Company Description
Version 1 is a Technology Services company, delivering impactful change to help our customers navigate the rapidly changing digital-first world. We have recently hired our 3000th employee, doubling in size since 2020. We plan to triple in size in the next 5 years. We are 12 years a Best Workplace in Ireland (GPTW 1st place), 5 in the UK (GPTW 5th place) and 1 in India (GPTW 1st place).
We work hard to ensure we understand what our customers need from their technology solutions and then we deliver. We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big, and we hire great people.
We believe in continuously improving to make a real difference to the careers and work environment of our people. Being a Great Place to Work involves listening to our people and ensuring they are Trusted and Empowered. We are an open and transparent workplace. We have open-door management and balanced policies. Constructive feedback is encouraged and welcomed at all levels.
- No 1 Best place to work in Ireland #GPTW2023 !!
- 5th Best Large Workplace in the UK #GPTW2023!!
- No 1 Best place to work in India #GPTW2023 !!
- 10th place in Glassdoor Top 50 UK companies
- UK & Ireland’s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner
- Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications
- Consulting, implementation and support services
- 3000 strong,€255m/ £220m revenue business
We are an award-winning company who provide world class customer service; we think big and we hire great people. Version 1 are more than just another IT services company - we are leaders in implementing and supporting Oracle, Microsoft and AWS technologies.
We do this while maintaining our focus with core values of Honesty and Integrity, Personal Commitment, No Ego, Customer First, Excellence and Drive.
Invest in us and we’ll invest in you; if you are driven, committed and up for a challenge, we want to meet you.
Job Description
Version 1 is looking for an experienced Oracle DBA to join its Managed Services team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing and implementing complex Database Server solutions for mid to enterprise level organisations. We are looking for an individual who enjoys a fast pace, can prioritise workload, and can work under their own initiative. You will have solid background in implementing and supporting Oracle technologies.
You will work within a blended team of junior DBA’s right up to Principal Oracle consultants and have plenty of opportunities to develop skills across the entire Oracle stack. Within this team we actively encourage knowledge sharing and regularly identify gaps for training and personal progression. We currently support and implement projects for a large number of clients across several industry sectors. This gives the opportunity to gain exposure and “hands on” experience to different technologies and platforms from on-premise solutions to Cloud (OCI, AWS and Azure).
This is a great opportunity for the successful candidate to progress their existing skills with a leading Oracle Platinum Partner working with cutting edge technologies.
- The technical ability to problem solve complex issues.
- The flexibility to move between clients, projects, technologies.
- A collaborative team member.
- Develops understanding of clients business, applications and users.
- Effectively communicate technical issues to business users.
- Ability to identify, recommend and implement continuous service improvements.
- Client facing skills.
Qualifications
- 10 years minimum experience in implementing and supporting Oracle Database environments from versions 11g upwards
- Excellent performance tuning and optimization skills are essential.
- Oracle Fusion Middleware (WebLogic) with Oracle Forms and Reports required
- Experience in migrating to Oracle OCI and AWS RDS desirable
- Knowledge of Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
- Migration experience to Oracle Exadata Database Machine, on-premise, Exadata Cloud @ Customer or Exadata Cloud Services desirable
- Oracle APEX, RAC, Golden Gate, ODI and Red Hat Linux skills would be good to have.
- Working knowledge of Java application server admin (Tomcat, JBoss etc)
- Solid experience with disaster recovery methods and capacity planning.
- Experience in upgrading/migrating large and multiple database environment.
- Ability to work under pressure, handle complex change and prioritize key activities.
- Preparing the inventory, preparing, and proving procedures, looking at pre-requisites, training and identifying the migration approach for migrations to be conducted.
- Full migration lifecycle activities including, but not limited to detailed analysis, design, development, test, user acceptance test support and production implementation.
- Identifying and correcting performance issues, reviewing systems and error logs, storage management, backups, job monitoring, optimization efforts, data integrity analysis and resolving database contention issues.
- Experience with third party backup and monitoring tools.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance and leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development review
Moments that matter & our enhanced maternity & paternity leave policies for life’s journey
A large training budget for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role. Ways
Wellbeing activities: an innovative Well Tech Scheme, Yoga, Online Fitness
Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & our ‘ Call-Out’ platform where performance is called out and recognised
Our active ESG & CSR initiative allows you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion, and belonging schemes.
- Quarterly performance-related profit share
- Certified Great Place to Work for 10 years in a row
- Career Progression (496 CPD Promotions in last 12 months)
- Flexible and Remote working Options
- Private Healthcare Cover
- Wide range of reward schemes including:
- Version 1 Excellence Awards (annual)
- Fostering several Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging schemes
This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing Microsoft Consultancies in Ireland & the UK.
PLUS, many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
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