Job Description hackajob is collaborating with DXC Technology to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work-life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.We actively encourage consistent growth on our journey towards a culture of inclusion and recognise that the people we employ are vital to providing a great customer experience. As such, we have a variety of training, support, and tools available to aid in your continual personal and professional development. At DXC, building a better you, builds a better us.At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for client based working Database Administrators at varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within one of our database support teams and will be focused and motivated with good interpersonal skills. Your role will include optimising and tuning database performance and assisting in database migration.Installing and configuring database binaries n Writing and maintaining scripts to automate DBA tasks n Performing routine, periodic, and proactive operational monitoring and maintenance n Troubleshooting database-related issues and driving root cause analysis n Optimising and tuning database performance to ensure reliability and efficiency n Performing patching and upgrades to ensure data security and compliance n Assisting with database migrations, including migrations to cloud-based environments such as AWS n Supporting database resilience through backup, recovery, replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery activities n Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and the modernisation of database servicesA proactive approach towards identifying risks, opportunities, and potential improvements n A growth mindset with the ambition to broaden your technical capabilities across databases, cloud technologies, and automation toolingDatabase TechnologiesAdministration experience in one or more database technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server n Knowledge of database server clustering, failover, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions n Experience with database replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL Replication Manager, and MongoDB Replica Sets n Experience supporting Linux operating systems (RHEL) and/or Windows Server n Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly AWS n Knowledge of AWS database services and database deployments in cloud environments n Experience planning or delivering database migrations into cloud environments would be highly advantageousExperience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash n Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible n Monitoring & ToolingKnowledge of database monitoring tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Nagios, or equivalent monitoring platforms
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