Oracle PL/SQL Database Developer

What you'll be doing…

The Oracle Database Engineer will develop the Marketforce Oracle applications and be an important part of a team already dedicated to these systems. You will have the expertise to resolve complex bugs and improve code quality and structure through ongoing enhancements to the existing codebase.

Reporting to the Database Team Lead you will work within Future's, Marketforce team that focuses on Circulation Newsstand in the UK and globally. With more than 30 years of experience, Marketforce leads the way in magazine distribution, global sales, and marketing for multiple publishing partners which includes the Future portfolio. It is the #1 magazine distributor distributing over 200 million copies worldwide annually. 

The Marketforce applications are custom and purpose-built, using both waterfall and agile methodologies, on the foundations of Oracle (19c)/ ORACLE Forms (64bit) 12.2.1.3.0, WebLogic 12.2.1.3.0, and  Microsoft .NET technologies.

Main responsibilities

• To support core applications and BAU activities,  provide user acceptance testing, and deliver the programme and project roadmap set out for the in-house applications using ORACLE applications
• Investigate potential software bugs which includes troubleshooting existing code and identifying/implementing solutions 
• Front-facing in communication and working with partners, to manage expectations and progress of tasks 

• Ensure that code is written to efficiently manipulate large datasets and carry out performance investigation and improvement work
• Develop data migration scripts while moving data across databases, from flat files and Excel to tables.
• Work and align with Software Engineers within the team to deliver the developments across multiple applications 

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

• Technical experience writing production code for Oracle applications
• Expertise in Oracle databases (PL/SQL and SQL Plus)
• Code management using GitLab, TOAD
• Experience in debugging and performance tuning PL/SQL code 
• Experience with ETL processing, data extraction, transform, and load 
• Linux skills desirable
• Proven experience producing high-level design documents 

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff.  We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level Technology 5

The expected range for this role is £40,000 - £50,000

This is a Hybrid role from our London Paddington Office, working two days from the office, three from home

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. 

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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