Graduate Shift SQL Oracle Database Administrator

This role offers significant opportunities for progression with a defined career pathway as well as opportunities to rapidly move up the pay scale. The salary starts at £27,552 with the opportunity to increase salary upon completion of training or with future promotions. In addition, the client will also provide financial support to complete various Oracle/SQL certifications and examinations to help you reach the goal of becoming a fully certified Senior DBA.

You will begin working life shadowing Senior Database Administrators to learn and improve technical knowledge and skillset, whilst gaining a thorough understanding of company processes.

Due to the nature of the role, our client operates a 3-day weekly shift pattern on a 3-week rotating basis, consisting of days and night shifts. Please see below an example of a typical week 1-3 shift pattern:

Week 1: 6:30pm to 7:30am (13 hours per shift) Monday to Wednesday Week 2: 7:30am to 6:30pm (11 hours per shift ) Tuesday to Thursday Week 3: 6:30pm to 7:30am (13 hours per shift) Friday to Sunday

Please note, due to client security reasons, this is a fully office-based role working out of their modern facilities in the heart of Edinburgh and candidates should already be based in Edinburgh due to the requirement for a quick start to the position., * Carry out regular email checks to check for correspondence from database end users and ensure issues are actioned and resolved within the agreed SLA timelines

• Maintain Application Dashboard Manager to be alert to new support tickets coming through
• Communicate with customers via phone and email, ensuring professionalism is always upheld
• Undertake and complete scheduled workloads set up by previous DBAs working the prior shift
• Create cases in the CRM system for client specific work and incidents, ensuring they are closed once issues have been resolved
• Undertake daily checks when working the night shifts, as well communication findings to colleagues taking on the following shift
• Perform 1^st line fix on all database issues that are raised, before escalating more complex issues to the Senior DBA on shift
• Maintain, update and upgrade SharePoint knowledge base
• Shadow Senior Oracle/SQL DBA on shift to aid future development within the role
• Learn how to perform various technical tasks, including restore backups, disaster recovery, migrations, patching, tuning and cloud hosting

Due to continued growth within their team, our client is seeking the addition of a self-motivated, hardworking and trustworthy Graduate with an IT/tech-based degree to join their talented team of over 25 DBA’s., * Degree in relevant technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Computing, Information Technology)

• Positive ‘can-do’ attitude showcasing continued enthusiasm for training and development
• Fully committed to the working hours and shift patterns
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Capable of using initiative when under pressure to meet deadlines

Express Recruitment are delighted to be working in partnership with a well-established and highly reputable Database Management Consultancy, that provides first-class database support, design and development services across Oracle and SQL Servers on behalf of a global customer base.