Senior Database Administrator

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom Accruent Full time

Personal development and becoming the best you is all about growth and exploring new skills and opportunities - both in and out of the office. At Accruent, we call this Grow Without Limits, and we're proud to offer each of our employees the resources, coaching, and support necessary to achieve Growth Without Limits in their personal and professional lives. Explore where the path takes you.

The **Senior Oracle Database Administrator **will be responsible for maintaining systems as defined and ensuring their ongoing performance. The senior database administrator will proactively take ownership of aspects of the RDBMS systems and provide high-level leadership and coaching within the team. Additional responsibilities will include maintenance for multiple products at Accruent and optimization of these database platforms.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Proficient in all aspects of Oracle RDBMS, OEM, RMAN, ASM, RAC, Golden Gate, Data Guard Broker (ADG), and Data Guard Observer.
- Manage databases through phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), from development through critical Production systems.
- Manage standards, procedures, and policies for governing database environments.
- Design and implement automation solutions for routine tasks, system reporting, alerts, and notifications using standard tools and custom scripts (Unix Shell/Perl/python).
- Evaluates and recommend new technologies.
- Expert competency in backup and recovery strategies.
- Demonstrates in-deep skill set in relevant DBA areas.
- Proactively reviews team's documentation and makes updates and enhancements.
- Helps others to develop effective time management skills and methods of communication.
- Helps others develop systematic methods to accomplish more in less time.
- Guided classes developed by Principal DBAs.
- Reviews designs of less senior DBAs and provides feedback that contributes to their success.
- Organizes and facilitates technical exchanges based on relevant issues, technologies, or techniques.
- Capable of leading recruiting efforts.
- Excellent troubleshooter and problem solver
- Proactively seeks training opportunities for themselves.
- Ability to adhere to company policies and compliance standards.
- Consistently provides suggestions to businesses, based on knowledge of DB technology, tools, and process flow.
- 24x7 Production support on on-call rotations.

**Knowledge, skills & abilities**:

- A minimum of 7 years of demonstrated ability with Oracle databases in two of the following:

- technical database administration
- code development, tuning, and design
- report development and concepts
- DB Certification in Oracle (or equivalent experience) is preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proven self-reliant, self-starter, and capable of educating and motivating others.
- Ability to reason logically and participate in the development of innovative solutions.
- Project and task-oriented with a focus on details.
- Able to work well within a group or individually on projects.

**About Accruent**:
At Accruent (a subsidiary or affiliate of Fortive Corporation), we strive to be on the cutting edge of the software world, providing purpose-built intelligent solutions that raise customer expectations, shift paradigms and transform the way businesses operate and achieve success.

We aim to provide the same transformational growth for our 1,000+ employees which includes a vibrant office culture in major cities like Austin and Amsterdam - and 10,000 customers in more than 150 countries - we know you'll gain new experiences along the way. In our continued effort to help our teams Grow Without Limits, we provide all employees with the resources, coaching and support they need to reach new heights and experience true professional and personal development - and we do this because we believe it will help us grow as a global company in return.

Every person can bring something incredible to the table, and we can always achieve more together. So, if you are courageous, adaptable, collaborative and interested in becoming the best you, we encourage you to join us for the ride - even if you don't believe you have the exact experience to fill a particular role.

Explore the path. Join Accruent.

**About Fortive**:
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a start-up spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to ground-breaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 17,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our posi



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