Database Administrator - SQL Server - Remote From EU - Applicants Must Already have the right to work in the EU - Sponsorship not available

Overview We are looking for an experienced Database Administrator to support and maintain database environments for a integral information services organisation. The role covers day to day operations, performance and capacity management, disaster recovery, and migration of database platforms to the cloud. You will work within a database administration team alongside other technical service teams.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, investigate and resolve database issues, including performance and capacity problems, within agreed ticket SLAs.

Maintain database disaster recovery procedures to support continuous availability and fast recovery.

Deploy databases in line with GBS standards and business requirements.

Monitor, tune and manage scheduled tasks, backup jobs, recovery processes, alerts and storage, following change control procedures.

Report on database performance, stability and storage utilisation, and flag upcoming needs.

Document, test and implement updates to database systems,



including automation opportunities.

Work across OLTP and OLAP environments, and outside normal business hours when required.

Key Skills and Experience

Database administration experience, with expert level knowledge of SQL Server.

Experience with a second platform such as Oracle or Postgres.

Strong T-SQL skills, with the ability to read and understand code written by others.

Experience managing database environments in the cloud, including on premises to cloud migrations.

Azure or AWS technical certification (mandatory).

Knowledge of data security, backup and recovery tools.

Experience with Windows Server, including Active Directory.

Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work independently in a changing environment.

Building cloud database servers end to end.

Exposure to automation, scripting or AI assisted operational processes, such as intelligent tuning and anomaly detection.

Experience with MySQL, Cosmos DB, MongoDB or MariaDB.

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