Sql jobs in United Kingdom

Role: Senior Database Administrator

Location: Home Based Working (Occasional travel when required)

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Salary: £65,000 - £80,000 Per Annum

Are you proactive, enjoy solving problems, and want to work in a fast-paced IT environment? We’d love to hear from you! Within this role you will provide SQL server support in a DBA capacity and relevant database technical support for the IT business function. You will manage the resolution of database support issues that arise for internal and external customers. You will also serve as a Database Administrator Subject Matter Expert (SME) and support the Projects, Design and Build teams to achieve key business objectives.

• Ensure database incidents and problems are resolved and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are upheld in a timely manner.
• Be the technical DBA SME for the IT application stack, provide guidance and advice on best practice when appropriate.
• Proactively own the continuous improvement cycle from inception to delivery and support for the existing SQL estate.
• Serve as a point of technical escalation as a DBA SME and SQL licensing expert.
• Liaise with 3rd parties as necessary to carry out work duties.
• Advise on Application, solution improvement and/or technical design as a DBA SME.
• Daily use of the company ticketing system.
• Own, create and/or maintain the database support knowledge base using the company knowledgebase system.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal requirements.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a SQL Database administrator in a production environment. (SQL maintenance, patching, logging, migration etc)
• Certified SQL DBA.
• Experience managing SQL clusters.
• 3rd line equivalent SQL server support experience in an enterprise environment.
• Working knowledge of PowerShell and/or T-SQL.
• Previous experience administering remote production systems.
• Good understanding and experience of working with IIS server and related web technologies.
• Previous experience working with enterprise IT server technologies and environments.
• Ability to research, diagnose and resolve database and related application support issues.
• Must be able to manage and track your own priorities, workload and work under pressure.
• Tenacious problem-solving and technical IT troubleshooting skills.
• Positive can-do attitude, team player who can work on own initiative and take ownership to deliver excellence.

• Experience working on High-availability groups and disaster recovery for SQL.
• Experience Designing and Implementing SQL clusters.
• Certified SQL Server Database Administrator.
• Working with encrypted databases.
• Experience converting from MS SQL to MySQL and/or Postgres.
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres and/or MongoDB.
• AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform database certification.
• Experience in managing document management solutions.
• Experience of mentoring – delivering content, providing guidance and/or support to others.

• Life assurance
• Annual leave entitlement (starting with 20 – 25 days + bank holidays)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Share save scheme
• Paid volunteer day
• Long service recognition
• Eyecare voucher
• Retail discounts
• Family leave
• Employee assistance programme

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