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An NHS Trust are seeking a SQL DBA to build and manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems for an Always on SQL Farm.
The role is based in London, 2 days a week onsite and paying around (Apply online only)pd (outside IR35).
Responsibilities:
- Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
- Apply data modelling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations
- 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.
- Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
- Recommends solutions by defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, database security, data back-up, and recovery specifications.
- Installs revised or new systems by proposing specifications and flowcharts; recommending optimum access techniques; coordinating installation requirements.
- Maintains database performance by calculating optimum values for database parameters; implementing new releases; completing maintenance requirements; evaluating computer operating systems and hardware products.
- Prepares users by conducting training; providing information; resolving problems.
- Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organisation standards.
Experience:
- Advanced SQL experience (over 5 years)
- Configuring and creating dashboards with Power BI. - Dealing with multi-Terabyte, high throughput, highly available databases will stretch your knowledge of SQL.
- Storage fabric experience (Fibre and iSCSI)
- Business Continuity failover experience for SQL Failover
- Support project team members during the analysis and planning stages of project/programme delivery and/or software development with a view to using Change Management
- Writing reports, instructions, and specifications
