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Oracle/SQL DBA

Salary Range
£60,000 - £67,000
£5,000 - £5,583 / mo

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Location Base
Reading, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Oracle/SQL DBA

Started in 1999, HCL in Europe has provided an integrated suite of services — IT services, infrastructure management, engineering and R&D, and business services, to customers throughout Europe. HCL has developed world-class innovations and works closely with customers through Relationships that go Beyond the Contract. Through the years, HCL has won many vital European contracts, putting it at the highest of the ECU Service providers list.

Job description

You will be responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Oracle DBA servers, Oracle PL/SQL

● You will coach and support team members in case of issues, technical problems.

● Handle tickets and requests, troubleshooting technical issues; Ensuring that the processes are adhered to.

● Understanding of Multi-geo support environment. You will be responsible for successful completion of Installation, configuration and migration. Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA.

● Responsible for building and maintaining a test environment. Implement new technologies and design changes, implementing Backup/Restoration Strategy for 24x7 operation support.

● Apply patches/upgrades to maintain security level. Assist in implementation of data center.

● Implementation and Maintenance of Oracle Database Disaster Recovery, Data Guard.

● Resolve complex problems/projects through analysis, technical experience, and precedents; provide analysis for more complex issues, escalating as appropriate

● Experience in small to large scale system projects including full development lifecycle and structured trouble shooting and analysis skills

● Fully analyze performance issues in most critical and performance sensitive Oracle databases.

● Identify tuning opportunities; implement improvements and advice developers on SQL tuning options.

● Scripting capabilities in UNIX shell and Oracle PL/SQL

● Interact with fellow DBAs to disseminate process and configuration improvements. Good Experience in Oracle Golden Gate & troubleshooting skills, General Oracle Database Administration tasks.

● Experience on Oracle Database High Availability, Real Application Clusters (RAC).

JD for SQL Server DBA :

● Database administration activities like Installation, upgrade, configure and maintain the database environment for SQL Server 2008/ 2008 R2, 2012 and 2014 2016 ,2017 and 2019.

● Knowledge of SCOM monitoring tools

● Experience on SQL Server Patching

● Installation and configuration SQL server on Standalone and cluster mode.

● Experience on third party backup tool SQL Lite speed, Database high availability like Always-on, Mirroring, Transactional Replication and Log Shipping.

● Experience in · Database Migration and Upgradation on On-premises and Azure cloud environment.

● Database mail and linked server Configuration.

● Exposure on Tabular Data Encryption/Decryption. Experience database performance issue. Database backup and restoration. Exposure on SSIS, SSRS and SSAS.

Benefits

● A flexible (remote) working environment

● Competitive compensation and benefits that includes 30 days’ vacation per year, various insurances like Term life, AD &D and Business Travel insurance. These are apart from the statutory benefits applicable in the country.

● Total Wellbeing is our focus. Alongside your professional excellence, you join the like minded colleagues to create a larger impact within the company and society at large in your chosen area of passion - CSR Council, Diversity Council, Sparks – Engagement Champion to name a few.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £60,000.00-£67,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Reading: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Reading

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Corridor Intelligence

Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Oracle/SQL DBA roles across HCL Tech's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £60,000 - £67,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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