Defence Business Services (DBS) - DIT Fin Com CDS Database Administrator
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,530 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | A pension contribution of 28.97% based on the listed salary |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | FY5 3WP, BS34 8JH |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 405755 |
Summary
DBS are recruiting a Infrastructure Engineer: 1 Oracle DBA. An infrastructure engineer builds, administers, supports and maintains solutions as directed and according to departmental policy.
At this role level, you will:
Ensure services are integrated, delivered and operated as required.
Work with and support third parties in providing infrastructure services.
Work with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operation.
Contribute to infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy.
Database Administrator (HEO)
You will be a manager within the team, administering Oracle databases and E Business Suite applications including Fusion Middleware where appropriate.
You will provide support to MS SQL server databases including production, testing, disaster recovery and development databases and application services.
You will maintain the performance and availability of production services ensuring we meet prescribed Service Levels and Key Performance Indicators.
You will support the database needs of projects.
You will support junior members of the team in delivering objectives and developing their skills.
You will support programme/project delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
All Infrastructure Engineer Roles
Provide hands-on day to day technical support for DBS DIT Infrastructure within the bounds of the Service Level Agreements.
Ensure service availability of all "live" development & DR environments as dictated by SLA and ensure these environments are meeting the expectations of end users.
Provide 1st line support, recording and logging all infrastructure issues and ensure associated actions taken to resolve the issue are also documented using the IT helpdesk ticketing system.
Assist other Technical Support team members to ensure that normal service is restored as quickly as possible in the event of an incident, to minimize any disruption to the business.
Where a forthcoming issue in the infrastructure environment can be pre-empted, take proactive actions to prevent incident occurring. (System housekeeping & system checks).
Configure and manage system security.
Coach and develop teams where necessary to improve performance and meet objectives.
Plan and org workload to optimise performance.
Deliver system change and enhancements approved by CRs by agreed targets to include assessment of change requests and delivery of solution once approved.
Ensure documentation regarding server builds, network configuration, fixes, procedures and diagrams are maintained, up-to-date date and complete.
Proactively define and analyse the root causes of specific infrastructure problems and implement the appropriate solutions to ensure rapid recovery.
Ensure that the Service Support Centre team are kept up to date so they can manage business expectation accurately
Measure and provide reports on current performance of services and components in the infrastructure and provide these to the Performance Management function and Senior Management, as and when required.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.
At this role level, you will:
Ensure services are integrated, delivered and operated as required.
Work with and support third parties in providing infrastructure services.
Work with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operation.
Contribute to infrastructure specialist teams in building, managing, supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy.
Database Administrator (HEO)
You will be a manager within the team, administering Oracle databases and E Business Suite applications including Fusion Middleware where appropriate.
You will provide support to MS SQL server databases including production, testing, disaster recovery and development databases and application services.
You will maintain the performance and availability of production services ensuring we meet prescribed Service Levels and Key Performance Indicators.
You will support the database needs of projects.
You will support junior members of the team in delivering objectives and developing their skills.
You will support programme/project delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
All Infrastructure Engineer Roles
Provide hands-on day to day technical support for DBS DIT Infrastructure within the bounds of the Service Level Agreements.
Ensure service availability of all "live" development & DR environments as dictated by SLA and ensure these environments are meeting the expectations of end users.
Provide 1st line support, recording and logging all infrastructure issues and ensure associated actions taken to resolve the issue are also documented using the IT helpdesk ticketing system.
Assist other Technical Support team members to ensure that normal service is restored as quickly as possible in the event of an incident, to minimize any disruption to the business.
Where a forthcoming issue in the infrastructure environment can be pre-empted, take proactive actions to prevent incident occurring. (System housekeeping & system checks).
Configure and manage system security.
Coach and develop teams where necessary to improve performance and meet objectives.
Plan and org workload to optimise performance.
Deliver system change and enhancements approved by CRs by agreed targets to include assessment of change requests and delivery of solution once approved.
Ensure documentation regarding server builds, network configuration, fixes, procedures and diagrams are maintained, up-to-date date and complete.
Proactively define and analyse the root causes of specific infrastructure problems and implement the appropriate solutions to ensure rapid recovery.
Ensure that the Service Support Centre team are kept up to date so they can manage business expectation accurately
Measure and provide reports on current performance of services and components in the infrastructure and provide these to the Performance Management function and Senior Management, as and when required.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.