Sybase DBA

🚀 Hiring: Sybase DBA | Permanent Role | London, UK

We are looking for an experienced Sybase database administrator (DBA) for a permanent position based at the client office in London.

📍 Work Location: Client Office – London

🏢 Work Mode: Hybrid – 3 days/week from London office

💷 Salary: £ Open to discuss

⏳ Notice Period: Immediate joiner or up to 1 month

🎯 Experience: Overall experience should not exceed 15 years

⚠️ Note: Travel expenses to the client office will not be reimbursed.

Eligibility / Work Authorization

Candidates with the following status can be considered:

• British Citizen
• ILR
• Europeans with Settlement Visa
• Tier 2 Dependents

For candidates on dependent or settlement-based work authorization, employment may be considered as Fixed Term Employment based on work permit validity.

Role: Sybase DBA

The Sybase DBA will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining SAP Sybase ASE databases and related replication infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and recoverability of business-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Sybase ASE databases 12.x–16.x across development, test, and production environments.
• Perform database upgrades, patching, and migrations in line with change and release management processes.
• Monitor database health, capacity, and performance; identify bottlenecks and perform query/index tuning.
• Implement and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures, including warm/hot standby and replication setups.
• Configure and support Sybase Replication Server for high availability, failover, and data distribution.
• Maintain database security including user, role, privilege management, and compliance with internal controls.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, performance issues, and failed jobs within agreed SLAs.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support as required.
• Work with application and development teams on data modeling, schema design, stored procedures, and release validations.
• Automate routine DBA activities using shell scripting and SQL utilities.
• Maintain database documentation, standards, procedures, and runbooks.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP Sybase ASE administration in large, mission-critical environments.
• Typically 5–8+ years of Sybase DBA experience.
• Strong knowledge of Sybase architecture including engines, devices, segments, tempdb, locking, transaction logs, and query optimizer.
• Experience in performance tuning, query optimization, and index strategy.
• Expertise in backup/recovery, disaster recovery planning, and HA/replication configurations.
• Strong Unix/Linux and/or Windows experience for database installation, storage layout, and scripting.
• Good understanding of ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Experience in financial services or low-latency, high-volume transaction environments.
• Knowledge of automation/orchestration tools and job schedulers such as Autosys or similar.

📩 Interested candidates can share their updated resume with the following details:

• Updated CV
• Current location
• Notice period / availability
• Current salary
• Expected salary
• Work authorization status
• Total experience

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