Job Description

Job Title:  Database & Middleware administrator – IT
operations Position:
Database
& Middleware administrator  Qualification: Bachelor’s
Degree in Computer Systems Engineering or Equivalent, Master’s Degree will be a
Plus. Skills: ·       
Minimum
of 8  years’ experience in similar field.·       
Strong
Database Administration experience on multiple platforms (Solaris / Linux /
Windows).·       
Strong
Middleware Administration and deployment experience(SOA/ExternalSOA/API
Gateway/ServiceBUS)·       
Strong
experience in database backup solutions and configuration.·       
Strong
Disaster Recovery experience for various Databases and IT Applications.·       
Oracle
certifications and relevant qualifications is preferred.·       
Conflict
Resolution & Presentation skills.·       
Effective
interpersonal and communication skills.·       
Teamwork.·       
Time
management, priority and organization skills.·       
Analytical
and problem solving.·       
Azure
and Oracle Cloud experience (DBaaS)   Experience ·       
To
represent Operations in meetings to cover operational requirements both for new
projects and to feedback issues to development teams about current systems:o  
Oracle
HA Experience in Oracle RAC & Data guard/Active Data guard.o  
Worked
with Oracle ASM.o  
SOL
Server HA Experience Log shipping, mirroring, Clustering and Always On feature.o  
Oracle
Apps Database Administration experience.o  
SOA/Service
Bus/API Gateway/External SOA administration experienceo  
OAM/OID
integration with AD·       
To
maintain production environments relating to the online/offline services. Maintaining
high availability databases in support of 24/7 serviceso  
Establishing
and monitoring backup scheduleso  
Tuning
database configuration for optimum performanceo  
Installing/Patching
Oracle, MSSQL, SOA software to agreed standardso  
Diagnose
and resolve problems relating to database service availabilityo  
Monitoring
and maintaining quality assurance by checking the consistency, continuity and
coherence of supported serviceso  
Assisting
development teams with effective schema design to achieve optimum performance·       
To
work in a team environment and to work closely with other members of the team
and customers.·       
Implementing
appropriate contingency procedures in response to planned and unexpected News,
Sport & TV events.·       
To
keep abreast of technical developments of operational importance and to
participate in developing or setting standards as directed·       
To
establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders.·       
To
ensure that applications and related services are documented and kept current·       
To
undertake advanced administration tasks as required e.g. to support problem
resolution·       
To
support the development teams and the 24/7 group in deploying applications and
solving problems.·       
Reviewing
and ensuring complete and appropriate handover of documentation prior to
operational acceptance of new or changed applications.·       
Regular
database capacity planning related to database growth and system utilization,
trend analysis and predicting future database resource requirementsDefining
database configuration standards related to performance and sizing for both
transactional and data warehouse databases. ·       
Implementing
database related policies.·       
Interaction
with developers and end users.·       
Strong
backup and recovery strategy.·       
Performance
Tuning.













































































































·       
Database
consolidation.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• functional
• technical

Education + Experience

• Qualification: Degree