Database Administrator / Developer

Job description

ENGIE are recruiting for a Database Administrator / Developer to be based at ENGIE No 1 Leeds, 26 Whitehall Rd, Leeds LS12 1BE. This is a permanent full time role working 37.5 hours per week . On offer is a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.

Key Responsibilities:

·  Provide support for the organisation’s Oracle and SQL Server database environments running on Windows, Solaris and Linux 
·  Provide support for all the Production and Pre-Production database environments 
·  Perform database upgrades and apply software patches as and when required on all database environments
·  Creation and removal of database environments as required
·  Create and monitor Standby databases and associated replication
·  Refresh the none production database environments on request
·  Perform software releases to both the Pre-Production and Production database environments
·  Apply data fixes to Pre-Production and Production database environments as required
·  Support Data Warehouse deployments to both the Pre-Production and Production environments
·  Ensure database backups complete successfully
·  Develop standards for data analysis tools and techniques
·  Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of database concepts, object and data modelling techniques and design principles and a detailed knowledge of database architectures, software and facilities
·  Optimise database performance and plans for forecast resource needs
·  Investigate and resolve database issues
·  Provide out of hours support as part of an on-call rota
·  Adherence to internal governance processes and control frameworks
·  Liaise with external organizations and third party suppliers for ongoing support and maintenance.
·  Collaborate in system development projects; defining and analysing business requirements and developing appropriate solutions & processes
·  Assist in developing and maintaining appropriate disaster recovery systems and procedures in line with the Company’s Business Continuity Plans
·  Evaluate potential solutions, demonstrating, installing and commissioning selected products
For more information about ENGIE please visit:http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

Required Qualifications or Experience:

Qualifications:
Essential:

·  Suitable A-levels or equivalent
Desirable

·  Appropriate specialist technical qualifications for supporting, maintaining and/or developing databases, information manipulation and associated applications
·  Oracle Certified Professional qualification or Microsoft CSA 
·  Degree level or equivalent, preferably Information Technology or Computer Science
Experience:

·  Development and production DBA experience utilising Oracle running on Linux operating system platforms
·  Development and production DBA experience of SQL Server in development and production environments
·  Database performance analysis
·  Database capacity planning
·  Exposure to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) software 
·  Experienced in working in a 24/7 support environment
Knowledge:

·  Excellent understanding of information systems concepts and practice and, especially, of object and data modelling, databases and database management systems, and the use of information as a resource 
·  Good knowledge of relational database technologies, eg SQL Server / Oracle
·  Good knowledge of multi-environment systems, including Standby and DR
·  Knowledge of Oracle RMAN, Data Pump and Import/Export utilities
·  Microsoft SSIS package development and deployment
·  Knowledge of Microsoft SSRS and SSAS
·  Good knowledge of technology so as to be able to select optimal solutions to business problems
·  Understanding of business processes and systems, ideally from an Energy & Services perspective
·  Detailed knowledge of the appropriate corporate data standards and of the appropriate professional and/or legal data standards
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
This job advert is supported by the ENGIE Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Mar 4, 2019