR
- Automation with the use of scripting languages (e.g Powershell)
- Experience in SQL Server in MS Azure
If you would like to know more about this SQL DBA role, please apply now!
SQL Database Administrator
Posted today
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Senior SQL Server DBA
This is an exciting opportunity as a Senior SQL DBA to work for a company that encourages the development of your knowledge, skills and experience, which will allow you to thrive and prosper whilst working in a diverse, forward thinking and agile environment!
Hybrid Role
Central London Based
£110-140k package
Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining and supporting operations of SQL server databases.
- Installation of SQL server.
- Restoring/backing up + administrative tasks
- Tuning + troubleshooting
Skills Needed:
- Supporting the database solutions lifecycle form phases of design to installation
- Experience performing backups, troubleshooting etc
- Experience of daytime and on call shifts
- Database administration experience with SQL server
- Knowledge of HA and DR
- Automation with the use of scripting languages (e.g Powershell)
- Experience in SQL Server in MS Azure
If you would like to know more about this SQL DBA role, please apply now!