SQL Database Administrator

We have an exciting opportunity for an SQL Database Administrator to join our team.

We are looking for people who will go the extra mile to help someone out, and that have good levels of self-motivation, diligence, desire to learn, and technical competency.

**Job Title**:SQL Database Administrator

**Location**:Hybrid working with 3-days in the office.

**Salary**:£40,000 - £45,000 /year dependent on experience

**About Us**:
Our company are experts in matching ambitious people within the Finance, Insurance and Energy industries, and we are growing into other exciting and rapidly emerging markets.

Our client continuously recognises their people as their biggest asset, which doesn’t mean just viewing them as employees. They are proud of their heritage and wholeheartedly believe in their people, that’s why in addition to a very competitive salary, youwill be rewarded with a wide range of other attractive benefits, as well as wider career prospects.

**The Role**

The job requires considerable knowledge, and high degree of analytical and constructive thinking to tackle a wide variety of challenging and difficult problems. The ability to deal with specialist processes and to analyse technical information is required.This is a highly responsible position with very little supervision. The job holder is responsible for providing first and second line support of our client’s computer systems.

**Key responsibilities are**:

- Assist in the delivery of our client’s and Data Centre Services project plans.
- Assist Projects with system and database design, implementation, support and understanding requirements set out by the Project Manager.
- Provide input into database and system designs (e.g. clustering, mirroring, failover, etc. ).
- Manage, plan and implement quarterly, half-yearly and annual processes (e.g. Capacity planning, Licence reconciliations, Database patching, Software releases and Roadmaps ).
- Manage relationships with representatives of external companies on a regular basis, mainly 3rd party support companies.
- Assist in recovering our client’s core database and related systems during Disaster Recovery Tests and ensuring our client can continue in business in the event of a disaster itself.
- The role requires a customer focused approach. The jobholder must be able to build effective working relationships with internal personnel and external organizations.
- Define and ensure the Societies critical data has suitable backup policies and scripts written and tested.
- The job requires an analytical ability together with significant interpersonal skills and an ability to perform multiple activities accurately under extreme pressure.
- Ensure releases are implemented following proven release and deployment process.
- It is important the job holder’s work is accurate due to the high level of access to our client’s core systems, as any error could result in drastic consequences resulting in downtime of our client’s computer systems.
- Ability to take ownership for resolution of problems and to ensure that work procedures and practices are introduced or revised to progressively minimise the number of such events.
- Organising their day-to-day workload to meet objectives and deadlines.
- Resolution of Service Desk logs assigned to them.

**The skills and experience required are**:

- Ideally educated to degree level although not essential.
- Working knowledge and experience of MS SQL Server 2014 through to 2019 databases.
- Working knowledge of core operating systems (Microsoft Windows server 2016 onwards ).
- In-depth understanding of databases related tools and techniques ( SSMS, SQL Server Config Mgr / profiler / Activity Monitor / Database ETA, etc. etc. ),
- Working knowledge of T-SQL.
- In depth knowledge of security and administration of MS SQL Server.
- Overall awareness of IT technologies.
- Experience of solution identification and evaluation.
- Job holder must have a positive and flexible attitude in accepting responsibility of new systems and new software technology.
- Job holder must also have a responsible and thorough approach to their work, with an eye for detail to ensure that maximum accuracy is maintained.
- Administration skills in providing management reports and procedure / documentation writing.

**Benefits**:

- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days + 8 bank holidays
- Pension scheme matching your contribution by up to 10.6%
- Social club membership - dozens of discounts available for a wide variety of family days out and events
- Performance related pay scheme
- Corporate health plan with the option to include family members
- Discounted travel cards
- Staff car scheme
- Life assurance provided at 4 times your salary

**Next Steps**

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