DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR (DV SECURITY CLEARANCE)

Position Description.
Elevate your potential with CGI, a global technology service provider and premier business consultancy recognized by Forbes Magazine as a top 100 employer.
Our mission is rooted in evolution, excelling in intricate challenges.
Collaborating directly with our clients, we employ innovative technologies to revolutionize, empower, safeguard, and deliver critical mission systems.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine.
We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (% matching) which makes you a member not just an employee.
We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant.
One of our critical IT infrastructure programmes, employing over 100 of our UK consultants, is looking for a Database Administrator to join their Gloucester based team developing truly Enterprise scale Cloud infrastructure solutions.
We are one of the few programmes within the UK that develop infrastructures at such scale and complexity.
Our people work in a supportive team environment, where initiative and continuous development is encouraged.
Whatever your current level of experience, the technical breadth of the programme offers the ability to extend and deepen your skill set, where training is delivered through a combination of mentoring, on-line and classroom-based courses via our technical partners.
CGI rewards progression through regular performance reviews and shares financial success through profit related pay and share schemes.
CGI actively supports the social side of work through its vibrant Sports and Social club, and through funding of events that individual teams organise themselves.
Due to the secure nature of the programme/role, you will need to hold the highest level of UK Security Clearance, or be eligible to go through National Security Vetting to obtain this clearance Any individual without security clearance is welcome to apply and will always be considered for this or wider opportunities in CGI, where appropriate.
This position will require 5 days a week on site in Gloucester.
Your future duties and responsibilities.
The Database Administrator position will be responsible for the following activities.
- Ensures new database designs will result in high levels of performance and reliability Implements of database installation and product upgrades - Implements security policy lock downs - Design and test of database recovery scenarios - Implements load balanced architectures to minimise maintenance down time - Performance monitoring of enterprise scale databases, and undertaking tuning activities that can be implemented to improve end user experience - Capacity Management of storage - Manage client communication and client satisfaction Required qualifications to be successful in this role.
The ideal candidates for this Database Administrator position will have DBA experience in at least one of the following database technologies.
- MongoDB - Oracle - SQL and SysAdmin experience in at least one of the following operating systems.
- Microsoft Windows - RedHat / CentOS Linux 7+ and scripting skills in at least one of the following.
- Power Shell - Bash #LI-SB2 Skills.
Database Database Administration Database Design Database Mgmt Systems DBMS Database Mgmt Systems DBMS Database Tuning What you can expect from us.
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