SQL Database Administrator

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Job Description

• Manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
• Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
• Independently analyse, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes
• Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement.
• Provide 24x7 support for critical production systems.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
• Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
• Develop and Service Improvement Plans
• Installation of Database product
• Database backup and restoration
• Ensure database product patches up to date
• Database upgrades
• Database Encryption and encryption key rotation/management
• Database Performance Tuning

Qualifications

Behaviours:

• Pride yourself on the delivery of quality outcomes at pace?
• Active contributor with great communication skills.
• Continually develop yourself and possess a growth mindset?

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree standard

Core Competences:

• >=5 years’ experience of database management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Identify and implement technological and process improvements
• Excellent problem solving
• Team player
• Experience of dealing with business stakeholders, testers, and external clients
• Experience of producing technical documentation including technical specs, knowledge of Scrum would be a distinct advantage

Functional Knowledge:

• Advanced level SQL Server 2008 to 2019
• Advanced level System Database Experience
• ITIL Framework

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