Principal DBA - SQL, Oracle, Azure Synapse

We are looking for Principal Database Administrator to lead an enterprise team undergoing a period of significant growth. After a strong 2023, this insurance organisation is expanding their technical services teams across their multi-platform environment. Working across Microsoft SQL, Oracle DB and Azure Synapse, you will direct this support team, achieving greater operational efficiency across a large estate.

The successful candidate will have worked across on-prem Microsoft and Oracle environments, along with exposure to cloud-based services. You'll be a strong communicator and mentor and be comfortable as a technical point of escalation within the database team. This is a great opportunity to lead a team in a very successful financial services company, without the people management responsibilities. You'll be excited by the chance to really scale up this organisation's estate, whilst consistently ensuring stability and security.

Whilst insurance sector experience is preferred, experience from other financial services will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Database Administrators as technical expert for enterprise environments
• Act as escalation point whilst mentoring and supporting team members
• Support a large multi-platform environment across SQL, Oracle and Synapse
• Maintain integrations with group-wide applications
• Work collaboratively with multiple internal departments

Requirements

• Excellent ability in T-SQL, P/L SQL and Powershell
• Strong knowledge in MS SQL, SSRS, SSIS and SSAS
• Experience in 24/7 and on-call environments
• Certification in ITIL along with Microsoft and/or Oracle
• Awareness of Nutanix tooling, along with Dell DDBoost or Veeam is a bonus

Principal DBA - SQL, Oracle, Azure Synapse