Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff
Main area: Corporate Services
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: 18 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref: 164-6994905
Site: City Hospital Campus
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
We have an excellent temporary opportunity for a highly skilled Principal Oracle DBA to join our team and to help us drive forward the Trust’s Data Warehousing and Cloud-first strategies whilst we are implementing a new Patient Administration System.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and forward-thinking individual who possesses highly expert technical knowledge of Oracle and Oracle architecture, combined with excellent proven mentoring and leadership skills.
The successful candidate will be based at the City Hospital Campus, will be working closely with the current SQLDBAs as well as the Infrastructure and Software Development teams, and will be expected to provide extensive in-depth technical expertise, leadership, guidance and support to the Trust in the architecture, maintenance, upgrading, and troubleshooting of existing Oracle databases (including, but not restricted to, the Trust’s DHR solution), as well as the architecture, configuration, tuning, and delivery of new Oracle databases and other new database tools and technologies.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Your work will be varied and interesting, encompassing the creation and maintenance of high and low-level designs for our databases and their underlying infrastructure, working closely with our solution and domain specialists as well as with our implementation teams and external suppliers to understand the needs of the database solutions, defining patterns and standards to ensure consistency, resilience, security, and best practice in the delivery and operation of the platforms. The role will also encompass some elements of line management and team leadership (e.g. providing guidance and mentoring to more junior staff).
In your application, please make sure you address the key points outlined in the Person Specification so we can assess your suitability for this role, specifically with regards to your practical experience in a similar role.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
* A relevant IT degree at MSc level or above, or equivalent technical qualification & experience.
* Management/leadership qualification or training/experience
* Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) in relevant versions of Oracle Database (e.g., Oracle Database 8, 11g, 19c, 21c)
* Project Management Training (Prince2, Agile)
* ITIL Foundation certification for IT service management.
Experience
* Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Oracle Database Administration
* Experience in PostgreSQL/MySQL database administration, including experience in using Patroni for HA PostgreSQL clustering
* In-depth hands-on experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager and other Oracle tools.
* Advanced performance tuning and optimisation of Oracle, MySQL, Postgres
* Experience in implementing backup and recovery strategies, (RMAN, Data Guard)
* Experience in implementing high availability and disaster recovery (RAC, Active Data Guard)
* Familiarity with containerization & orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
* Familiarity with Oracle Forms
* Knowledge of Percona, performance monitoring/backup
* Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Communication and Relationship skills
* Excellent oral and written communication and motivational skills, communicating with clarity, enthusiasm, commitment and conviction.
* Strong communicator who is experienced at and able to lead/chair meetings at a senior level
* Proven mentoring and coaching skills
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