Senior Database Lead

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Accountabilities / Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with third-party vendors and support teams, including coordinating escalations, tracking SLAs, and ensuring timely resolution of incidents and service requests.
• Working with Business areas to identify and resolve issues
• Manage and support Oracle Exadata systems, including patching, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Migrate and manage Oracle workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Administer, maintain, and optimize Oracle databases (versions 12c, 19c, and above).
• Monitor database performance and proactively address issues.
• Automate routine DBA tasks using scripting (e.g., Shell, Python, PL / SQL).
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to support business applications.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide support during off-hours as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification

We always support colleagues to develop their skills but to be successful in this role the following will be required :

Educational Qualification :

M&G Behaviours relevant to all roles :

Tell it like it is : Respectfully speaking up to create better ways forward – both direct and empathetic

Own it now : Putting your name on things with confidence to drive progress and results quickly

Move it forward together : Forming cross functional teams to seize the right opportunities and solve real problems

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.