SQL Server/Oracle Database Administrator

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom FDM Group Full time
About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an experienced Database Administrator to work for our global Security & Defence client. This is initially a 3-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a remote role.

The DBA will play a key role in supporting the client's underlying database systems by managing and optimising database environments across SQL Server and Oracle. This role will ensure data availability, security, performance, and reliability across the platform, working closely with data engineers, developers, and cloud operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer and maintain SQL Server and Oracle environments, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.
  • Help design and implement database structures, schemas, and queries to support data ingestion, transformation, and analytics workloads.
  • Monitor performance and resource utilisation; tune queries and indexes to improve efficiency.
  • Help with backup recovery, and disaster recovery procedures across multiple environments.
  • Implement and maintain user access controls, roles, and permissions in line with security and compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with DataOps and CloudOps teams to support deployments and ensure consistency across dev, pre-prod, and production environments.
  • Troubleshoot database connectivity and performance issues, ensuring minimal downtime.
  • Support automation of database provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance activities.
  • Contribute to capacity planning, version upgrades, and patch management cycles.
About You
  • Databases: SQL Server (on-prem & cloud incl. managed instances), Oracle 11g to 19c
  • Cloud Platform: Azure
  • Scripting & Automation: SQL, PowerShell
  • Performance Tuning: Query optimisation, indexing strategies, caching
  • Backup & Recovery: Tools and strategies for high availability and resilience
  • Security: Role-based access, encryption, data masking, audit logging

Preferred Experience

  • Experience in managing data within large, distributed, or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Understanding of data governance and compliance in enterprise settings
About Us

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 Employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

  • Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
  • Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
  • Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
  • Annual leave and work-place pension

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