Core Ops Cloud Dba

**The Role**:
**Where you fit in**

The Core Ops DBA is responsible for safeguarding the business data in the database, and delivery of databases support.

**What’s the role**
- Develop and implement standards and best practices for database administration.
- Hands-on experience in either Azure cloud platforms
- Automation & Evergreening Database landscape components
- Recommend solutions by defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, database security, data back-up, and recovery specifications
- Manage and maintain database architecture including database replication, disaster recovery, and backups strategy. Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
- Manage database capacity including sizing estimation, growth planning, usage monitoring and alerts.
- Implement database performance monitoring and fault monitoring. Promote continuous improvement
- Establish and maintain performance baselines, troubleshoot performance issues and provide recommendations/fixes for identified issues.
- Responsible to ensure the Application portfolio is compliant with the relevant IT controls and information security standards & baselines.
- Ensure that end-to-end performance is monitored and maintained to high level of quality, standards, supportability and operability as defined within negotiated and agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and to propose and implement necessary Service Improvements
- Provide user support and consultancy service to Application and Infrastructure Developments teams and projects (i.e. assisting development in writing and tuning of SQL and PL/SQL code)
- Responsible to provide consulting in relation to data technology, architecture, modelling and design.
- Ensure the reviewing of releases, upgrades and fixes available from database software suppliers and subscribed security organizations and identify those which merit action.
- Ownership of coordination with vendor support services regarding database problems and issues.
- Ownership of problem and situation management calls and undertake root cause analysis on situations or major incidents related to databases.
- Manage the Implementation, compliance with and maintaining security as per Security Incident Process.
- Manage the demand and the implementation of planned and emergency database changes according to defined Change Control procedures and policies and in conjunction with Application Development Teams.
- Documenting standards and procedures. Ensure licensing agreement compliance with DBMS and DBMS related software.
- Maintain a "master" level of knowledge of the Shell Group Information Security Standard
- Operates under general direction. Assignments are very broad in nature and of the highest level of complexity. Able to impact beyond area of responsibility.

**What we need from you**
- Educated to degree level, preferably in Information Technology
- Deep knowledge of infrastructure landscapes including underlying infrastructure concepts
- Firm understanding of ITIL processes, programming standards, operating Infrastructure, operating Systems, storage
- Mandatory Automation skills using OEM, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting, PowerShell etc
- Experience in Day to day administration of Oracle 19c on Linux/Unix operating systems with knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL, Automation
- Deep knowledge of Oracle RDBMS technologies such as RMAN, DataGuard, Golden Gate, Real Application testing, Advanced Compression and partitioning features.
- Knowledge on SQL Server 2016/2019, Azure SQL & SQL Managed Instance
- Database replication technologies (Always On, Database Mirroring, Log Shipping)
- Proven performance tuning skills (especially in a data warehouse environment)
- Experience in database environments life cycle management and support of production and development environments.
- Troubleshooting and resolving performance issues and knowledge of related tools AWR, ADDM, OEM, SQL tuning
- Ability to establish/maintain best practices, processes and procedures for Database.
- Able to self-direct and take initiative; able to deliver through others.
- Experience in working collaboratively with vendors, customers, stakeholder management
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong supplier management skills

Preferred
- Cross-functional DB skills - extensive MSSQL Server (2016,2017, 2019) together with Oracle (19c)
- Beneficial to have experience with IT project management, coordination or participation
- Ability to operate in a global, virtual cross cultural organization, working in different time zones.
- Ability to build credibility and relationships with business leaders.
- Ability to influence others and work through others to deliver the desired results.
- Be able to work under pressure. Deliver solutions fast, but to quality standards and in a compliant way
- DEV OPS implementation experience.
- Knowledge and understanding of ETL tools and Integration Services.
- Knowledge of Amazon Cloud and Windows Azure Database