DBA

Job Description
hackajob is collaborating with DXC Technology to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

To be considered for an interview, please make sure your application is full in line with the job specs as found below.

Job Description:

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 believe that hiring a diverse team is crucial to our success and our recruiting decisions are based on your skills and experience as an individual. 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. Our ongoing goal is to drive innovation and modernise operations across the board, which includes furthering the skills of our colleagues. 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.

Role Responsibilities

Installing and configuring database binaries

Writing and maintaining scripts to automate DBA tasks

Investigating and implementing automation of operational processes using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, and Git-based workflows

Performing routine, periodic, and proactive operational monitoring and maintenance

Troubleshooting database-related issues and driving root cause analysis

Optimising and tuning database performance to ensure reliability and efficiency

Performing patching and upgrades to ensure data security and compliance

Assisting with database migrations, including migrations to cloud-based environments such as AWS

Supporting database resilience through backup, recovery, replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery activities

Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and the modernisation of database services

What You Will Bring to the Team

A genuine passion for technology and a strong desire to continuously develop your technical skills

Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others

A proactive approach towards identifying risks, opportunities, and potential improvements

An ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment

A willingness to investigate challenges and develop innovative solutions

Good organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

An interest in automation, scripting, and modern infrastructure practices

A growth mindset with the ambition to broaden your technical capabilities across databases, cloud technologies, and automation tooling

Desirable Skills and Technologies

Database Technologies

Administration experience in one or more database technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server

Knowledge of database server clustering, failover, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions

Experience with database replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL Replication Manager, and MongoDB Replica Sets

Experience in backup and recovery procedures

Operating Systems & Cloud

Experience supporting Linux operating systems (RHEL) and/or Windows Server

Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly AWS

Knowledge of AWS database services and database deployments in cloud environments

Experience planning or delivering database migrations into cloud environments would be highly advantageous

Automation & Scripting

Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash

Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible

Familiarity with source control and collaborative development practices using Git

Experience identifying opportunities to automate operational and administrative tasks

Monitoring & Tooling

Knowledge of database monitoring tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Nagios, or equivalent monitoring platforms

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Recruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. xcunqrw More information on employment scams is available here.