SQL Database Administrator

We are in search of a 2nd Line SQL Database Administrator to join Leidos UK within the Defence Team. As a junior DBA, you will work under the senior DBA to provide a high level of service for an ever-growing database estate.

Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our Leidos culture is our Values, Beliefs and Expectations by which we select, recognise and reward employees. They create the environment that drives us toward our mission.

Passionate about customer success by being determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own. United as a team, we are bound together by our conviction that ethics and integrity is core to how we operate.

Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

Responsibilities

• The role is dependent on the successful candidate gaining and maintaining high level UK security clearance.
• Day-to-day running of an ever-growing Microsoft SQL Server estate and some open-source databases. This includes monitoring, troubleshooting, backups, security, optimization, automation.
• Working with the senior DBA to plan upgrades, migrations and carry out installations.
• Carry out daily checks, complete service requests and change requests within SLA.
• The role will provide technical exposure variance across both outcomes-based project activities and operational (Business as Usual) support activities. The duties of the role will include on-site support and out of hours on call support.
• You will be expected to contribute towards the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation and provide material to support the project work or the operational support service.

Technical Skills:

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft SQL 2012 through to 2022 Enterprise.
• Ability to configure Always-On High Availability Group, database mirroring and shared-storage clusters.
• Administration of Windows Server Failover Cluster.
• Good working knowledge of Windows Server 2012R2 - 2022.
• Good understanding of OLTP and OLAP databases and the ACID properties of transactional processes.
• High level security and auditing best practice knowledge.

Advantageous:

• T-SQL scripting.
• PowerBI reporting.
• Utilising the Sysinternals suite.
• MariaDB Enterprise.
• Linux Experience (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Working knowledge of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
• Working knowledge of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).

Ideally, you will have:

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team.

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent.

Dynamic Working

• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays).
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme).

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

• Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.
• Collaboration: having to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.
• People: Leidos people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow and inspire others.