Job Vacancy Database Administrator

United Kingdom

CGI

Job position Database Administrator

Permanent

As soon as possible

United Kingdom

Published on 26/05/2026

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At CGI, we support mission-critical platforms that enable secure, resilient, and high-performing services for some of the UK’s most important organisations. We are looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to join our production support team, helping to maintain and optimise business-critical Oracle environments operating within a 24/7 live service model. You will play a key role in ensuring operational stability, resolving complex incidents, and supporting high-availability database services that underpin essential operations. This is an opportunity to work within a collaborative and supportive environment where you can contribute to continuous improvement, influence operational excellence, and further develop your expertise across enterprise-scale infrastructure and support services.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner 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. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Candidate profile

In this role, you will provide 2nd and 3rd line database support across critical Oracle 11g production environments operating within a 24/7 live service framework. You will work closely with infrastructure, application support, and service management teams to maintain database availability, optimise system performance, and ensure resilience across high-availability services.

You will contribute to incident resolution, change implementation, disaster recovery readiness, and ongoing service improvement initiatives while helping maintain operational standards aligned to ITIL processes and compliance requirements. Working within a collaborative support environment, you will have opportunities to influence best practices, strengthen service reliability, and support the continuous evolution of enterprise database operations.

Key responsibilities:

• Support & Maintain Oracle 11g databases within a 24/7 production environment

• Diagnose & Resolve live incidents, including major incident response activities

• Optimise & Tune database performance across critical services

• Manage & Execute RMAN backup and recovery processes

• Support & Maintain Oracle Data Guard and disaster recovery capabilities

• Implement & Govern database changes through controlled change processes

• Apply & Maintain database security patches and compliance standards

• Produce & Maintain operational documentation, procedures, and support runbooks

• Collaborate & Support infrastructure, application, and service management teams

• Contribute & Improve operational resilience and service quality initiatives

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

To succeed in this role, you should have strong hands-on experience supporting Oracle databases within enterprise-scale production environments. You will bring excellent troubleshooting capabilities, experience working within structured support models, and the ability to maintain service stability across high-availability systems operating within demanding live service environments.

Essential qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience supporting Oracle 11g within a 24/7 production support environment

• Proven expertise in RMAN backup and recovery administration

• Experience supporting Oracle Data Guard environments

• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills

• Experience with database performance diagnostics and optimisation

• Experience supporting Oracle on Linux or Unix platforms

• Familiarity with ITIL-aligned service management processes

• Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical systems

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical teams

• Ability to respond effectively during major incidents and live service events

Desirable skills:

• Experience with Oracle OEM, ASM, or RAC

• Exposure to newer Oracle database versions

• Scripting experience using Shell or Python

• Experience working within regulated or secure environments

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Working environment

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Discover CGI

London, England, United Kingdom

> 1000 employees

IT services

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients’ businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you’ll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other. Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme

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Database Administrator

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