System Application Engineer (Linux)

What Success Looks Like In This Role

PLEASE NOTE: This role requires you to be eligible for SC Clearance so is only open to UK applicants

Unisys are seeking an IT Systems Application Engineer to work as part of a team supporting some of our most prestigious Public Sector clients in the UK.

This role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to support a diverse range of mission critical applications which are at the core of Justice, Law Enforcement and Border Security agencies within the UK

What you will be doing in the role?

• Maintaining a number of customer production environments ensuring that they are available 24*7.
• Maintain the environment hosting the oracle databases and application. This work includes monitoring, patching and general maintenance of the Linux servers and supporting the firewalls, IDS and security of the environment
• Support development teams with SQL tuning and query optimixation
• Working closely with the Application Teams to perform troubleshooting on customer issues
• Assist in the development and implementation of solutions.
• Produce and maintain database documentation such as operating procedures, installation instructions, performance and tuning, disaster recovery, configurations, security policies and procedures.

A good team player who is flexible, shares knowledge, collaborates and helps others

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• Oracle DBA with experience of Oracle 19c and upwards including:
• Experience of SQL Server to support SQL environments: SQL Server 2012 or above
• Linux (preferably Centos 7) and windows scripting knowledge
• Knowledge of VMWare, JBOS and MQ Preferable
• ITIL Foundation level certification
• Batchelor’s degree in IT or related discipline
  
  

Security Requirements

Candidates must be eligible for, and will be required to obtain, SC clearance for this post (already having clearance is advantageous).

Location

Milton Keynes with flexible remote working and occasional client site visits

Support

Willing to be part of an out of hours Team Support Rota. Details to be discussed as part of the recruitment process.

Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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