Senior Database Platform Engineer

Purpose of role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Database Platform Engineer with strong database administration and engineering skills to join a team of highly skilled Engineers DBAs who are responsible for managing the Oracle, MongoDB and PostgreSQL database estate.

The team are responsible for the day-to-day support and administration of the Oracle, MongoDB and PostgreSQL database estate including engineering and all database related projects. The role involves working closely with other Infrastructure teams as well as developers and end users.

This role also offers the opportunity to work on exciting technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and exposure to other DevOps aligned methods of automation, real time monitoring and metrics collections using latest Open-Source toolsets; Grafana and InfluxDB etc.

Specific responsibilities

The specific responsibilities of the role include:

• Administer and manage the Oracle, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL database estate.

• Collaborate with other technology teams to identify and implement optimal solutions for Man Group.

• Demonstrate a willingness to learn new technologies in this area.

• Ensure the rollout of a standards-based estate using relevant configuration management tools.

• Plan capacity for physical and virtual database servers.

• Ensuring high availability of the infrastructure and minimising the duration and impact of any outages.

• Maintain a consistently high level of service delivery for incidents, requests, and changes.

• Provide database support and advice to Infrastructure teams, developers, and end users.

• Uphold database security standards across the database estate.

• Participate in an on-call support rota.

Essential Experience

• Deep knowledge of Oracle RDBMS

• Foundational knowledge of MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and configuration management tooling such as Terraform and Ansible.

• Proficiency in Linux.

• Strong scripting skills (preferably Bash, PL/SQL, Python)

• Experience of designing, building, configuring Data-Guard, RMAN

• Ability to diagnose and tune performance across the entire stack (Database internals, OS, Storage, Networks).

• Proven ability to automate builds and repetitive tasks

• Flexibility to broaden and develop skills in any area as required.

• Strong prioritization and project management skills.

Desirable Experience

• At least 5 years Oracle database administration and engineering experience.

• Exposure to open-source RDBMS and NoSQL database technologies.

• Experience with Docker containerization.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

• Eagerness to learn and understand the business environment.