Database Administrator

**New Exciting Opportunity for Database Administrator to join a non profit near Liverpool
- hybrid working**

**Do you**
- Have a good understanding of structured query language (SQL).
- Have experience of one or more of the following mainstream databases technologies, MS Access, SQL Server, Ingres, Sybase, Progress, MySQL, Solaris.
- Have excellent attention to detail with the ability to work under pressure, deliver to strict deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
- Have the ability to work using own initiative as well as being an excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements.

**IF THE ANSWER IS YES THEN COME JOIN AN AMAZING TEAM**

**This a job that offers true satisfaction**

You’ll find our client to be an organisation that is focused on being an employer of choice where people thrive and your voice is truly heard. Working with us, you’ll enjoy competitive pay, a wide range of benefits, flexible working, employee offers, and the chance to learn valuable new skills. We empower our people to do great work by investing in learning, personal development and technology.

**ENJOY THE REWARDS**

Working with us, you’ll enjoy competitive pay DOE, 28 days holidays plus bank holidays, a wide range of benefits, flexible working, and the chance to learn valuable new skills. Our client empowers their people to do great work by investing in learning, personal development, and technology.

**BACKGROUND**
- Accountable for the proactive monitoring, support, maintenance, and ongoing housekeeping of all Group databases, whether developed internally or by a third-party provider.
- Subject Matter Expert for design, maintenance, and support of a range of databases and database technologies and tools to industry standards, responsible for the operational performance, integrity, and security of the databases.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

You will develop, maintain, and ensure adherence to the Group’s database operational standards and controls including management, archiving, backups, recovery, monitoring and alerting, with input into Database Technology Reference Architectures owned by the IT Architecture function.

**Your Role**
- Develop, maintain, and ensure adherence to the Group’s database operational standards and controls including management, archiving, backups, recovery, monitoring and alerting, with input into Database Technology Reference Architectures owned by the IT Architecture function.
- Assist the Project Delivery and IT Architecture database design teams; advising on industry best practice, data security, integrity, and optimising performance, and provide approval on database design functional specifications.
- Enrol users and maintain system security ensuring compliance with database vendor license agreement.
- Control and monitor user access to the database, monitoring and optimising the performance of the database, planning for backup and recovery of database information, maintaining archived data, backing up and restoring databases and contacting database vendor for technical support.
- Respond to monitoring feedback and manage alerts to minimise disruption to services, working to agreed rotas covering 24x7x365, meeting agreed Operations Level Agreements (OLAs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) as appropriate.
- Accountable for the definition, design, implementation, and continuous improvement of proactive monitoring and alerting of thresholds in database efficiency and performance, and as required, undertaking remedial actions.
- Adhere to Data Architecture and Information Security controls thereby sustaining the security and integrity of the data. The Riverside Group Limited Registered Office: 2 Estuary Boulevard, Estuary Commerce Park, Liverpool L24 8RF A charitable Registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefits Societies Act 2014
- Creating complex query definitions that allow data to be extracted and communicated in a controlled and secure manner and guide technical colleagues as required on best practice/how to input and extract data.
- Provide risk assessment as input to Change process ‘requests for change, and once authorised, through the change process change, updating existing production/live databases.
- Provide second/third-line incident support and meet the incident service level agreements as advised by the Service Desk and fulfil standard service requests as communicated by the Service Desk.
- Maintain knowledge of industry standards and best practice to ensure optimal IT services, solutions, and processes across the Group.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of IT processes and procedures.
- Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
- Ensure that all information security requirements, including data protection, are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures, and statutory requirements.
- Ensure tha