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Database Administrator - Operations

Job Req ID:  46561
Posting Date:  17 Jun 2025
Function:  Software Engineering
Unit:  Networks
Location: 

Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Salary:  Competitive + great benefits

All locations: Birmingham, Manchester or Sheffield

Working Style: 3 days a week in office, 2 days anywhere

Why this job matters

We are looking for 2* Database Administrators- Operations to join our team at BT.  You will be incident handling and change implementation in one or more technical areas particularly Oracle DB & MySQL. You will be expected to provide effective technical support of the technology within Enterprise Cloud Services Infrastructure to meet customer KPI & SLA’s. Use and promote CI methodology as a standard operating tool used by the team on a daily basis to identify areas of waste and drive improvements, delivering to the BT Standards.

 

Our teams cover BT’s current core compute estate of around 5,000 databases across 6000 db servers. Our technology ranges from 19c to some of our older legacy equipment.  We continue to provide multiple layers of support ensuring our customer get the best service.

 

You will be expected to be able to learn and adapt and pick up at least one other Data technology to help support our customers, these include SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Noe4J, couchbase and Kafka

What you’ll be doing

  • Provide technical support, resolving escalated technical support issues across the lines of business to ensure systems availability to the customer. 
  • Support the timely delivery of IT Provision ,Incident handling, Service Requests and Change Management by the team to the published SLAs and KPIs 
  • Provide technical support in the delivery of the services offered by the team and input to service productivity to achieve targets. 
  • Provide Line Manager early sight visibility of issues and concerns that could impact the Systems Engineering objectives, and effectively manage escalations. 
  • Support the Operational elements on transformational opportunities to help meet Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure and Technology objectives and influence the business to adopt recommendations. 
  • Practice CI methodology as a standard operating tool used by the team on a daily basis to identify areas of waste and drive improvements. 
  • To provide analytical and innovative input to projects/operational issues as well as support negotiations.
  • Assist the tools team with improvements and scripting to improve and automate where applicable.

What you'll bring

Mandatory:

  • Experienced in your area of specialization.
  • Strong skills in Oracle DBA and a learning acumen for new database-related technology, preferably in the latest versions.
  • Ability to own and troubleshoot technical faults within the Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure (Oracle DB / MySQL) and our support structure.
  • Stakeholder Management: Able to collaborate and work effectively across complex and matrix relationships, negotiating where needed to support agreement and alignment.

Nice-to-Have not essential:

  • Sound knowledge of incident and change management processes and systems.
  • Ability to identify opportunities to use collaborative approaches and drive continuous improvement.
  • Experience contributing to projects as a subject matter expert or content owner.

What's in it for you

  • 10% on target bonus
  • BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
  • Life Assurance Cover
  • Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages, BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
  • From January 2025, equal family leave:  receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
  • Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
  • 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
  • 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
  • 2 weeks carer’s leave
  • World-class training and development opportunities
  • Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled.  As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business. 
 
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband.  Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other. 
 
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come.  This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.  
 
Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented.  BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

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