Mid / Senior SQL Server DBA – Remote Working

United Kingdom
£50,000-65,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

20 days ago

Salary: £50k – £65k per annum Depending on Experience, 26 days annual leave, 10% pension contribution, Life Insurance.We’re proud to be a trusted leader in database administration managed services. Our expertise keeps some of the nation’s most recognisable household brands running smoothly, securely, and efficiently. At the heart of everything we do is a passion for solving complex challenges, ensuring our clients stay connected, supported, and ready for the future. The Mid / Senior SQL Server DBA will be responsible for ensuring the performance, security, and effective administration of client databases.Principal Accountabilities:

Configure and maintain a range of client environments including monitoring system health and proactively managing performance to ensure high levels of performance, availability and security.
Extensive experience managing SQL Server Infrastructure
Understand the needs of multiple clients and their users.
Combine high customer service standards with a strong commercial awareness.
Take a proactive approach to assessing client’s current and future requirements, providing advice and recommendations to client’s technical teams and promoting additional WellData services.
Represent WellData in a technical role in discussion with clients as needed, with the confidence to lead technical meetings where appropriate.
Install, upgrade and manage database applications.
Undertake performance tuning of databases
Develop processes for database security.
Optimise performance and mitigate risk.
Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors.
Refine and automate regular processes.
Perform scheduled maintenance and release deployment activities after-hours.
Reviewing database architectures and provide guidance on implementing best practice
Hands on experience of monitoring SQL Server
Research into areas of technical interest and support colleagues by documenting and sharing technical know-how and providing advice and guidance to peers and helping to train and mentor colleagues.
Track issues and record and document work undertaken
Take part in an on-call rota to provide 24/7 on-call support as needed to any WellData client.

Knowledge and experience:

Expert understanding of the principles of database design and maintenance.
Expert knowledge and extensive experience of database technologies.
Proven ability to fully administer critical and complex database environments.
Extensive knowledge of security and database maintenance with experience of monitoring, troubleshooting and resolving database issues.

Experience in database installation, back-up, restore and maintenance including extensive practical experience of the following:

Database back-ups, restores and recovery models
Management of database access and security
Database performance tuning and maintenance – identifying performance bottlenecks and index tuning
Configuring and troubleshooting Replication
Proficient in T-SQL and PowerShell scripting (desirable)
Experience with SQL Server high availability and provisioning and configuring – highlight availability groups, log shipping, failover clustering, mirroring
Knowledge of hardware and server configuration
Experience with cloud platform technologies (Azure, AWS)
Good knowledge of IaaS, PaaS and Managed instance database offerings
Hands on experience with database migrations – on premise and into the cloud
Experience with other database technologies e.g. PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL

Qualifications:Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle etc) – desirable but not a requirement.Skills:

Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative and organise own work at an operational level and deliver work for multiple clients to agreed timescales and standards.
Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively with groups and individuals including those with differing perspectives.
Ability to explain complex concepts and issues to non-technical experts.
Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work logically from first principles to respond to novel, unusual, or particularly complex issues.
Strong customer service skills.

Benefits:

Generous Pension Contribution Scheme matching contributions up to 10%
Income Protection/Life Insurance
5 Weeks’ Annual Leave with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days per annum
Company sponsored training allowing you to keep abreast of current technologies
Paid Birthday Leave; Up to 2 days’ Volunteering/leave year; Additional annual leave for long service
Quarterly training meetings and get-togethers for all employees

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.Candidates with experience of; SQL Server DBA, Senior SQL Server Database Administrator, SQL Database Administrator, Database Administrator (SQL Server), UK Database Engineer (SQL Server), SQL Server Engineer, Database Specialist (SQL Server), SQL Server Systems Administrator, SQL Server Consultant, UK Remote Work also be considered for this role.How can we help?If you have any questions and you would rather chat to a member of our team please email or call us about this role.CV Writing TipsGet helpful tips and tools for writing an awesome CV.Apply for this roleFirst NameLast NameEmailPhone numberCovering letterLinkedIn URLGRPRa class="form-link" href="/privacy/"
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