SQL Server Database Administrator

**Salary**:
Depending on qualifications and experience

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

1 January 2025

**Job overview**:
**Job Title: SQL Server Database Administrator**

**Location: East London**

**Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week**

**Salary range: £36,383 - £39,588 per year inclusive of London Weighting**

Waltham Forest College has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted following its most recent inspection and has distinguished itself as one of only 15 General Further Education Colleges across the country to achieve the prestigious ‘Outstanding’ rating. As an Anchor Institution, Waltham Forest College serves its local and regional communities across North and East London exceptionally well and has been successful in driving aspiration and achievements for its students and wider communities.

We believe that our employees are the heart of the organisation and having the right people in the right place, with the right skills is the key to our success. We are looking for committed individuals who are passionate about working in an aspirational and high performing college and dedicated to contributing to an outstanding experience for our learners

**Main Responsibilities**:
SQL Server instance installation, upgrades, and maintenance:

- Install and configure new SQL Server instances
- Implement SQL server and other third-party system updates & upgrades

Database backup and recovery management.
- Implement and maintain effective database backup and recovery strategies to minimise data loss and downtime, in coordination with the IT and MIS teams
- Troubleshoot SQL Server service outages as they occur to maximise system uptime

Database / server data access and security management:

- Manage end user data access to databases
- Provision and maintain secure inter server data access via linked servers to enable effective systems integration
- Develop and implement database security policies and procedures to protect sensitive data

SQL Server performance tuning and query optimisation:

- Manage and monitor SQL Server databases to ensure optimal performance, availability, and security
- Perform regular database maintenance tasks, such as index rebuilding, query optimization, and database tuning
- Proactively identify and resolve database performance issues and bottlenecks
- Work with developers to optimise existing queries and advise on efficient database/table design, and data type selection

**What’s in it for you?**

We offer the opportunity to help develop your skills and knowledge in a friendly team environment, plus a range of benefits including a career average pension scheme, employee assistance programme, enhanced sick pay, NUS Employee discount, free onsite parking, cycle to work scheme and Sodexo benefits scheme.

**Equality, diversity and inclusion**

We are committed to creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce that better reflects the wider community we support.

**Safeguarding**

**Closing Date: 1 January 2025**

**Interview Date: TBC**

**About **Waltham Forest College**:
**Waltham Forest College**
- Forest Building, Forest Road, Walthamstow- London- E17 4JB- United Kingdom+44 20 8501 8000

Every year 14,000+ students choose Waltham Forest College as being the right place for them to continue their further and higher education for a range of reasons including gaining the skills to progress their careers and preparing for or to return to work. We also provide a range of opportunities for employers who require professional development programmes for their staff.

Waltham Forest College is committed to equality of opportunity for all and celebrating the huge diversity of the people who live in our area and come to the College to learn and work.

Waltham Forest College is a major provider of learning in North London and is working to position itself as a customer-focused, community resource. The College plays a key role in providing a wide programme of opportunities for a range of students in our community. We are market leaders in several areas of study and proud of the diversity and skills of our students and staff. We have high expectations of ourselves as a college and also of our students. The College human resource strategy recognises the crucial importance of continually developing its staff and devotes a significant proportion of its overall budget to support the professional development of its staff.

We wish to appoint staff who are enthusiastic about education, are well qualified in their area of expertise, enjoy working with people aged 14 through adulthood and are prepared to assist in the further growth and development of this college.