Permanent

Software Engineering

Warminster

About the Role

We are pleased to announce the new hybrid opportunity, to join us as a Database Administrator.

In this position, you will play a pivotal role in managing and maintaining critical database systems for our UK Military Flight Training Systems. Working within a highly skilled engineering team, you will help shape the future of our database capabilities.

Your responsibilities will include database management, system migrations, and ensuring the integrity and security of our database systems.

In return, you will be a part of our fantastic benefits scheme. At Lockheed Martin the welfare of our staff is absolutely paramount and we wish all of our employees to have an excellent work-life balance. We therefore offer everyone the option to work full time hours over a 4 day week, giving you every Friday off work!

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure production databases are online and available, ensuring application connectivity.
• Databases are routinely backed up successfully and restores are tested.
• Databases must meet and exceeded a baseline performance level. Analysis into performance of the databases is key.
• All databases adhere to the latest releases/security patches where available. These must be installed without impact to the customer.
• Ensure data from production is replicated in a timely and accurate manner into the data warehouse.
• Guarantee the data warehouse schema is updated and in line with production database developments to allow for new changes to be replicated.
• Test environments are kept up to date with fresh data exports from production environments.
• Online Transaction Processing Cube is kept up to date with recent data and is processed successfully.
• The Learning Management System is up and operation with successful nightly syncs. It is also up to date/on a supported version of the software.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Computer Science Degree
• Practical experience with relational databases, Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL.
• Strong understanding of Datamodelling.
• Some experience in Front End application development.
• Experience in delivering technical presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to successfully communicate between companies and company departments.

What we offer you

At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment.

Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave

Business Environment

Enterprise Business Services (EBS) consists of LMUK IT Services, Payroll, ESH, HR and Finance functions. With employees located throughout the UK, EBS provides UK wide support to the LMUK business areas.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by Optamor Limited. Optamor is a specialist Recruitment Process Outsourcing provider. We provide a flexible full recruitment solution which takes care of all recruitment requirements from planning to on-boarding. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.