.AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.As a high-performing team, we are united and motivated by our shared purpose – to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We come to work each day to make a difference – to patients, society, and our company.Here you will experience a fast-paced and agile environment as we continue to support the business on a journey of evolution and growth, driven by new, exciting technology and digital innovations. It's challenging and sometimes demanding, and that's why we love it.About The roleThis role is for a world leading Bio Pharmaceutical company which operates in over 100 countries and is headquartered in the United Kingdom. The candidate is expected to work as an Associate Engineer for a large infrastructure support and maintenance function, spanning several continents.The candidate should possess broad functional knowledge in his/her domain and technical knowledge in relevant operations. The candidate should have proven expertise in working within a team for database infrastructure operational support and remediation activities. The Senior specialist will be responsible for the troubleshooting/break fix incidents/changes, coordination, monitoring, ticket queue administration & support primarily on Oracle.Typical Accountabilities3 - 5 years of experienceCurious mind, good interpersonal skills, and excellent technical skills in the area of DBA adminStrong Oracle Database Administration experienceStrong in RAC conceptsGood in data restore/recovery techniques.Experience in performance tuning.Experience of managing multiple RDBMS on large systemsExperience of working in a team that delivers a high availability service.Experience in Database Migrations (On Premises to Cloud, Oracle to PostgreSQL & Oracle 10,11 to 18C)Practical experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high availability serviceGood Knowledge on operating systems (Win/Unix/Linux)Knowledge on Oracle OEM monitoringGood to have PL/SQL knowledge.Good to have cloud transformation experience.Knowledge on open-source database (MongoDB, MySQL & PostgreSQL) requiredKnowledge on AWS Databases like Redshift, DynamoDB & AuroraScripting knowledge would be an added advantage.ITIL knowledge is a must.Education, Qualifications, and ExperienceEssentialBachelor's degree or equivalent with 8+ years Operational experience in Database administration.Experience in managing Incidents, Problems, changes and capacity management aspects.Demonstrated ability handling Incidents, Changes & Service Requests