Database and Middleware Manager

An IT Manager - Area - is a mid-level management role in the IT Management discipline of the IT and Digital role family. This role manages an area of activity - at scale - within this discipline and is accountable for performance and results achieved through multiple managers, senior grade professional associates and or senior technical specialists. Holds a balanced focus on delivery against short term priorities with a medium term outlook, anticipating challenges and adapting plans and priorities accordingly, At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Database and Middleware Manager at our Babcock Technology Centre site., As a Database and Middleware Manager, you'll lead the delivery and performance of critical Oracle database and middleware services that support defence and engineering operations. You'll be responsible for ensuring systems are secure, reliable, and optimised, helping teams across the business deliver vital programmes with confidence. Day-to-day, you'll shape both technology and people capability. You'll guide a team of specialists, support the transition to an in-house function, and play a key part in delivering new digital solutions. It's an opportunity to grow your leadership skills while working on systems that directly enable national defence and infrastructure.

• Leading a team to deliver high-performing Oracle database and middleware services
• Managing system performance, security, and availability across critical platforms
• Collaborating with technical teams to deliver new applications and system improvements
• Developing project plans, allocating resources, and ensuring timely delivery
• Driving continuous improvement through automation, optimisation, and best practice
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Database and Middleware Manager
• Strong experience managing Oracle database and middleware environments in complex systems
• Proven leadership experience managing technical teams and specialists
• Expertise in Oracle technologies such as WebLogic, SOA Suite, Identity Management, and modern Oracle database platforms
• Experience working with Windows and Linux server environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to optimise performance and reliability
Qualifications for the Database and Middleware Manager
• Relevant professional experience in database administration or IT infrastructure management
• ITILv4 qualification or higher - Desirable
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) security clearance for this role.

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). What we offer
• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.