Senior Database Administrator

The BBC

Manor Park, United Kingdom

5 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Compensation

£ 63K

Job location

Manor Park, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Systems Engineering

Cluster Analysis

Databases

Relational Databases

Python

PostgreSQL

Machine Learning

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL

NoSQL

Oracle Applications

Performance Tuning

Powershell

PL-SQL

SQL Databases

T-SQL

Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)

Database Performance

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE As a Senior Systems Engineer (DBA) within the BBC's Technology & Media Operations group, you'll be working with systems that support both broadcast and corporate services. This role gives you the chance to directly influence technical strategy and key engineering decisions, driving performance, resilience, and reliability across business-critical platforms. You will work hands-on with a wide range of relational database technologies, including Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL WHY JOIN THE TEAM Join the well-established, highly skilled Database Team working alongside other Engineering teams. As a Senior Systems Engineer (DBA), you will work across the BBC's diverse on-premise database estate while helping shape our journey into cloud-based operations. You will also get the chance to explore machine learning and containerisation technologies, making this a great opportunity to innovate, develop new skills, and make a real impact across the BBC., * Work with teams across the BBC and with system vendors and suppliers on the implementation of secure and highly available database solutions

Write, review and take responsibility for technical documentation as part of project and product delivery
Install, configure and provide operational support for relational databases
Monitor and tune database performance
Respond to incidents during office hours and as part of out of hours support, leading on resolution and root cause analysis

Requirements

Expertise in at least 3 of the following major RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
Strong SQL, T-SQL/PL-SQL, scripting (Python, PowerShell).
Knowledge of monitoring and performance tuning solutions for relational databases
Familiarity with replication, clustering, and HA/DR configurations for different database technologies. xhkmmrq
Experience with backup and recovery strategies and their implementation
Experience with security best practices and compliance, and their implementation

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED