Principal Database Administrator

We’re on a mission to change the future of
clinical research. At Perceptive, we help the
biopharmaceutical industry bring medical
treatments to the market, faster.
Our mission is to change the world
but to do this, we need people like you.

**Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you**:
**HEALTH**:

- Medical plan for you and your dependents.
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Critical illness cover

**WEALTH**:

- Salary structure and Flexi basket
- Provident fund of 12%
- Gratuity scheme

**YOURSELF**:Internal growth and development programs & trainings

As a Principal Database Administrator, you’ll lead and provide guidance on the build and operation our Database platforms supporting our IT estate to enhance the availability, performance, reliability and security of solutions and platforms. This includes but not limited to Oracle, SQL Server (On Premise and Cloud), DB2 and others as defined by our product roadmaps.

**Key Accountabilities**:
**IT Infrastructure**
- Uses infrastructure management tools to determine load and performance statistics.
- Contributes to the planning and implementation of maintenance and installation work, including building and configuration of infrastructure components in virtualised environments.
- Implements agreed infrastructure changes and maintenance routines.
- Configures tools to automate the provisioning, testing and deployment of new and changed infrastructure.
- Identifies operational problems and contributes to their resolution, checking that they are managed in accordance with agreed standards and procedures.
- Provides reports and proposals for improvement, to specialists, users and managers.

**Release and Deployment**
- Leads the assessment, analysis, planning and design of release packages, including assessment of risk.
- Liaises with business and IT partners on release scheduling and communication of progress.
- Conducts post release reviews.
- Ensures release processes and procedures are applied and that releases can be rolled back as needed.
- Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of appropriate release and deployment tools, techniques and processes (including automation).

**Service Acceptance**
- Engages with technical design and project managers or Project Management Office, to ensure correct products are produced, in a timely fashion.
- Evaluates the quality of project outputs against agreed service acceptance criteria.

**System Software**
- Evaluates new system software, reviews system software updates and identifies those that merit action.
- Ensures that system software is tailored to facilitate the achievement of service objectives.
- Plans the installation and testing of new versions of system software.
- Investigates and coordinates the resolution of potential and actual service problems.
- Ensures that operational documentation for system software is fit for purpose and current. Advises on the correct and effective use of system software.

**Network Support**
- Identifies and resolves network problems following agreed procedures.
- Uses network management software and tools to collect agreed performance statistics.
- Carries out agreed network maintenance tasks.

**Systems installation/decommissioning**
- Takes responsibility for installation projects, providing effective team leadership, including information flow to and from the customer during project work.
- Develops and implements quality plans and method statements.
- Monitors the effectiveness of installations and ensures that appropriate recommendations for change are made.

**Emerging Technology Monitoring**
- Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies.
- Assesses and documents the impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation.
- Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others.

**Methods & Tools**
- Provides advice, guidance and expertise to promote adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
- Evaluates and selects appropriate methods and tools in line with agreed policies and standards.
- Implements methods and tools at programme, project and team level including selection and tailoring in line with agreed standards.
- Manages reviews of the benefits and value of methods and tools.
- Identifies and recommends improvements.
- Contributes to organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for methods and tools.

**Specialist Advice**
- Actively maintains recognised expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms.
- Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area(s).
- Oversees the provision of specialist advice by others, consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives.
- Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

**Supplier Management**
- Acts as the routine contact po