Position Overview & Specifications
We believe in better. And we make it happen.
Better content. Better products. And better careers.
Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.
We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.
And we do it all right here at Sky.
What you'll do
The Technology Services team supports and delivers some of Sky’s most critical systems and projects.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced DBA to join a team providing day-to day support, project delivery and process and business improvements in a fast-paced environment
- Provide internal customers with expertise for technically complex issues
- Ensure adequate monitoring, alerting, backups and maintenance plans in place for all databases
- Handle and support incident, change and problem management processes ensuring responses are made within adequate times
- Build effective working relationships with a variety of infrastructure and application teams to ensure that technology and process improvements deliver overall service improvements to our end customers
- Monitor performance, performing maintenance and tuning of the database platform based on your and others recommendations
- Communicate regularly with technical, development and operational staff to ensure database integrity, capacity and security
- Gather business and technical requirements for new databases
- Produce documentation for use in configuration and support of managed database systems
- Experience working as a Database Administrator in the support of Oracle 19C/12C and PostgreSQL running on UNIX.
- Experience working with the following: Oracle RDBMS, Oracle RMAN (Backup and Recovery) and Oracle Enterprise Manager, PostgreSQL
- Experience/knowledge of the following: SQL Tuning, High availability technologies.
- An ability to build and review supporting technical documentation for database systems
- Good communication and relationship leadership skills in order to communicate in a clear and structured manner at all levels within Sky.
- Confidence and attitude to positively impact the team and take ownership of tasks and issues.
- Demonstrable experience of working in an environment where it has been critical to deliver rapidly against the changing needs of the business
- Track record in supporting diverse and sophisticated technical environments where maximum availability has been achieved
- Willingness to thrive and succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic 24X7 environment.
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences